by Susan Duclos, All News Pipeline:

Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.” – Zechariah 12:2-3- KJV

World War II is considered to have begun in 1939 when Germany invaded Poland, with the U.S. entering in 1941 and ending in 1945. It was divided into belligerents, Germany, Italy and Japan, and Allies, France, Britain, the U.S., Russia and to a lesser extent, China.