Some people say that the most devastating war in the
history of the world has been World War II. First of all,
what is a war? Webster's Dictionary says that the definition
of war is an armed contest between states or nations any
contest or strife, such as a war of words. As one can see,
World War II was a contest between states or nations. It
began with a simple little conflict in Europe in 1939. This
conflict involved Germany and an Anglo-French coalition
but eventually widened to include most of the nations of the
world. It ended in 1945, leaving a new world order
dominated by the United States and the USSR. As
mentioned before, World War II has been the most
devastating war humans have ever been involved with. The
question of why can be answered in the three reasons listed
below. First is that it involved the commitment of nations'
entire human and economic resources. Second is the
blurring of distinction between combatant and
noncombatant, and third is the......
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