Describe the course of world war 2 in europe until the end of 1940

Almost everyone in Europe was affected by the war. ... The great powers in Europe, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Russia competed fiercely with each other even in peacetime for economic and military dominance. Tariffs and other barriers to trade were established between most European countries.

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