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1 day ago · The Battle of the Atlantic, the longest continuous military campaign [11] [12] in World War II, ran from 1939 to the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, covering a major part of the naval history of World War II.
World War II, conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during the years 1939–45. The principal belligerents were the Axis powers — Germany, Italy, and Japan —and the Allies— France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and, to a lesser extent, China.
- 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 S...
- 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...
1 day ago · The Mexican–American War, [a] also known in the United States as the Mexican War, and in Mexico as the United States intervention in Mexico, [b] was an invasion of Mexico by the United States Army from 1846 to 1848.
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4 days ago · May 26, 2024. World War II (1939-1945) was the largest and bloodiest conflict in human history. It involved more than 30 countries and was fought across Europe, North Africa, East Asia, and the Pacific. Estimates of the war‘s total fatalities range from 70-85 million people, representing about 3% of the global population at the time.
Feb 18, 2020 · July 17: The Potsdam Conference begins. August 6: The United States drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. August 9: The United States drops a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. World War II (WWII) was a long and bloody war that lasted for six years, from 1939 to 1945.
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3 days ago · e. 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 ...
5 days ago · Countries that immediately declared war on members of the Axis powers in the wake of Japan’s attack included Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, and Panama. Brazil joined on August 22, 1942, Mexico on May 22, 1942.
