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'''World War II''', or the '''Second World War''' was a [[World war|global]] military [[War|conflict]] that was fought between [[Invasion of Poland|September 1, 1939]], and [[Surrender of Japan|September 2, 1945]]. The war pitted two major [[military alliance]]s against each other: the [[Allied powers of World War II|Allies]] of the United States, [[Soviet Union]], United Kingdom, [[Republic of China (1912-1949)|China]] and [[Allies of World War II#Other affiliated state combatants|others]] against the [[Axis powers|Axis]] of [[Nazi Germany|Germany]], [[Empire of Japan|Japan]], [[Fascist Italy (1922–1943)|Italy]] and [[Axis powers#Other Tripartite Pact signatories|others]]. Over [[World War II casualties|60 million people]], the majority of them civilians, were killed, making it the deadliest conflict in [[human history]].<ref>[[Jim Dunnigan|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}}</ref>

The Second World War was known for modern warfare and tactics such as [[air warfare]], [[strategic bombing]], [[blitzkrieg]] and the first, and only, [[Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki|use of]] [[nuclear weapon]]s in warfare. It is also known for the numerous [[War crimes in World War II|war crimes]] committed during its duration, mostly by [[List of war crimes committed during World War II#Axis powers|Axis forces]] but also by [[List of war crimes committed during World War II#Allied power|Allied]] forces, that left tens of millions of civilians dead through [[genocides]], [[massacres]] and [[starvation]]; such as the [[Holocaust]], [[Three Alls Policy]], [[Nazi crimes against the Polish nation|Genocide of ethnic Poles]], [[Unit 731]], [[Nanjing massacre]], [[Hunger Plan]] and the [[Warsaw Uprising]].

==Causes of World War II==
{{Main|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 ==
{{Main|Participants in World War II}}

=== The Axis powers ===
{{Main article|Axis powers}}

==== Major Axis powers ====
{{Main article|Tripartite pact}}
* {{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} [[Nazi Germany|Germany]]
* {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]
* {{flagicon|Fascist Italy|Italy}} [[Fascist Italy|Italy]]{{efn|The [[Kingdom of Italy]] was an axis power until it changed sides to the Allies after an [[Armistice of Cassibile|armistice]] in 1943. After the armistice, the [[Italian Social Republic]] was set up as a German puppet state still under Mussolini.}}

==== Other Axis powers ====
* {{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary (1920–46)}} [[Hungary during the Second World War|Hungary]]
* {{flagicon|Kingdom of Romania}} [[Romania during World War II|Romania]]
* {{flagicon|Slovak Republic (1939–1945)}} [[Slovakia during World War II|Slovakia]]{{efn|As the [[Slovak Republic (1939–1945)|Slovak Republic]], a German client state}}
* {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Bulgaria during World War II|Bulgaria]]
* {{flagicon|Independent State of Croatia}} [[Independent State of Croatia|Croatia]]
* {{flagicon|Finland}} [[Finland in World War II|Finland]]{{efn|During the [[Continuation War]]}}

=== The Allied powers ===
{{Main article|Allies of World War II}}

==== The 'Big Five' major allies ====
{{Main article|Permanent members of the United Nations Security Council}}

* {{flagicon|Soviet Union}} [[Soviet Union in World War II|Soviet Union]]{{efn|From [[Operation Barbarossa|June 1941]]}}
* {{flagicon|United States}} [[United States home front during World War II|United States]]{{efn|From [[United States declaration of war on Japan|December 1941]]}}
* {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[British Empire in World War II|United Kingdom]]
* {{flagicon|Republic of China}} [[Second Sino-Japanese War|China]]{{efn|China had been fighting an [[Second Sino-Japanese War|undeclared war]] against Japan since 1937, with various other conflicts since [[Japanese invasion of Manchuria|1931]]. On December 9, 1941, they officially joined the war}}
* {{flagicon|France}} [[France during World War II|France]]{{efn|In [[Battle of France|June 1940]], France surrendered and a government-in-exile, [[Free France]], was formed that fought with the Allies until the [[Provisional Government of the French Republic|Provisional government]] was formed in 1944}}

