How World War 2 Actually Happened (In 9 Minutes)

Before dawn on September 1st, 1939, an old German battleship opened fire on a small Polish fort at Westerplatte. Within hours, more than a million soldiers were pouring across the border. It was the start of the deadliest war in human history, and it had been building for twenty years. This stickman history documentary tells the full story of World War 2 in under ten minutes. It follows the road to war, from the Treaty of Versailles and the Great Depression to Hitler's rise, the Munich Agreement and the secret Nazi-Soviet Pact. Then come the war's great turning points: Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, Operation Barbarossa, Pearl Harbor, Midway, Stalingrad, Kursk and D-Day. The story ends with the fall of Berlin, the atomic bombs, Japan's surrender aboard the USS Missouri, and the world that rose from the ruins. CHAPTERS 00:00 The First Shots 00:25 Versailles and the Great Depression 01:25 Hitler's Expansion and Munich 02:24 The Invasion of Poland 02:42 The Fall of France and Dunkirk 03:33 The Battle of Britain and the Blitz 03:57 Operation Barbarossa 04:28 The Holocaust 04:53 Pearl Harbor 05:21 The Tide Turns: Midway, El Alamein, Stalingrad 06:24 D-Day 07:08 The Fall of Berlin 07:29 The War in the Pacific Ends 08:14 The Cost of the War 08:31 A New World and the Cold War If you enjoyed this story, like the video, share your thoughts in the comments, and subscribe to History's Turning Points for the next moment that changed the world. #WorldWar2 #WW2 #History #HistoryDocumentary #MilitaryHistory #WW2History #SecondWorldWar #DDay #Stalingrad #PearlHarbor #BattleOfBritain #OperationBarbarossa #Dunkirk #Churchill #ColdWar #Holocaust #HistoryExplained #StickmanAnimation #AnimatedHistory #HistorysTurningPoints