WORLD WAR II

World War ll started on September 1, 1939 and ended on September 2, 1945. The main countries in it were:

Allies: Britain, France, China, US, Soviet Union Russia, Ukraine Canada, Australia.                                                                      

Axis: Germany, Italy, Japan.

About 72 million people died in World War ll. Sixty-one million of the deaths were on the Ally side and eleven million on the Axis side this includes civilian deaths.

                The 56 pillars at the WWII Memorial represent battles and territories that join together for the war. The wreaths on the pillars are the ‘arsenal of democracy.’ There is ‘the freedom wall’ that has 4,000 gold stars which represent the 400,000 Americans who gave their life in WWII.

By Ryan and Tes