World War 2 (sep 1, 1939 – sep 2, 1945)
Description:
World War II is important to world history because, first of all, it allowed two new major superpowers to come into play: USA and Soviet Union. It also was the largest and bloodiest war in history, resulting in ~45 million deaths. Finally, it also was first war to really use dive bomber planes and aircrafts armed with machine guns.Added to timeline:
Date:
sep 1, 1939
sep 2, 1945
~ 6 years