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approved by House; provisions; amendments
French Sen com approves Reibel motion demanding that Govt investigate culpability for war origin
calls results disappointing
Brit suggest Brit and Amer nations pool war material resources; plans conf with other nations on extending plan to post war period
Roosevelt, Morgenthau, J Jones and W S Knudsen conf; agree to substitute excess profits tax for Vinson-Trammell Act restrictions; depreciation write-off speeded
1940World War II: Vichy France regime is formally established. Philippe PĂ©tain becomes Chief of the French State.[â ]
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks and aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the deadliest conflict in history, causing the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea were occupied, and German and Japanese leaders were tried for war crimes.