World War II - Wikipedia
World War II - Wikipedia

World War II | Facts, Summary, History, Dates, Combatants, & Causes ...
World War II was a conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during 1939–45. The main combatants were the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) and the Allies (France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and China). It was the bloodiest conflict, as well as the largest war, in human history.

World War II
World War II, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history, involved more than 50 nations and was fought on land, sea and air in nearly every part of the world. Also known as the Second ...

World War II: Causes and Timeline | HISTORY
World War II was fought from 1939 to 1945. Learn more about World War II combatants, battles and generals, and what caused World War II.

BBC - History: World War Two
Explore a detailed timeline of World War Two - the causes, events, soldiers and its aftermath. Discover facts about what happened during the most destructive war in history.

World War II Facts | Britannica
World War II was a conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during 1939–45. The main combatants were the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) and the Allies (France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and China). It was the bloodiest conflict, as well as the largest war, in human history.

Causes of World War II - Wikipedia
The causes of World War II have been given considerable attention by historians. The immediate precipitating event was the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany on September 1, 1939, the subsequent declarations of war on Germany made by Britain and France. The secret protocol of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of August 1939 helped make the invasion of Poland possible by establishing German and ...

Timeline of World War II - World War II Foundation
Decades long Cold War a result of the positioning of Allied powers at the end of the war. In 1945, economic competitors to the United States in Europe and Asia were destroyed or heavily damaged. The U.S. economy (particularly the manufacturing sector) flourished during the war and afterwards, the U.S. enjoyed several decades of prosperity.

World War II: Facts & Info About the Bloodiest War in History
Facts, information, and stories about World War II, the global conflict that killed tens of millions between 1939 and 1945.

World War II - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) which involved fighting between the Allies and the Axis. Most of the world's countries, including all of the great powers, fought as part of two military alliances: the Allied Powers include the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the Axis Powers include Nazi Germany ...