2025 $2 80 Years On Remembering The Second World War 'C' Mintmark Coloured Silver Proof CoinUnfortunately, the First World War did not turn out to be the 'war to end all wars. Just over twenty years after it came to an end on 11 November 1918, another global conflict broke out. Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 was the beginning of the Second World War the deadliest and most destructive conflict in human history. On 2 September 1945, the war came to an end at last with Japan's formal surrender, which followed Germany's