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Main article: World War II

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to World War II:

World War II, or the Second World War was a global military conflict that was fought between September 1, 1939, and September 2, 1945. The war pitted two major military alliances against each other: the Allies of the United States, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, China and others against the Axis of Germany, Japan, Italy and others. Over 60 million people, the majority of them civilians, were killed, making it the deadliest conflict in human history.[1]

The Second World War was known for modern warfare and tactics such as air warfare, strategic bombing, blitzkrieg and the first, and only, use of nuclear weapons in warfare. It is also known for the numerous war crimes committed during its duration, mostly by Axis forces but also by Allied forces, that left tens of millions of civilians dead through genocides, massacres and starvation; such as the Holocaust, Three Alls Policy, Genocide of ethnic Poles, Unit 731, Nanjing massacre, Hunger Plan and the Warsaw Uprising.

## Causes of World War II

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Main article: Causes of World War II

* World War I
* Treaty of Versailles
* Imperialism, expansionism and nationalism
* Expansionist nationalism
* Lebensraum
* Japanese nationalism
* Events preceding World War II in Europe
* Fascism in Europe
* National Fascist Party
* Benito Mussolini
* Nazi Party
* Adolf Hitler
* Events preceding World War II in Asia
* Statism in Shōwa Japan
* Japanese invasion of Manchuria
* Xi'an Incident
* Second Sino-Japanese war

## Participants in World War II

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Main article: Participants in World War II

### The Axis powers

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Main article: Axis powers

#### Major Axis powers

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Main article: Tripartite pact

* Germany
* Japan
* Italy[a]

#### Other Axis powers

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* Hungary
* Romania
* Slovakia[b]
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Finland[c]

### The Allied powers

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Main article: Allies of World War II

#### The 'Big Five' major allies

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Main article: Permanent members of the United Nations Security Council

* Soviet Union[d]
* United States[e]
* United Kingdom
* China[f]
* France[g]

#### Other major allies

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* Poland
* Yugoslavia[h]
* Greece
* Canada
* Netherlands
* Belgium
* Czechoslovakia
* India
* Australia

## People in World War II

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### Leaders in World War II

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#### Axis leaders

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Main article: Axis leaders of World War II

* Adolf Hitler – Führer (leader) of Germany
* Hirohito – Emperor[i] of Japan
* Benito Mussolini – Prime Minister and Duce[j] of Italy

#### Allied leaders

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Main article: Allied leaders of World War II

* Joseph Stalin – Leader[k] of the Soviet Union
* Franklin D. Roosevelt[l] – President of the United States
* Winston Churchill[m] – Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
* Chiang Kai-shek – Leader[n] of China

### Military forces of World War II

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* List of World War II aces by country
* List of World War II air aces

#### British Army during the Second World War

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* History of the Royal Navy
* British Army Groups in WWII
* British Corps in World War II List of British Commonwealth divisions in the Second World War
* Canada in World War II
* Indian Army during World War II

##### Military history of France during World War II

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* Army of Africa
* French Liberation Army
* French Expeditionary Corps
* Armistice Army (Vichy)
* Vichy French Air Force
* Milice (French Militia)

##### Military history of the United States during World War II

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* List of formations of the United States Army during World War II
* United States Navy in World War II
* United States Army Air Forces
* American Minority Groups in World War II

##### Military history of the Soviet Union

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* Red Army
* Military units and formations of the Soviet Union in World War II
* Field armies of the Soviet Union

##### National Revolutionary Army

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* Army groups of the National Revolutionary Army

##### Military history of Germany

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* Wehrmacht
* Heer
* Luftwaffe
* Kriegsmarine
* Schutzstaffel (SS)
* Gestapo
* Sturmabteilung (SA)
* Hitler Youth, paramilitary youth group of Nazi Party
* List of German divisions in World War II

##### Military history of Japan

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* Imperial Japanese Armed Forces
* Imperial Japanese Army
* Imperial Japanese Army Air Service
* Imperial Japanese Navy
* Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
* Imperial Japanese Navy Land Forces
* List of Japanese Infantry divisions

