With my social studies about world war 2!
1. which country or countries were best prepared for war at the beginning of world war ii? why?
2. which country or countries were least prepared for war at the beginning of world war ii? why?
3. do you think the leaders of these nations were justified in their reasons for wanting to go to war?

The Second World War was history's largest and most significant armed conflict. It served as the breeding ground for the modern structure of security and intelligence, and for the postwar balance of power that formed the framework for the Cold War. Weapons, materiel, and actual combat, though vital to the Allies' victory over the Axis, did not alone win the war. To a great extent, victory was forged in the work of British and American intelligence services, who ultimately overcame their foes' efforts. Underlying the war of guns and planes was a war of ideas, images, words, and impressions—intangible artifacts of civilization that yielded enormous tangible impact for the peoples of Europe, east Asia, and other regions of the world.