==== Other major allies ====
* {{flagicon|Poland|1928}} [[History of Poland (1939–1945)|Poland]]
* {{flagicon|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}} [[World War II in Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]{{efn|Yugoslavia was occupied after an [[Invasion of Yugoslavia|invasion]], but there were prominent [[Yugoslav Partisans|partisan]] groups that continued fighting}}
* {{flagicon|Greece|royal}} [[Military history of Greece during World War II|Greece]]
* {{flagicon|Canada|1921}} [[Military history of Canada during the Second World War|Canada]]
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Netherlands in World War II|Netherlands]]
* {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Belgium in World War II|Belgium]]
* {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[Occupation of Czechoslovakia (1938–1945)|Czechoslovakia]]
* {{flagicon|British India}} [[India in World War II|India]]
* {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Australia in World War II|Australia]]

== People in World War II ==

=== Leaders in World War II ===

==== Axis leaders ====
{{Main|Axis leaders of World War II}}

* {{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} [[Adolf Hitler]] – ''[[Führer]]'' (leader) of [[Nazi Germany|Germany]]
* {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} [[Hirohito]] – [[Emperor of Japan|Emperor]]{{efn|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 of Japan|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{{sfn|Bix|p=457}}}} of [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]
* {{flagicon|Fascist Italy (1922–1943)}} [[Benito Mussolini]] – [[Prime Minister of Italy|Prime Minister]] and [[Duce]]{{efn|[[Victor Emmanuel III of Italy|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 [[Italian invasion of France|1940]] and even [[Fall of the Fascist regime in Italy|deposing him in 1943]]), but Mussolini used more ''[[de facto]]'' power and influence than the king}} of [[Fascist Italy (1922–1943)|Italy]]

==== Allied leaders ====
{{Main|Allied leaders of World War II}}

* {{flagicon|Soviet Union}} [[Joseph Stalin]] – [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Leader]]{{efn|Stalin was neither the [[Nikolai Shvernik|head of state]] nor the [[Ivan Khokhlov|head of government]], but he held ''[[de facto]]'' dictatorial power}} of the [[Soviet Union]]
* {{flagicon|United States}} [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]{{efn|[[Harry S. Truman]] from April 1945}} – [[President of the United States|President]] of the United States
* {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Winston Churchill]]{{efn|[[Neville Chamberlain]] until May 10th 1940 and [[Clement Attlee]] from July 1945}} – [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] of the [[United Kingdom]]
* {{flagicon|Republic of China (1912-1949)}} [[Chiang Kai-shek]] – Leader{{efn|China was fragmented at the time due to a halted [[Chinese Civil War|civil war]] and legacies of the [[Warlord Era|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 [[Nationalist government|nationalists]] which [[Second United Front|allied]] with the communists and controlled most of China during the Second World War}} of [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|China]]

===Military forces of World War II===
* [[List of World War II aces by country]]
* [[List of World War II air aces]]

==== [[British Army during the Second World War]] ====
* [[History of the Royal Navy#Second World War|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]] =====
* [[Army of Africa (France)|Army of Africa]]
* [[French Liberation Army]]
* [[French Expeditionary Corps (1943–44)|French Expeditionary Corps]]
* [[Armistice Army]] (Vichy)

===== [[Military history of the United States during World War II]] =====
* [[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]] =====

* [[Red Army]]
* [[:Category:Military units and formations of the Soviet Union in World War II|Military units and formations of the Soviet Union in World War II]]
* [[:Category:Field armies of the Soviet Union|Field armies of the Soviet Union]]

===== [[National Revolutionary Army]] =====

* [[Army groups of the National Revolutionary Army]]

===== [[Military history of Germany]] =====

* [[Wehrmacht]]
* [[German Army (1935–1945)|German Army]]
** [[Afrika Korps]]
* [[Luftwaffe]]
* [[Kriegsmarine]]
* [[Schutzstaffel]]
* [[Waffen-SS]]
** [[Gestapo]]
* [[List of German divisions in World War II]]

===== [[Military history of Japan]] =====

* [[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]] =====

* [[List of Italian divisions in World War II]]
* [[Royal Italian Army during World War II|Royal Italian Army]]
* [[Regia Marina]]
* [[Regia Aeronautica]]
* [[Blackshirts]]

==Timeline of World War II==
{{Main|Timeline of World War II|List of World War II battles}}
{{WWII timeline}}

