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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. Joseph Stalin Georgy Zhukov Franklin D. Roosevelt George Marshall Winston Churchill Alan Brooke Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Josip Broz Tito and others Axis leadersAdolf Hitler Wilhelm Keitel Hirohito Hideki Tōjō Benito Mussolini Ugo Cavallero Ion Antonescu Miklós Horthy C.G.E. Mannerheim 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: Over 8,000,000 Civilian dead: Over 4,000,000 Total dead: Over 12,000,000 (1937-45) ...further details World War II series Precursors Asian events · European events · Timeline Campaigns of World War IIEurope Poland – Phoney War – Denmark & Norway France & Benelux – Britain – Balkans – Yugoslav Front – Eastern Front – Western Front (1944–45) – Mediterranean, Middle East and Africa Asia & The Pacific China – Pacific Ocean – South-East Asia South West Pacific – Japan – Manchuria (1945) Other Campaigns Atlantic – Strategic Bombing - North America Contemporaneous Wars Chinese Civil – Winter War – Soviet–Japanese Border – French–Thai 1939 · 1940 · 1941 · 1942 · 1943 · 1944 · 1945 Eastern front · Western Front · Pacific War · Battles · Mediterranean, Middle East and African Campaigns · Commanders Technology · Military 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Latvia · Luxembourg · Netherlands · Norway · Philippines · Poland · Thailand · Soviet Union · Slovakia · Western Ukraine · Vietnam · Yugoslavia Timeline Prelude Africa · Asia · Europe 1939 Invasion of Poland · Phoney War · Winter War · Battle of the Atlantic · Winter Offensive in China 1940 Denmark and Norway · Battle of the Netherlands · Battle of Belgium · Battle of France · Battle of Britain · Libya and Egypt · British Somaliland · Baltic states · Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina · Invasion of French Indochina · Invasion of Greece · Operation Compass 1941 East Africa Campaign · Invasion of Yugoslavia · Yugoslav Front · Battle of Greece · Battle of Crete · Invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) · Continuation War · Middle East Campaign · Battle of Kiev · Siege of Leningrad · Battle of Moscow · Siege of Sevastopol · Attack on Pearl Harbor · Battle of Hong Kong · Battle of the Philippines · Battle of Malaya · Battle of Borneo 1942 Japanese Conquest of Burma · Battle of Changsha · Battle of the Coral Sea · Battle of Gazala · Battle of Midway · Case Blue · Battle of Stalingrad · Dieppe Raid · Second Battle of El Alamein · Operation Torch · Guadalcanal Campaign 1943 End in Africa · Battle of Kursk · Battle of Smolensk · Solomon Islands · Invasion of Sicily · Lower Dnieper Offensive · Invasion of Italy · Gilbert and Marshall Islands · Battle of Changde 1944 Cassino and Anzio · Narva · Cherkassy · Operation Tempest · Operation Ichi-Go · Invasion of Normandy · Mariana and Palau Islands · Operation Bagration · Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive · Warsaw Uprising · Jassy–Kishinev Offensive · Belgrade Offensive · Liberation of Paris · Gothic Line · Operation Market Garden · Operation Crossbow · Operation Pointblank · Lapland War · Budapest Offensive · Battle of Leyte Gulf · Battle of the Bulge · Burma Campaign 1945 Vistula–Oder Offensive · Battle of Iwo Jima · Battle of Okinawa · Final offensive in Italy · Battle of Berlin · Prague Offensive · Siege of Budapest · Battle of West Hunan · Surrender of Germany · Soviet invasion of Manchuria · Philippine liberation · Borneo Campaign · Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki · Surrender of Japan Aspects General Attacks on North America · Blitzkrieg · Comparative military ranks · Cryptography · Home front · Military awards · Military equipment · Military production · Nazi plunder · Technology · Total war · Strategic bombing · Bengal famine of 1943 Aftermath Effects · Expulsion of Germans · Operation Paperclip · Occupation of Germany · Morgenthau Plan · Territorial changes · Soviet occupations (Romania, Poland, Hungary, Baltic States) · Occupation of Japan · First Indochina War · Indonesian National Revolution · Cold War · Decolonization · Contemporary culture War crimes Allied war crimes · German war crimes · Italian war crimes · Japanese war crimes · Soviet war crimes · United States war crimes · The Holocaust War rape Rape during the occupation of Japan · Comfort women · Rape of Nanking · Mass rape in Germany by Red Army Prisoners Italian prisoners of war in the Soviet Union · Japanese prisoners of war in the Soviet Union · Japanese prisoners of war in World War II · German prisoners of war in the Soviet Union Category · Portal definition · textbooks · quotes · source texts · media · news storiesWorld War II, or the Second World War (often abbreviated as WWII or WW2), was a global military conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945 which involved most of the world's nations, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history, with more than 100 million military personnel mobilised. In a state of "total war," the major participants placed their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities at the service of the war effort, erasing the distinction between civilian and military resources. Marked by significant action against civilians, including the Holocaust and the only use of nuclear weapons in warfare, it was the deadliest conflict in human history, that resulted in fifty million to over seventy million fatalities. The war is generally accepted to have begun on 1 September 1939, with the invasion of Poland by Germany and subsequent declarations of war on Germany by France and most of the countries of the British Empire and Commonwealth. Germany set out to establish a large German empire in Europe. During 1939 — early 1941 in a series of successful military campaigns and political treaties Germany conquered or politically subdued most of continental Europe apart from the USSR. Britain and the Commonwealth remained the only major force continuing the fight against the Axis in the Mediterranean and in extensive naval warfare. In June 1941, the European Axis launched an invasion of the USSR, giving a start to the largest land theatre of war in history, which, from this moment on was tying down the major part of the Axis military power. In December 1941, Japan, which had already been at war with China since 1937, and which aimed to establish a dominance over East Asia and South East Asia, attacked the US and European possessions in the Pacific, quickly conquering significant part of the region. The Axis advance was stopped in 1942 after defeat of Japan in a series of naval battles and after devastating defeats of European Axis troops in the Mediterranean