KERALA PSC / WORLD HISTORY / SECOND WORLD WAR (1939-45) / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC PRELIMINARY / NOTES

 

KERALA PSC / WORLD HISTORY / SECOND WORLD WAR (1939-45) / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC PRELIMINARY / NOTES

KERALA PSC / WORLD HISTORY / SECOND WORLD WAR (1939-45) / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC PRELIMINARY / NOTES

·      The Treaty of Versailles and the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany were the main causes of the war.

·      The Soviet German Non-Aggression Pact was signed on August 23, 1939

·      Hitler’s armies invaded Poland on 1^st September 1939

·      On 3^rd September 1939 Britain and France declared war on Germany, thus began the Second World War.

·      The Second World War was between The Axis Powers (Germany, Italy and Japan) and the Allied Powers (Britain, France, Russia,, USA, etc…)

·      The German plan of conquering Britain during the Second World War was known as ‘Sea-Lion’

·      German attack on Russia during the war was known as ‘Operation Barbosa’

·      When the Second World War broke out, the US announced her neutrality

·      In 7^th December 1941, the Japanese bombers attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbour in Hawai

·      On 8^th December 1941, US declared war on Japan. Thus US formally entered the Second World War

·      Second World War became a Global war in 1941

·      The first Atom Bomb was dropped in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 by America. This bomb is known as ‘Little boy”.

·      The second Atom Bomb was dropped in Nagasaki on August 9, 1945 it is known as ‘fat man’

·      The first country to surrender in the war was Italy and last to surrender was Japan

·      On 2^nd September 1945 Japan surrendered and the Second World War ended.

·      The Axis powers lost the Second World War. This war led to the foundation of UNO in 1945

·      The UN Charter was signed at San Francisco on 26^th June 1945 by fifty nations and UN came into force on 24^th October 1945

·      The Nuremberg Trials were the trials of the major war criminals of the Second World War. It began on November 20, 1945.

   

KERALA PSC / WORLD HISTORY / SECOND WORLD WAR (1939-45) / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC PRELIMINARY / NOTES