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3 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
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- German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
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- The Battle of Britain
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- Pearl Harbor Attack
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- Facts & Related Content
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- Japanese Policy, 1939-41
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- Operation Barbarossa
4 days ago · The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War or the Pacific Theater, [43] was the theater of World War II that was fought in eastern Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and Oceania. It was geographically the largest theater of the war, including the vast Pacific Ocean theater, the South West Pacific theater, the Second Sino ...
- 7 December 1941 – 2 September 1945, (3 years, 8 months, 3 weeks and 5 days)
- Allied victory
1 day ago · Vintage World War II Photograph - Photo Of Two World War II-Era American Soldiers With A Dog, Likely France In 1944 Based On Other Dated Photos Found With This Photo (BY-SA 2.0) by France1978 10 ...
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1 day ago · World War II [b] or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two major alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. The vast majority of the world's countries, including all the great powers, fought as part of these military alliances. Many participating countries invested all available economic ...
- Allied victory
On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, killing 80,000 people instantly. The American people learned about the new weapon from a White House press release (Document D). Three days later, the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki that killed 35,000 people.
1 day ago · During World War II more than 100,000 Koreans were mandatorily drafted into the Imperial Japanese Army. Independence movements during the colonial era included the March 1st Movement. Koreans created an official, formal government to prepare for independence. The Provisional Government of Republic of Korea was established in 1919.