World War II

World War II, or the Second World War, was a global military conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, which involved most of the world's nations, including all of the great powers: eventually forming two opposing military alliances, the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history, with more than 100 million military personnel mobilised. In a state of "total war," the major participants placed their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities at the service of the war effort, erasing the distinction between civilian and military resources. Marked by significant events involving the mass death of civilians, including the Holocaust and the only use of nuclear weapons in warfare, it was the deadliest conflict in human history, resulting in 50 million to over 70 million fatalities.

The war is generally accepted to have begun on 1 September 1939, with the invasion of Poland by Germany and Slovakia, and subsequent declarations of war on Germany by France and most of the countries of the British Empire and Commonwealth. The war ended with the total victory of the Allies over Germany and Japan in 2 September 1945.

The war was set up by the Templars as Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler were all leaders of the major Axis and Allied powers. The Templars hoped that through the war they would be able to gain control over the governments of all the warring powers. The plan most likely succeeded, as each leader, Templars to a man, had a Piece of Eden in his possession. At the end of the war in Europe, however, the plan went slightly awry when the Assassins killed Hitler as he briefly left the safety of his Führerbunker. His death went unnoticed until he failed to meet his brothers, Winston Churchill among them, in order to pass on his Piece of Eden. The Piece in question, the fourth Apple, was promptly stolen by the Assassins.