This was the last war where battleships were widley used. Most were fairly new, some brand new, and some were WWI or older. America lost 2 at pearl harbour, the British lost a few, Germany lost 3 of 4, and japan lost all but one, the IJN Nagato.
World War II was about Nazi Germany trying to expand their borders and influence into Poland. The Allied powers (Britain plus the commonwealth and France initially) didn't like this transgression so...
ww2 is called ww2 because the war happened everywhere around the world it happened in Germany, japan ,America ,russia, great Britain and china . which is pretty much half of the world so that is why...