##### Military history of Italy during World War II

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* List of Italian divisions in World War II
* Royal Italian Army
* Regia Marina
* Regia Aeronautica
* Blackshirts (MVSN), paramilitary wing of National Fascist Party

## Timeline of World War II

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Main articles: Timeline of World War II and List of World War II battles

Timelines of World War II

Chronological

Prelude

* Events (in Asia
* in Europe)

* Aftermath

* 1939
* 1940
* 1941
* 1942

1943
* 1944
* 1945
* Aftermath

By topic

*     * Causes (Diplomacy)

* Declarations of war
*     * Battles
* Operations

By theatre

* Battle of Europe air operations
*     * Eastern Front
* Manhattan Project

* United Kingdom home front
* Surrender of the Axis armies

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The following list includes some of the largest events in World War II:

### 1939

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Main article: Timeline of World War II (1939)

* August 23: Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression pact
* September 1: Germany[o] invades Poland, beginning the war[p]
* September 3: War is declared on Germany by the United Kingdom and France, the Battle of the Atlantic and Phoney War begins
* September 17: After the Soviet Union defeats Japan in Mongolia, they invade Poland as well
* November 30: The Soviet Union invades Finland

### 1940

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Main article: Timeline of World War II (1940)

* April 9: Germany invades Denmark and Norway
* May 10: Germany invades France and the low countries
* May 26: British troops evacuate Dunkirk
* June 10: Italy declares war on United Kingdom and France
* July 10: Germany begins an air campaign against Britain
* September 7: Germany begins a major bombing campaign against Britain

### 1941

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Main article: Timeline of World War II (1941)

* June 22: Germany invades the Soviet Union
* September 8: The Siege of Leningrad begins
* October 2: The Battle of Moscow begins
* December 7: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, bringing the United States into the war[q]

### 1942

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Main article: Timeline of World War II (1942)

* February 8: Fall of Singapore
* May 4: Battle of the Coral Sea
* June 4: Battle of Midway
* July 1: First Battle of El Alamein
* July 17: Battle of Stalingrad
* August 19: Dieppe Raid
* October 23: Second Battle of El Alamein
* November 8: Operation Torch

### 1943

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Main article: Timeline of World War II (1943)

* July 4: Battle of Kursk
* July 9: Allied invasion of Sicily
* September 3: Allied invasion of Italy and surrender of Italy[r]

### 1944

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Main article: Timeline of World War II (1944)

* January 17: Battle of Monte Cassino
* January 22: Landings at Anzio
* April 19: Operation Ichi-Go
* June 6: D-day
* June 22: Destruction of Army Group Center
* August 1: Warsaw Uprising
* August 15: Invasion of Southern France
* September 17: Operation Market Garden
* September 19: Battle of Hürtgen Forest
* October 23: Battle of Leyte Gulf
* December 16: Battle of the Bulge

### 1945

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Main article: Timeline of World War II (1945)

* April 16 - May 2: Battle of Berlin
* May 8: Victory in Europe Day
* August 6 and 9: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
* August 15: Victory over Japan Day
* September 2: Surrender of Japan

## World War II by region

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### Theatres and major campaigns

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Main article: List of theatres and campaigns of World War II

#### Europe

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Main article: European Theatre of World War II

* Eastern front
* Western front
* Mediterranean and Middle Eastern theatre
* Italian Campaign
* Arctic theatre
* Arctic convoys

#### Asia

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Main article: Pacific War

* Second Sino-Japanese War[s]
* South-East Asian Theatre
* Pacific Ocean theatre

#### Africa

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For all theatres in Africa, see: African theatres

* North African campaign
* West Africa campaign
* East African campaign

#### Other

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* Home front during World War II

### By country

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Main article: World War II by country

