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3 days ago · World War II [b] or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries, including all of the great powers, participated in the conflict, and many invested all available economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities in ...
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World War II (WWII), or the Second World War, was a global...
- World War II Casualties
World War II deaths by country World War II deaths by...
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The victorious Allies of World War I—which included what...
- List of Timelines of World War II
Timeline of the invasion of Poland (1939) Timeline of the...
- Axis Powers
In 1939 the Soviet Union considered forming an alliance with...
- World War III
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was concerned that,...
- Australia
An Australian World War II propaganda poster produced in...
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World War II is a former featured article candidate.Please...
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The pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee brought World War II...
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3 days ago · World War II began in Europe on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland. Great Britain and France responded by declaring war on Germany on September 3. The war between the U.S.S.R. and Germany began on June 22, 1941, with Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union.
- The main combatants were the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) and the Allies (France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, an...
- The Allied powers were led by Winston Churchill (United Kingdom); Joseph Stalin (Soviet Union); Charles de Gaulle (France); and Franklin D. Rooseve...
- The war in the Pacific turned against Japan during the Battle of Midway (June 3–6, 1942), an American victory that destroyed the Japanese first-lin...
- The Allied landings at Normandy on June 6, 1944, opened a second front in Europe, and Germany’s abortive offensive at the Ardennes in the winter of...
- Estimates of the total number of people killed during World War II have ranged from 35,000,000 to 60,000,000—a significant span, because statistics...
Feb 18, 2020 · World War II (WWII) was a long and bloody war that lasted about six years. Officially beginning on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland, World War II lasted until both the Germans and the Japanese had surrendered to the Allies in 1945. Here is a timeline of major events during the war.
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3 days ago · 冬季戰爭（芬蘭語： Talvisota ，瑞典語： Vinterkriget ，俄語： Зимняя война ）是蘇聯與芬蘭於第二次世界大戰初期爆發的戰爭，自1939年11月30日由蘇聯入侵芬蘭而展開，蘇聯最終慘勝芬蘭，終戰和談中芬蘭割讓與租借部份領土予蘇聯，而後1940年3月13日雙方 ...
1 day ago · Following the invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939, which marked the beginning of the Second World War, Chamberlain announced the declaration of war on Germany two days later and led the United Kingdom through the first eight months of the war until his resignation as prime minister on 10 May 1940.
2 days ago · Development and production Origins Supermarine Type 224 In 1931, the Air Ministry released specification F7/30, calling for a modern fighter capable of a flying speed of 250 mph (400 km/h) to replace the Gloster Gauntlet biplane. R. J. Mitchell designed the Supermarine Type 224 to fill this role. The 224 was an open-cockpit monoplane with bulky gull wings and a large, fixed, spatted ...
5 days ago · Great Depression, worldwide economic downturn that began in 1929 and lasted until about 1939. It was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by the industrialized Western world, sparking fundamental changes in economic institutions, macroeconomic policy, and economic theory.