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

=== 1939 ===
{{Main|Timeline of World War II (1939)}}

* August 23: [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] and the [[Soviet Union]] sign a [[Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact|non-aggression pact]]
** September 1: Germany{{efn|And [[Slovak invasion of Poland|Slovakia]]}} [[Invasion of Poland (1939)|invades Poland]], beginning the war{{efn|[[World War II#Start and end dates|Other]] dates have been proposed, but September 1, 1939, is generally accepted}}
** September 3: War is declared on Germany by the [[United Kingdom declaration of war on Germany (1939)|United Kingdom]] and [[French declaration of war on Germany (1939)|France]], the [[Battle of the Atlantic]] and [[Phoney War]] begins
** September 17: After the Soviet Union [[Battles of Khalkhin Gol|defeats Japan in Mongolia]], they [[Soviet invasion of Poland|invade Poland]] as well
* November 30: The Soviet Union [[Winter War|invades Finland]]

=== 1940 ===
{{Main|Timeline of World War II (1940)}}

* April 9: Germany [[Operation Weserübung|invades Denmark and Norway]]
* May 10: Germany [[Battle of France|invades France and the low countries]]
** May 26: British troops [[Dunkirk evacuation|evacuate Dunkirk]]
* June 10: Italy declares war on United Kingdom and France
* July 10: Germany begins an [[Battle of Britain|air campaign against Britain]]
** September 7: Germany begins a major [[The Blitz|bombing campaign against Britain]]

=== 1941 ===
{{Main|Timeline of World War II (1941)}}

* June 22: Germany [[Operation Barbarossa|invades the Soviet Union]]
* September 8: The [[Siege of Leningrad]] begins
* October 2: The [[Battle of Moscow]] begins
* December 7: Japan [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|attacks Pearl Harbor]], bringing the United States into the war{{efn|The United States Congress did not officially declare war until [[United States declaration of war on Japan|the next day]]}}

=== 1942 ===
{{Main|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 ===
{{Main|Timeline of World War II (1943)}}

* July 4: [[Battle of Kursk]]
* July 9: [[Allied invasion of Sicily]]
* September 3: [[Allied invasion of Italy]] and [[Armistice between Italy and Allied armed forces|surrender of Italy]]{{efn|Signed on September 3, declared on September 8}}

=== 1944 ===
{{Main|Timeline of World War II (1944)}}

* January 17: [[Battle of Monte Cassino]]
* January 22: [[Operation Shingle|Landings at Anzio]]
* April 19: [[Operation Ichi-Go]]
* June 6: [[D-day]]
* June 22: [[Operation Bagration|Destruction of Army Group Center]]
* August 1: [[Warsaw Uprising]]
* August 15: [[Operation Dragoon|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 ===
{{Main|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==

=== Theatres and major campaigns ===
{{Main|List of theatres and campaigns of World War II}}

==== Europe ====
{{Main|European Theatre of World War II}}

* [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern front]]
* [[Western Front (World War II)|Western front]]
* [[Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II|Mediterranean and Middle Eastern theatre]]
** [[Italian Campaign (World War II)|Italian Campaign]]
* [[Arctic naval operations of World War II|Arctic theatre]]
** [[Arctic convoys of World War II|Arctic convoys]]

==== Asia ====
{{Main|Pacific War}}

* [[Second Sino-Japanese War]]{{efn|Undeclared from 1937 to 1941, this war merged into World War II in 1941}}
* [[South-East Asian Theatre of World War II|South-East Asian Theatre]]
* [[Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II|Pacific Ocean theatre]]

==== Africa ====
''For all theatres in Africa, see: {{CL|African theatres of World War II|African theatres}}''

* [[North African campaign]]
* [[West Africa Campaign (World War II)|West Africa campaign]]
* [[East African Campaign (World War II)|East African campaign]]

==== Other ====
* [[Home front during World War II]]

