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The Second World War was the largest conventional war in human history, claiming the lives of some 50 million people over every ocean and on almost every continent. Only by looking at the causes and the course of WWII can we begin to understand where so much of today s world has come from. So step inside and find out bout the background, causes and lead-up to the war, how the war began, developed and became global, the epic battles and daring offensives that shaped the outcome of the war, and how it all came to an end.

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