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World War II
World war 2 Logan and Steve
Biographical Information
Name: World War II
Takes Place At: Europe
Poland
Team Members:

Captain America
S.A Logan

Affiliations:

S.H.I.E.L.D.
Canadian Special Forces
American Forces

Episode Information
First appearance: Operation: Rebirth
GALLERY


History[]

World War II, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, or also known as the Second World War was a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945. The vast majority of the world's countries, including all the great powers, fought as part of two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. Many participating countries invested all available economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities a total war, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and delivery of the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. It was by far the deadliest conflict in history, resulting in 70–85 million fatalities. Millions died due to genocides, including the Holocaust, as well as starvation, massacres, and disease. In the wake of Axis defeat, Germany, Austria, and Japan were occupied, and war crime tribunals were conducted against German and Japanese leaders.

The war began on the 1st of September 1939 and ended in 1945 though the exact date was not always officially agreed upon. Despite this disagreement, many opted to see the 15th of August 1945 as the day it ended due to victory over the Japanese (V-J Day) even though Japan officially surrendered on the 2nd of September that year. After the war, the Allies formed what would be known as the United Nations that officially became known on the 24th of October 1945 and adopted a declaration under the name of Universal Declaration of Human Rights which was a common standard for all member nations. The great powers, France, China, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and the United Stated, became permanent members of the UN's council and have remained to present day though with two seat changes between the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China in 1971 and then between the Soviet Union and its succession state following the dissolvement of the USSR in 1991. Before the end of the war, the alliance between the Western Allies and Soviet Union had slowly began to deteriorate. After the war ended, all sides were victims to losses of troops as a vast majority of soldiers were killed in battle.

In show[]

During the early to mid 1940's Captain America and Logan rescued many Jewish prisoners that were sentenced in camps. Among those prisoners was a young boy named Erik Lehnserr who grew up to be Magneto. During his time in the camp, Erik grew up to resent humanity as he believed that mutants were superior and his time growing up during a war did not help him to see the good side of humanity.

Trivia[]

  • Many X-Men films that feature Erik either hint, touch, show or mention his background as a young boy during the war.
  • Though not shown in the show, Erik's parents were killed during their imprisonment.

Historical[]

  • There was a historical Devil’s Brigade that fought in World War II, a joint American-Canadian commando unit. The 1,800 strong First Special Service Force was founded on July 9, 1942 and trained in parachute, ski, mountain and amphibious mountain techniques near Helena, Montana. The Devil’s Brigade spearheaded the 1943 invasion of Kiska in the Aleutian Islands and led the breakout in Anzio during the first half of 1944. In order to accommodate the assertions made in this issue, we need to treat this ‘Devil’s Brigade’ as a different top secret force, running missions clandestinely before the rest of the Canadian military engaged in combat.
  • The plan known as Operation: Blueboy as described in the series is fictional. But there seems to have been an actual Operation: Blueboy that took place during the Korean War involving intelligence work behind enemy lines.

References[]

World War II

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