Also known as: World_War_2, WWII, WW2, 第二次世界大戦, 第二次世界大战
The Second World War (abbreviated "WWII" or "WW2") was a major worldwide War that was first set off by the Japanese invasion of Manchuria and then officially began when Nazi Germany attacked Poland on September 1st of 1939 and ended after Japan surrendered on August 15th of 1945. It is considered a result of the outcome of World War I.
The belligerents formed two major factions, the Allied Powers (or "Allies") and the Axis Powers (or "Axis").
World War II is considered the deadliest military conflict in human history. Over 60 million people died as a result of the fighting and/or resulting resource shortages, as well as deliberate mass killings throughout the war, and hundreds of millions were displaced or left destitute in the aftermath. WW2 can also be considered the deathblow to the old European empires which had dominated history up to that point; the war left them financially, militarily, and culturally even more exhausted than they had been after WW1 and saw the rise of two new super-powers with a rather anti-colonial bent to them: the USSR and the USA, thus kickstarting the Cold War.
Technologically, WW2 saw the first usage of the many trends that still dominate warfare to this day: the first modern Missiles and Rockets were used during WW2, Aircraft Carriers replaced Battleships as the dominant surface warfare vessels, unmanned radio controlled vehicles saw limited use during the war, and StG 44, the world's first assault rifle, entered service during the later half of the war. The most important and influential technology used, however, is the first (and only) usage of a Nuclear Weapon in the history of warfare: when the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed by the atomic bombs dropped by the USA.
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Participants
The Allies
- United Kingdom
- Special Air Service
- Royal Air Force
- Royal Navy
- France
- Soviet Union
- Soviet Army
- United States
- United States Army
- United States Air Force
- United States Navy
- United States Marine Corps
- Republic of China
- Poland
- Norway
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Luxembourg
- Ethiopia
- Greece
- Czechoslovakia (annexed prior the war begun, later fought as partisans and foreign brigade)
- Yugoslavia
- Philippines (until 1942 and after 1945)
- India
- Canada
- Australia
- New Zealand
- South Africa
- Rhodesia
- Mongolia
- Brazil
- Mexico
The Axis
- Nazi Germany
- Waffen-SS
- Wehrmacht
- Luftwaffe
- Kriegsmarine
- Afrika Korps
- Fascist Italy
- Regia Aeronautica
- Regia Marina
- Empire of Japan
- Imperial Japanese Navy
- Imperial Japanese Army
- Hungary
- Romania (until 1944)
- Bulgaria
- Finland
- Slovakia
- Croatia
- Philippines (from 1942 - 1945)
- Thailand
People
United States
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Harry S. Truman
- Julius Robert Oppenheimer
- General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower
- General Douglas MacArthur
- General George S Patton
- Lieutenant General Jimmy Doolittle
United Kingdom
- Winston Churchill
- Marshall Bernard Montgomery
Soviet Union
Nazi Germany
- Adolf Hitler
- Heinrich Luitpold Himmler
- Josef Mengele
- Michael Wittmann
- Kurt Knispel
- Hermann Wilhelm Goering
- Erwin Rommel
Empire of Japan
Fascist Italy
Battles / Events
Pacific Theatre
- Attack on Pearl Harbor
- Battle Of The Java Sea
- Doolittle Raid
- Battle Of The Coral Sea
- Battle Of Midway
- Guadalcanal Campaign
- Battle Of Santa Cruz
- Battle Of The Philippine Sea
- Battle Of Peleliu
- Battle Of Leyte Gulf
- Battle of Iwo Jima
- Raising The Flag On Iwo Jima
- Battle Of Okinawa
- Operation Ten-Gou
- Atomic Bombings Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki
- Victory Over Japan Day
North Africa Front
European Theatre/Western Front
- Battle Of France
- Dunkirk Evacuation
- Battle Of Britain
- Battle Of Sicily
- Invasion Of Normandy
- D-Day
- Omaha Beach
- Battle Of Carentan
- Battle Of Caen
- Operation Market Garden
- Battle Of Arnhem
- John Frost Bridge
- Battle Of Nijmegen
- Battle Of The Bulge
- Siege Of Bastogne
- Battle Of Remagen
Eastern Front
- Siege Of Odessa
- Siege Of Sevastopol
- Battle Of The Kerch Peninsula
- Winter Offensive
- Battle Of Stalingrad
- Battle Of Kursk
- Battle Of The Dnieper
- Prague Offensive
- Battle Of Berlin
- Raising A Flag Over The Reichstag
See also
- Fat Man (Bomb)
- Invasion Stripes
- Little Boy (Bomb)
- PTSD
- World War I
- Second Sino-Japanese War
- Spanish Civil War
- Tag Group:History
World War II in Popular Culture
- The Man In The High Castle
- Wolfenstein (Series)
- Company Of Heroes
- Kerberos Saga
- Kaze Tachinu
- The Cockpit (Ova)
- The Cockpit: Slipstream
- The Cockpit: Sonic Boom Squadron
- The Cockpit: Knight Of The Iron Dragon
- Letters From Iwo Jima
- Midway (Movie)
- Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
- The Pacific
- The Two-Thousand Yard Stare
- Kelly'S Heroes
- Das Boot
- Dunkirk (Movie)
- Band Of Brothers
- Saving Private Ryan
- Fury (Movie)
- Enemy At The Gates
- Masters Of The Air
- Oppenheimer (Movie)