### Europe

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* Albania
* Albania under Italy
* Belarus
* Bulgaria
* Bulgarian resistance movement during World War II
* Carpathian Ruthenia
* Estonia
* Occupation of Estonia by Nazi Germany
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Gibraltar
* Greece
* Axis occupation of Greece during World War II
* Hungary
* Ireland
* Italy
* Italian Campaign
* Allied invasion of Sicily
* Allied invasion of Italy
* Latvia
* Occupation of Latvia by Nazi Germany
* Leningrad Oblast
* Netherlands
* Soviet Union
* Spain
* United Kingdom
* Yugoslavia
* Invasion of Yugoslavia
* Occupation of Baltic republics by Nazi Germany
* Occupation of Belarus by Nazi Germany
* Occupation of Denmark
* German occupation of the Channel Islands
* History of Poland (1939–1945)
* Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)
* Administrative division of Polish territories during World War II
* War crimes in occupied Poland during World War II
* Polish culture during World War II
* Romania

### Asia

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* Burma
* India
* Nepal
* Philippines
* Vietnam

### Africa

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* Algeria
* Egypt
* South Africa
* Southern Rhodesia

### Oceania

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* Australia
* New Zealand
* Axis naval activity in New Zealand waters

### The Americas

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* United States
* Canada
* Greenland

## War crimes

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Main article: War crimes in World War II

The Second World War was characterized by many instances of War crimes:

### Genocide

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See also: Outline of genocide studies

#### The Holocaust

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Main article: The Holocaust

* Nazism
* Nazi Party
* Nazi eugenics
* Political views of Adolf Hitler
* Anti-Jewish legislation in prewar Nazi Germany
* Diary of Anne Frank
* Nazi book burnings
* Nazi ghettos
* Nazi concentration camps
* Nazi extermination camps
* Auschwitz
* Belzec
* Chełmno
* Majdanek
* Sobibor
* Treblinka
* History of Jews in Europe
* History of the Jews during World War II
* List of major perpetrators of the Holocaust
* Nazi human experimentation
* Racial policy of Nazi Germany
* Persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust
* List of individuals and groups assisting Jews during the Holocaust

#### Other genocides

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* Nazi genocide of ethnic Poles
* Romani genocide

### Massacres

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* Three Alls Policy
* Nanjing massacre
* Massacres during the Warsaw Uprising
* Wola massacre
* Ochota massacre
* Katyn massacre

### Mistreatment of civilians

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* Comfort women
* Unit 731
* Rape during the occupation of Germany
* Population transfer in the Soviet Union

## Technology during World War II

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Technology during World War II

* German military technology during World War II
* Allied technological cooperation during World War II
* Technological escalation during World War II

### Equipment of World War II

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* Lists of World War II military equipment
* Equipment losses in World War II

#### Vehicles of World War II

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* List of World War II military vehicles by country
* List of World War II military vehicles of Germany
* List of World War II ship classes
* List of World War II ships
* List of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons
* List of WW2 Luftwaffe aircraft by manufacturer
* List of aircraft of Italy, World War II
* List of aircraft of Japan, World War II
* List of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy
* List of aircraft of Russia, World War II
* List of aircraft of World War II
* List of aircraft of the French Air Force during World War II
* List of aircraft of the British, World War II
* List of aircraft of the Luftwaffe, World War II
* List of aircraft of the U.S. military, World War II
* List of armored fighting vehicles of World War II
* List of broadsides of major World War II ships
* List of undersea-carried planes during World War II
* List of weapons on Japanese combat aircraft
* List of prototype WWII combat vehicles
* List of foreign vehicles used by Nazi Germany in World War II
* List of helicopters used in World War II
* List of jet aircraft of World War II

#### Weapons of World War II

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* List of World War II weapons
* List of World War II infantry weapons
* List of World War II firearms of Germany

## Other initiatives in World War II

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* Nazi plunder

### Propaganda during World War II

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Main article: Propaganda in World War II

* Black propaganda
* World War II political cartoons
* List of Allied propaganda films of World War II
* American propaganda during World War II
* Walt Disney's World War II propaganda production
* British propaganda during World War II
* Propaganda and India in World War II
* Soviet propaganda during World War II
* Nazi propaganda
* Propaganda in Fascist Italy
* Propaganda in Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II

## Common military awards

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### Soviet Union

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* Hero of the Soviet Union
* Order of Lenin
* Order of Suvorov
* Order of the October Revolution
* Order of the Red Banner
* Order of Victory

