World War II

World War II was a major conflict between the Axis and the Allies that took place between 1937 and 1945. It is the primary historical setting of all three games in the World Conqueror series.

History
The conflict began in Asia when Japan invaded the Republic of China in 1937, and in Europe when Germany, the lead Axis nation, invaded Poland in 1939. Nearly every country in the world was affected by the war in some way. After millions of deaths on both sides, the fighting ended in 1945, when the Allied Soviet Union captured the German capital, Berlin, and the Allied United States of America used nuclear weapons against Japan; a decisive victory for the Allies. While World War II was over, peace was not achieved - the United States and the Soviet Union developed a fearsome rivalry and became the leaders of NATO and the WTO, respectively, and the battle between the two nations' conflicting ideologies ushered the world into the Cold War.