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2 days ago · World War II had begun. World War II was a conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during 1939–45. The main combatants were the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) and the Allies (France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and China). It was the bloodiest conflict, as well as the largest war, in human ...
- Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa, during World War II, code name for the...
- The Far East
The devastation of World War II in China was inflicted on a...
- Costs, Impact, Legacy
World War II casualties 1 Figures for deaths, insofar as...
- German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, pact signed on August 23,...
- The Battle of Britain
Technology of war, 1918–39; The war in Europe, 1939–41. The...
- Pearl Harbor Attack
Pearl Harbor attack, surprise aerial attack on the U.S....
- Facts & Related Content
World War II was a conflict that involved virtually every...
- World War I
World War I was one of the great watersheds of 20th-century...
- World War II Summary
World War II, or Second World War, (1939–45) International...
- Japanese Policy, 1939-41
World War II - Japanese Policy, 1939-41: Until the end of...
- Operation Barbarossa
2 days ago · North Korea Throws Down Gauntlet to US and Allies. Allied powers, coalition of countries that opposed the Axis powers (led by Germany, Italy, and Japan) during World War II. The principal members of the Allies were the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, the United States, and China (the “Big Four”), as well as France while it was unoccupied.
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1 day ago · World War II 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 pursuit of total war, blurring the distinction between ...
- Allied victory
1 day ago · Alderney plays a relatively small but extraordinary role in Britain’s World War II history, placing Nazi violence and atrocities squarely on British soil. The tiny island, which today has just ...
1 hour ago · READ: Bay Area man searches for family ancestor’s remains 100 years after death in World War I. Scango is the last living member of the U.S. Army's 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion who fought in the legendary Battle of the Bulge in World War II. The battle was successful but costly.
17 hours ago · A decorated 103-year-old World War Two pilot has asked people to learn from the past unless to avoid repeating mistakes as he reflected on the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landing. A retired flight lieutenant and former Mosquito pilot, Colin Bell served as a pathfinder with 608 Squadron and survived 50 bombing raids over Germany.
1 day ago · Axis prisoners of war (Germans, Italians, Romanians, Hungarians) Soviet troops fighting in a destroyed workshop. Sturmgeschütz III, operated by the German Wehrmacht. Date. 17 July 1942 [Note 2] – 2 February 1943 [Note 3] (6 months, 2 weeks and 2 days) Location. Stalingrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. 48°42′N 44°31′E.