### United States

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* Medal of Honor
* Purple Heart
* Silver Star
* Bronze Star
* Distinguished Flying Cross
* Air Medal
* World War II Victory Medal
* Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
* European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
* American Campaign Medal

### United Kingdom

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* Victoria Cross
* Air Force Cross
* Order of the Bath
* Order of the British Empire
* Distinguished Flying Cross
* Africa Star
* Pacific Star

### France and Belgium

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* Croix de Guerre

### Poland

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* Cross of the Valorous
* Order of Polonia Restituta
* Virtuti Militari

### Nazi Germany

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* Orders, decorations, and medals of Nazi Germany
* Iron Cross

## Aftermath of World War II

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Main article: Aftermath of World War II

### The end of World War II

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* End of World War II in Europe
* End of World War II in the Pacific

## Immediate events

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* War reparations
* Japanese reparations
* Forced labor of Germans in the Soviet Union
* Nuremberg trials
* International Military Tribunal for the Far East

### The post-war world

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* Cold War
* Emergence of United States and USSR as global superpowers
* NATO
* Warsaw Pact
* Iron Curtain
* Proxy wars
* Decolonization
* Post–World War II baby boom
* Pursuit of Nazi collaborators

## World War II - related media

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* World War II in popular culture
* The Holocaust in popular culture
* List of World War II films
* History books about World War II

## See also

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* History portal

* Lists of World War II topics
* Opposition to World War II
* Outline of war
* Outline of World War I

## Notes

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1. ^ The Kingdom of Italy was an axis power until it changed sides to the Allies after an armistice in 1943. After the armistice, the Italian Social Republic was set up as a German puppet state still under Mussolini.
2. ^ As the Slovak Republic, a German client state
3. ^ During the Continuation War
4. ^ From June 1941
5. ^ From December 1941
6. ^ China had been fighting an undeclared war against Japan since 1937, with various other conflicts since 1931. On December 9, 1941, they officially joined the war
7. ^ In June 1940, France surrendered and a government-in-exile, Free France, was formed that fought with the Allies until the Provisional government was formed in 1944
8. ^ Yugoslavia was occupied after an invasion, but there were prominent partisan groups that continued fighting
9. ^ The emperor was the titular leader of Japan and had the final say on decisions, but his power was still (somewhat) limited. The Prime Minister (Fumimaro Konoe and later Hideki Tojo for most of the war) held immense political power, and thus the emperor was not a dictator in the way Hitler or Mussolini were[2]
10. ^ Victor Emmanuel III was the Italian head of state and did overrule Mussolini on certain occasions (such as refusing to join the Second World War until 1940 and even deposing him in 1943), but Mussolini used more de facto power and influence than the king
11. ^ Stalin was neither the head of state nor the head of government, but he held de facto dictatorial power
12. ^ Harry S. Truman from April 1945
13. ^ Neville Chamberlain until May 10th 1940 and Clement Attlee from July 1945
14. ^ China was fragmented at the time due to a halted civil war and legacies of the warlord era; thus, other leaders such as Mao Zedong of the Chinese Communists and various warlords (such as Li Zongren, Yan Xishan and (initially) Zhang Xueliang) had significant power. However, Kai-shek was the leader of the nationalists which allied with the communists and controlled most of China during the Second World War
15. ^ And Slovakia
16. ^ Other dates have been proposed, but September 1, 1939, is generally accepted
17. ^ The United States Congress did not officially declare war until the next day
18. ^ Signed on September 3, declared on September 8
19. ^ Undeclared from 1937 to 1941, this war merged into World War II in 1941

## References

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1. ^ Dunnigan, James; Albert Nofi. Dirty Little Secrets of World War II: Military Information No One Told You About the Greatest, Most Terrible War in History, William Morrow & Company, 1994. ISBN 0-688-12235-3
2. ^ Bix, p. 457.

## Bibliography

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* Bix, Herbert P. (September 4, 2001). Hirohito and the making of modern Japan. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-093130-8. Retrieved April 6, 2022.

