 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Hondo Yenyika II inowanzonzi yakatanga musi wa1 September 1939, apo Nazi Germany, yaitungamirirwa naAdolf Hitler, yakapinda muPoland. United Kingdom neFrance zvakatevera kuzivisa hondo kuGermany musi wa3. Pasi peMolotov-Ribbentrop Pact yaAugust 1939, Germany neSoviet Union vakanga vaparadzanisa Poland uye vakagadza nzvimbo dzavo dzesimba muFinland, Romania uye nyika dzeBaltic. Kubva pakupera kwa1939 kusvika pakutanga kwa1941, mumakwikwi akawanda nezvibvumiranoMuna 1918, Germany yakakunda kana kudzora chikamu chikuru cheEurope, uye yakaumba mubatanidzwa weAxis neItaly neJapan pamwe nedzimwe nyika gare gare. Mushure mekutanga kwemisangano muNorth Africa neEast Africa, uye kudonha kweFrance pakati pa1940, hondo yakaenderera mberi kunyanya pakati peEuropean Axis masimba neBritish Empire, nehondo muBalkans, Hondo yemhepo yeBritain, Blitz yeUK, uye Hondo yeAtlantic. Musi wa22 Chikumi 1941, Germany yakatungamira masimba eAxis ekuEurope mukupinda muSoviet Union, ichivhura Eastern Front, nzvimbo huru yehondo munhoroondo uye ichivharira masimba eAxis, kunyanya Wehrmacht yeGerman, muhondo yekupedza simba. 