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World War II

Clockwise from top left: Chinese forces in the Battle of Wanjialing, Australian 25-pounder guns during the First Battle of El Alamein, German Stuka dive bombers on the Eastern Frontwinter 1943–1944, US naval force in the Lingayen Gulf, Wilhelm Keitel signing the German Surrender, Soviet troops in the Battle of Stalingrad
Date 1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945
Location Europe,Pacific, Atlantic, South-East Asia, China, Middle East, Mediterranean and Africa, briefly North America
Result Allied victory
Creation of the United Nations
Emergence of the United States and theSoviet Union as superpowers
Beginning of the Cold War. (more...)
Belligerents
Allies
Soviet Union (1941–45)
United States (1941–45)
British Empire[1]
China (at war 1937–45)
France[2]Poland
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Yugoslavia (1941–45)
Norway (1940–45)
Netherlands (1940–45)
Belgium (1940–45)
Greece (1940–45)
...and others
Axis
Germany
Japan(at war 1937–45)
Italy (1940–43)
Hungary (1941–45)
Romania (1941–44)
Bulgaria (1941–44)
Co-belligerents
Finland (1941–44)
Iraq (1941)
Thailand (1942–45)
Puppet states
ManchukuoCroatia (1941–45)
Slovakia
...and others
Commanders and leaders
Allied leaders
Joseph Stalin
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
...and others
Axis leaders
Adolf Hitler
HirohitoBenito Mussolini
...and others
Casualties and losses
Military dead:
Over 16,000,000
Civilian dead:
Over 45,000,000
Total dead:
Over 61,000,000 (1937–45)
...further details Military dead:
Over8,000,000
Civilian dead:
Over 4,000,000
Total dead:
Over 12,000,000 (1937–45)
...further details
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Precursors
Asian events · European events · Timeline
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Campaigns of World War II
1939 · 1940 · 1941 · 1942 · 1943 · 1944 · 1945
Eastern front · Western Front · Pacific War · Battles · Mediterranean, Middle East and African Campaigns · Commanders...