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Some people say that the most devastating war in the

history of the world has been World War II. First of all,

what is a war? Webster's Dictionary says that the definition

of war is an armed contest between states or nations any

contest or strife, such as a war of words. As one can see,

World War II was a contest between states or nations. It

began with a simple little conflict in Europe in 1939. This

conflict involved Germany and an Anglo-French coalition

but eventually widened to include most of the nations of the

world. It ended in 1945, leaving a new world order

dominated by the United States and the USSR. As

mentioned before, World War II has been the most

devastating war humans have ever been involved with. The

question of why can be answered in the three reasons listed

below. First is that it involved the commitment of nations'

entire human and economic resources. Second is the

blurring of distinction between combatant and

noncombatant, and third is the......

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