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1 giorno fa · 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 ...
- World War II by country
Almost every country in the world participated in World War...
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The Allies, formally referred to as the United Nations from...
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The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War or...
- World War II by country
2 giorni fa · The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Last Updated: May 19, 2024 • Article History. World War II: Germany invading Poland. Also called: Second World War. Date: September 3, 1939 - September 2, 1945. Participants: Australia. Axis powers. Czechoslovakia. Free French. Iraq. Poland. United Kingdom. United States. Yugoslavia. Allied powers.
- 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...
4 giorni fa · Military history of Italy during World War II - Wikipedia. Contents. hide. (Top) Background. Outbreak of the Second World War. Italy enters the war: June 1940. North Africa. East Africa. Balkans. Mediterranean. Eastern Front. Italian campaign. Italy and Japan after the surrender. Casualties. Aftermath. Controversies of historiography. See also.
5 giorni fa · Background. The main British Army campaigns in the course of the Second World War. The British Army was called on to fight around the world, starting with campaigns in Europe in 1940. After the Dunkirk evacuation of Allied Forces from France (May–June 1940), the army fought in the Mediterranean and Middle East theatres, and in the Burma Campaign.
