The years spanning the Second World War, from Germany’s invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, to Japan’s surrender on September 2, 1945, remain etched in history as a global conflict that lasted six years and involved millions of people across four continents. Approximately 85 million people lost their lives, most of them civilians, due to mass killings, genocide, starvation, and diseaseWorld War II, which also bears the grim distinction of being the only conflict in which nuclear weapons were used, was fought between the Axis powers, principally Nazi Germany, Italy and Imperial Japan, and the Allied powers, including Great...