=== By country===
{{main|World War II by country}}

=== Europe ===
* [[Military history of Albania during World War II|Albania]]
** [[Albania under Italy]]
* [[Military history of Belarus during World War II|Belarus]]
* [[Military history of Bulgaria during World War II|Bulgaria]]
** [[Bulgarian resistance movement during World War II]]
* [[Military history of Carpathian Ruthenia during World War II|Carpathian Ruthenia]]
* [[Estonia in World War II|Estonia]]
** [[Occupation of Estonia by Nazi Germany]]
* [[Military history of Finland during World War II|Finland]]
* [[Military history of France during World War II|France]]
* [[History of Germany during World War II|Germany]]
* [[Military history of Gibraltar during World War II|Gibraltar]]
* [[Military history of Greece during World War II|Greece]]
** [[Axis occupation of Greece during World War II]]
* [[Hungary during World War II|Hungary]]
* [[Irish neutrality during World War II|Ireland]]
* [[Military history of Italy during World War II|Italy]]
** [[Italian Campaign (World War II)|Italian Campaign]]
*** [[Allied invasion of Sicily]]
*** [[Allied invasion of Italy]]
* [[Military history of Latvia during World War II|Latvia]]
** [[Occupation of Latvia by Nazi Germany]]
* [[Military history of Leningrad Oblast during World War II|Leningrad Oblast]]
* [[Military history of the Netherlands during World War II|Netherlands]]
* [[Soviet Union in World War II|Soviet Union]]
* [[Spain in World War II|Spain]]
* [[Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II|United Kingdom]]
* [[World War II in Yugoslavia|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 during World War II|Romania]]

=== Asia ===
* [[Burma campaign|Burma]]
* [[India in World War II|India]]
* [[Nepal during World War II|Nepal]]
* [[Military history of the Philippines during World War II|Philippines]]
* [[Vietnam during World War II|Vietnam]]

=== Africa ===
* [[Algeria in World War II|Algeria]]
* [[Military history of Egypt during World War II|Egypt]]
* [[Military history of South Africa during World War II|South Africa]]
* [[Southern Rhodesia in World War II|Southern Rhodesia]]

=== Oceania ===
* [[Military history of Australia during World War II|Australia]]
* [[Military history of New Zealand during World War II|New Zealand]]
** [[Axis naval activity in New Zealand waters]]

=== The Americas ===
* [[Military history of the United States during World War II|United States]]
* [[Canada in World War II|Canada]]
* [[History of Greenland during World War II|Greenland]]

== War crimes ==
{{Main|War crimes in World War II}}

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

=== Genocide ===
{{See also|Outline of genocide studies}}

==== The Holocaust ====
{{Main|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]]
* [[Extermination camp|Nazi extermination camps]]
** [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz]]
** [[Belzec extermination camp|Belzec]]
** [[Chełmno extermination camp|Chełmno]]
** [[Majdanek concentration camp|Majdanek]]
** [[Sobibor extermination camp|Sobibor]]
** [[Treblinka extermination camp|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 ====

* [[Nazi crimes against the Polish nation|Nazi genocide of ethnic Poles]]
* [[Porajmos|Romani genocide]]

=== Massacres ===

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

=== Mistreatment of civilians ===

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

==Technology during World War II==

[[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===
* [[Lists of World War II military equipment]]
* [[Equipment losses in World War II]]

====Vehicles of World War II====
* [[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 ====
* [[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==
* [[Nazi plunder]]

===Propaganda during World War II===
{{Main|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 ==

=== Soviet Union ===
* [[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===
* [[Medal of Honor]]
* [[Purple Heart]]
* [[Silver Star]]
* [[Bronze Star Medal|Bronze Star]]
* [[Distinguished Flying Cross (USA)|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===
* [[Victoria Cross]]
* [[Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)|Air Force Cross]]
* [[Order of the Bath]]
* [[Order of the British Empire]]
* [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)|Distinguished Flying Cross]]
* [[Africa Star]]
* [[Pacific Star]]

===France and Belgium===
* [[Croix de Guerre]]

===Poland===
* [[Krzyz Walecznych|Cross of the Valorous]]
* [[Order of Polonia Restituta]]
* [[Virtuti Militari]]

===Nazi Germany===
* [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Nazi Germany]]
* [[Iron Cross]]

== Aftermath of World War II ==
{{Main|Aftermath of World War II}}

=== The end of World War II ===
* [[End of World War II in Europe]]
* [[End of World War II in the Pacific]]

== Immediate events ==
* [[World War II reparations|War reparations]]
** [[War reparations#Japan|Japanese reparations]]
** [[Forced labor of Germans in the Soviet Union]]
* [[Nuremberg trials]]
* [[International Military Tribunal for the Far East]]

