World War II

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World War II

World War II (pronounced: /wɜːrld wɔːr tuː/), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history, and it directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries.

Etymology

The term World War II was first used by Time magazine on page 28b of its September 11, 1939 issue. In some countries, the war is often known as the Second Great War, the War to End War, or the War to End All Wars, a phrase originally used towards the end of World War I.

Related Terms

  • Axis Powers: The Axis powers, also known as the Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis, were the nations that fought in World War II against the Allies.
  • Allied Powers: The Allies promoted the alliance as a means to control German, Japanese and Italian aggression.
  • Holocaust: The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was a genocide during World War II in which Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million European Jews.
  • D-Day: D-Day is a term often used in military parlance to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated.
  • Pearl Harbor: The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on the morning of December 7, 1941.

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