and at Stalingrad. In 1943, with a series of German defeats in the Eastern Europe, the Allied invasion of Italy and American victories in the Pacific the Axis had lost strategic initiative and passed to strategic retreat on all fronts. In 1944 the Western Allies invaded France, whereas the Soviet Union regained all territorial losses and invaded the territory of Germany and its allies. The war in Europe ended with capture of Berlin by Soviet troops and subsequent German unconditional surrender on 8 May 1945. By that time Japanese naval power was defeated by the US, and invasion of Home Islands became imminent. The war ended with the total victory of the Allies over Germany and Japan in 1945. World War II left the political alignment and social structure of the world significantly altered. While the United Nations was established to foster international cooperation and prevent future conflicts (such as World War III), the Soviet Union and the United States emerged as rival superpowers, setting the stage for the Cold War, which would last for the next 46 years. Meanwhile, the influence of European great powers started to decline—while the decolonization of Asia and of Africa began. Most countries whose industries had been badly damaged began moving toward economic recovery and across the world political integration emerged in an effort to peacefully stabilise after war relations. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License  audiobookvault.ws Captain ue, 10 Aug 2010 12:16:27 GM 6 Responses to BBC Radio Collection: The . Second World War. . JakeTucker Says: August 10th, 2010 at 12:43 pm. Wow that was quick. Can I assume it's OK to take and upload from you? Captain Says: August 10th, 2010 at 12:53 pm Admin ... From Google Blog Search: "Second World War" From Google Video Search: "Second World War"  consortiumnews.com Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:48:18 GMT+00:00 Consortium News And three decades after that "war to end all wars," the Second World War found millions of Americans shipping out to all points of the globe, ...  thisislocallondon.co.uk Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:10:38 GMT+00:00 This is Local London a barnet couple who lived through the Second World War had a double celebration last Tuesday to mark their 70th wedding anniversary ...  google.com Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:10:52 GMT+00:00 The Associated Press The German economy contracted by 4.7 percent last year, easily its worst performance since World War II. The second -quarter economic figures already had ... German investment sentiment slumps Sydney Morning Herald Germany sees fastest growth since reunification KMPH Fox 26 From Google News Search: "Second World War"  militarybookman.com 616px x 521px | 266.50kB [source page] Ride to war the History of the First New Jersey Cavalry $60 00  warcolorphotos.com 364px x 450px | 35.80kB [source page] World War 2 in Africa 1941 1943 Panzerkampfwagen III < Previous |  gunandgame.com 605px x 740px | 83.90kB [source page] From Yahoo Image Search: "Second World War" What happened to the Japanese- Americans during the second world war and was it an overreaction? Q. What happened to the Japanese- Americans during the second world war and was it overreaction comparing it to what was done to German- Americans or Italian- Americans? Asked by say whaaaa? - Tue Mar 10 23:00:05 2009 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments A. My mother (a teenager at the time) her family were put into the camps. My grandfather was taken away by the FBI, and was not with them until near the end of the war. Was it an over reaction? Definitely. Our country was founded on the rule of law and on the premise that our citizens had certain inalienable rights. These were thrown out and people had their lives upended and packed into camps, based on their race. You can find more information, much of it spoken by the people who were in the camps, at Densho, an organization dedicated to preserving the Japanese American experiences during WW II. They have many resources there. You will need to sign up to get access to the video archive, but it is very simple to do and free. Answered by kaiy2k - Fri Mar 13 02:49:15 2009 What do Japanese people think about thee second world war? Q. Is there any generally accepted view of world war 2 in japan? For example in Britain the generally accepted view is that Germany and Japan were the aggressors and we were in the right. I know that Germans have laws against the Nazi party, but I also heard that Japan doesn't have anything similar. So what do ordinary japanese people think about the second world war? Asked by Chris tf - Sat Nov 24 00:56:08 2007 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments A. There is no scapegoat like Nazi party in Japan. Japanese military faction was not a party, but was holding great authority under the Imperial Constitution. They were out of control of the government abide by the Constitution. I think whole Japanese people, not only military authorities and politicians, were responsible for that era (I wonder how German people who voted for Nazi party felt responsibility at that moment). Generalizing is difficult. I assume even your post is yours, but not whole UK people's opinion. BTW, Japanese constitution bans preemptive action or attack now and there is also "Three Non-Nuclear Principles". The political framework between Germany and Japan were very different. The economic condition was also… [cont.] Answered by Joriental - Sat Nov 24 03:17:56 2007 why do people assume germany was not decimated during the second world war?
Q. why do people assume that gemany was not decimated during the second world war. that the main cities of commerce were not pulverised. i mean nintey thousand dead in one fire bombing raid alone in dresden. this is not saying that i either agree or disagree with how that war was fought. i am saying way does it seem people have forgotten the actions and military methods used to finish the war in germany. Asked by stalag33.3 - Fri Apr 20 19:54:57 2007 - - 12 Answers - 0 Comments A. People only see what they want to see. The winning side immediately jumped in and started rebuilding the losing side in both Japan and Germany. For many years, for example Japan had better steel mills than the us, because ours were not bombed flat and could be rebuilt with more modern technology; the same for Western Germany. Step back for a moment and compare cold war East Germany to West Germany. I think you will see a difference in how each was perceived. Answered by auhunter04 - Fri Apr 20 21:36:06 2007 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Second World War" |
