The city of Paris started mobilizing for war in September 1939, when Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union attacked Poland, but the war seemed far away until...
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World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers...
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military history of the United States during World War II covers the nation's role as one of the major Allies in their victory over the Axis Powers. The United...
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Almost every country in the world participated in World War II. Most were neutral at the beginning, but only a relative few nations remained neutral to...
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World War II saw the largest scale of war crimes and crimes against humanity ever committed in an armed conflict, mostly against civilians and POWs. Most...
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The European theatre of World War II was one of the two main theatres of combat during World War II, taking place from September 1939 to May 1945. The...
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List of theatres and campaigns of World War II subdivides military operations of World War II and contemporary wars by war, then by theater and then by campaign...
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World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history. An estimated total of 70–85 million people perished, or about 3% of the estimated global...
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of World War II. Timeline of events preceding World War II Timeline of World War II (1939) Timeline of World War II (1940) Timeline of World War II (1941)...
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Germany during World War II to administer the occupied zone in areas of northern and western France. This so-called zone occupée was established in June 1940...
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