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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › World_War_IIWorld War II - Wikipedia

    2 days ago · World War II is generally considered to have begun on 1 September 1939, when Nazi Germany, under Adolf Hitler, invaded Poland. The United Kingdom and France declared war on Germany on 3 September.

    • List of Timelines of World War II

      Timeline of declarations of war during World War II;...

    • Countries

      Almost every country in the world participated in World War...

    • Axis Powers

      Flags of Germany, Japan, and Italy draping the facade of the...

    • World War III

      British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was concerned that,...

    • Australia

      An Australian World War II propaganda poster produced in...

  2. 3 days ago · World War II (WWII), or the Second World War, was a global war involving all continents of the world, except the Polar continents. It involved fighting in most of the world from 1939 to 1945. Some fighting started in 1937, when Imperial Japanese forces started the Second Sino-Japanese War.

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › OdysseyOdyssey - Wikipedia

    2 days ago · The Odyssey (/ ˈɒdɪsi /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ὀδύσσεια, romanized: Odýsseia) [2][3] is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the Iliad, the poem is divided into 24 books. It follows the Greek hero Odysseus, king ...

  4. 2 days ago · This is a list of countries and other inhabited territories of the world by total population, based on estimates published by the United Nations in the 2024 revision of World Population Prospects. It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present.

  5. 5 days ago · Wikipedia, free Internet-based encyclopedia, started in 2001, that operates under an open-source management style. It is overseen by the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation. Wikipedia uses collaborative software known as a wiki that facilitates the creation and development of articles.

    • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  6. 3 days ago · Nairobi, city, capital of Kenya. It is situated in the south-central part of the country, in the highlands at an elevation of about 5,500 feet (1,680 meters). The city lies 300 miles (480 km) northwest of Mombasa, Kenya’s major port on the Indian Ocean. Learn more about Nairobi in this article.

  7. 2 days ago · Queensland is a state in northeastern Australia, which is the wettest and most tropical part of the continent. The second largest of Australia’s states, Queensland occupies nearly one-fourth of the continent. The capital is Brisbane, on the state’s southeastern coast.

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