=== The post-war world ===

* [[Cold War]]
** Emergence of United States and [[USSR]] as global [[superpowers]]
** [[NATO]]
** [[Warsaw Pact]]
** [[Iron Curtain]]
** [[Proxy wars]]
** [[Decolonization#After 1945|Decolonization]]
* [[Post–World War II baby boom]]
* [[Pursuit of Nazi collaborators]]

== World War II - related media ==

* [[World War II in popular culture]]
* [[The Holocaust in popular culture]]
* [[List of World War II films]]
* [[:Category:History books about World War II|History books about World War II]]

== See also ==
{{Portal|History}}

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

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
* {{cite book
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  | first = Herbert P.
  | author-link = Herbert P. Bix
  | date = September 4, 2001
| title = Hirohito and the making of modern Japan
  | publisher = HarperCollins
  | isbn = 978-0-06-093130-8
  | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=zjmVltzm1kYC
  | access-date = April 6, 2022
| ref = {{sfnRef|Bix}}
  }}

==External links==
{{Sister project links|World War II}}

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* [https://www.archives.gov/research/ww2/ U.S. National Archives Photos]
* [https://digital.library.unt.edu/search.tkl?type=collection&q=WWII World War II Poster Collection] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090905043736/http://digital.library.unt.edu/search.tkl?type=collection&q=WWII |date=2009-09-05 }} hosted by the University of North Texas Libraries' *[https://digital.library.unt.edu/ Digital Collections]
* [http://www.psywar.org/leaflets.php World War II Propaganda Leaflet Archive]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080821000454/http://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/ World War 2 Pictures In Colour] <!-- Smiley Central pop-ups, but has valuable content -->
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* [http://english.pobediteli.ru/ Multimedia map]—Presentation that covers the war from the invasion of the Soviet Union to the fall of Berlin
* [http://www.otr.net/?p=news Radio news from 1938 to 1945]
* [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/theartofwar/ The Art of War Online Exhibition at the UK National Archive]
;On-line documents
* [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/maps/wwii/ World War II Military Situation Maps. Library of Congress]
* [http://www.american-divisions.com After Action Reports (AAR's) and other official documents about the American Divisions during the Second World War]
* [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/history_ww2.html Maps from the Pacific and Italian theaters]
* [http://www.theblackvault.com/content-10.html Officially Declassified U.S. Government Documents about World War II] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080321133346/http://www.theblackvault.com/content-10.html |date=2008-03-21 }} <!-- NOTE TO WIKI EDITORS: I did ask to add this link via the talk page, and received permission. -->
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090724225922/http://www.foia.cia.gov/CPE/CAESAR/caesar-25.pdf ''The Soviet History of World War II''], 28&nbsp;October 1959—[[Central Intelligence Agency]], Office of Current Intelligence.
* [http://chrito.users1.50megs.com/ Daily German action reports]
; Stories
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/ 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.) ([https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071075/ Imdb link])
* ''The Second World War in Colour'' (1999) is a three episode documentary showing unique footage in color ([https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212694/ 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 (documentary)|The War]]'' (2007) is 7-part [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] documentary recounting the experiences of a number of individuals from American communities.
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===Military engagements===
For military topics (land, naval, and air engagements as well as campaigns, operations, defensive lines and sieges), please see [[List of military engagements of World War II]].

===Political and social aspects of the war===
* [[Causes of World War II]]
* [[Appeasement]]
* [[Occupation of Denmark]]
* [[Netherlands in World War II]]
* [[War children]] in the times of peace
* [[Gold Star Mothers Club]] for those mothers who lost their children, KIA
* [[United States Political Leadership in World War II]]

===Production and logistics===
The Axis lost, at least partly because the Allies, after the USA's and the Soviet Union's entrance into the war, had greater productive resources, and were able to turn these resources into greater numbers of soldiers and weapons than the Axis. This was further compounded by the comparative lack of equipment standardization among the Axis forces and its failure to use its large territorial (and associated resources) gains in an economy on war footing. For instance Nazi Germany was the only war economy which largely didn't make use of the labour of women.
* [[Military production during World War II]]
* [[American tank production during World War II]]
* [[German tank production during World War II]]
* [[Soviet tank production during World War II]]
* [[WW2 aircraft production]]

===Rank and insignia===
*[[United States Army enlisted rank insignia of World War II]]
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