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* Multimedia map—Presentation that covers the war from the invasion of the Soviet Union to the fall of Berlin
* Radio news from 1938 to 1945
* The Art of War Online Exhibition at the UK National Archive

On-line documents

* World War II Military Situation Maps. Library of Congress
* After Action Reports (AAR's) and other official documents about the American Divisions during the Second World War
* Maps from the Pacific and Italian theaters
* Officially Declassified U.S. Government Documents about World War II Archived 2008-03-21 at the Wayback Machine
* The Soviet History of World War II, 28 October 1959—Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Current Intelligence.
* Daily German action reports

Stories

* WW2 People's War—A project by the BBC to gather the stories of ordinary people from World War II

Documentaries

* The World at War (1974) is a 26-part Thames Television series that covers most aspects of World War II from many points of view. It includes interviews with many key figures (Karl Dönitz, Albert Speer, Anthony Eden etc.) (Imdb link)
* The Second World War in Colour (1999) is a three episode documentary showing unique footage in color (Imdb link)
* Battlefield (documentary series) is a television documentary series initially issued in 1994–1995 that explores many of the most important battles fought during the Second World War.
* The War (2007) is 7-part PBS documentary recounting the experiences of a number of individuals from American communities.

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General|

| Topics|

* Air warfare of World War II
* In Europe
* Blitzkrieg
* Comparative military ranks
* Cryptography
* Declarations of war
* Diplomacy
* Governments in exile
* Home front
* Australian
* United Kingdom
* United States
* Lend-Lease
* Manhattan Project
* British contribution
* Military awards
* Military equipment
* Military production
* Naval history
* Nazi plunder
* Opposition
* Technology
* Allied cooperation
* Mulberry harbour
* Total war
* Strategic bombing
* Puppet states
* Women
* Art and World War II
* Music in World War II
* Weather events during World War II

|

Theaters|

* Asia and Pacific
* China
* South-East Asia
* Pacific
* North and Central Pacific
* South-West Pacific
* Indian Ocean
* Europe
* Western Front
* Eastern Front
* Mediterranean and Middle East
* North Africa
* East Africa
* Italy
* West Africa
* Atlantic
* timeline
* Americas

Aftermath|

* Chinese Civil War
* Cold War
* Decolonization
* Division of Korea
* First Indochina War
* Expulsion of Germans
* Greek Civil War
* Indonesian National Revolution
* Keelhaul
* Marshall Plan
* Occupation of Germany
* Occupation of Japan
* Osoaviakhim
* Paperclip
* Soviet occupations
* Baltic
* Hungary
* Poland
* Romania
* Territorial changes of Germany
* Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany
* United Nations

War crimes|

* Allied war crimes
* Soviet war crimes
* Atrocities against prisoners of war
* British war crimes
* United States war crimes
* German war crimes
* forced labour
* Wehrmacht war crimes
* The Holocaust
* Aftermath
* Response
* Nuremberg trials
* Italian war crimes
* Japanese war crimes
* Nanjing Massacre
* Unit 731
* Prosecution
* Croatian war crimes
* Genocide of Serbs
* Persecution of Jews
* Romanian war crimes
* Sexual violence
* German military brothels
* Camp brothels
* Rape during the occupation of Germany  / Japan  / Poland  / Manchuria
* Rape during the liberation of France  / Serbia
* Sook Ching
* Comfort women
* Rape of Manila
* Marocchinate

Participants|

| Allies|

* Algeria
* Australia
* Belgium
* Brazil
* Bulgaria (from September 1944)
* Canada
* China
* Cuba
* Czechoslovakia
* Denmark
* Ethiopia
* Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)
* Finland (from September 1944)
* France
* Free France
* Greece
* India
* Italy (from September 1943)
* Liberia
* Luxembourg
* Mexico
* Netherlands
* Newfoundland
* New Zealand
* Norway
* Philippines
* Poland
* Romania (from August 1944)
* Sierra Leone
* South Africa
* Southern Rhodesia
* Soviet Union
* Tuva
* United Kingdom
* British Empire
* United States
* Puerto Rico
* Yugoslavia

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Axis|

* Albania protectorate
* Bulgaria (until September 1944)
* State of Burma
* Republic of China (Wang Jingwei)
* Independent State of Croatia
* Finland (until September 1944)
* German Reich
* Hungary
* Azad Hind
* Iraq
* Italy (until September 1943)
* Italian Social Republic
* Empire of Japan
* Manchukuo
* Mengjiang
* Philippines
* Romania (until August 1944)
* Slovak Republic
* Thailand
* Vichy France
* Guangzhouwan
* French Indochina
* French Madagascar
* Syria–Lebanon
* French North Africa
* French West Africa
* Collaboration

Neutral|

* Afghanistan
* Andorra
* Bhutan
* Ireland
* Liechtenstein
* Monaco
* Portugal
* San Marino
* Saudi Arabia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Tibet
* Turkey
* Vatican City
* Yemen

Resistance|

* Albania
* Austria
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Czech lands
* Denmark
* Dutch East Indies
* Estonia
* Ethiopia
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Hong Kong
* Italy
* Japan
* Jews
* Korea
* Korean Liberation Army
* Korean Volunteer Army
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Malaya
* Netherlands
* Northeast China
* Norway
* Philippines
* Poland
* Romania
* Thailand
* Soviet Union
* Slovakia
* Western Ukraine
* Vietnam
* Quốc dân Đảng
* Viet Minh
* Yugoslavia

POWs|

* Finnish prisoners in the Soviet Union
* German prisoners
* Soviet Union
* Azerbaijan
* United States
* United Kingdom
* Italian prisoners in the Soviet Union
* Japanese prisoners
* Soviet Union
* German atrocities against Polish POWs
* Soviet prisoners
* Finland
* atrocities by Germans
* Polish prisoners in the Soviet Union
* Romanian prisoners in the Soviet Union

Timeline|

| Prelude|

* Africa
* Second Italo-Ethiopian War
* Asia
* Second Sino-Japanese War
* Battles of Khalkhin Gol
* Europe
* Remilitarisation of the Rhineland
* Anschluss
* Munich Agreement
* Occupation of Czechoslovakia
* Operation Himmler
* Italian invasion of Albania

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1939|

* Invasion of Poland
* Battle of the Atlantic
* Phoney War
* First Battle of Changsha
* Battle of South Guangxi
* Winter War
* 1939–1940 Winter Offensive

1940|

* Norwegian campaign
* German invasion of Denmark
* Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang
* German invasion of Luxembourg
* German invasion of the Netherlands
* German invasion of Belgium
* Battle of France
* Dunkirk evacuation
* Battle of Britain
* Battle of the Mediterranean
* North Africa
* West Africa
* British Somaliland
* Hundred Regiments Offensive
* Baltic states
* Eastern Romania
* Japanese invasion of French Indochina
* Italian invasion of Greece
* Compass

1941|

* Battle of South Henan
* Battle of Shanggao
* Invasion of Yugoslavia
* German invasion of Greece
* Battle of Crete
* Anglo-Iraqi War
* Battle of South Shanxi
* Syria–Lebanon campaign
* East African campaign
* Invasion of the Soviet Union
* Summer War
* Finland (Silver Fox)
* Lithuania
* Battle of Kiev
* Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
* Second Battle of Changsha
* Siege of Leningrad
* Battle of Moscow
* Bombing of Gorky
* Siege of Sevastopol
* Attack on Pearl Harbor
* Japanese invasion of Thailand
* Fall of Hong Kong
* Fall of the Philippines
* Battle of Guam
* Battle of Wake Island
* Malayan campaign
* Battle of Borneo
* Japanese invasion of Burma
* Third Battle of Changsha
* Greek famine of 1941–1944

1942|

* Fall of Singapore
* Battle of the Java Sea
* St Nazaire Raid
* Battle of Christmas Island
* Battle of the Coral Sea
* Battle of Madagascar
* Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign
* Battle of Gazala
* Battle of Dutch Harbor
* Battle of Midway
* Aleutian Islands campaign
* Kiska
* Attu
* Blue
* First Battle of El Alamein
* Battle of Stalingrad
* Kokoda Track campaign
* Rzhev
* Jubilee
* Second Battle of El Alamein
* Guadalcanal campaign
* Torch
* Chinese famine of 1942–1943

1943|

* Black May
* Tunisian campaign
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