World War II
World War II was the deadliest conflict in human history and lasted from 1939 to 1945. It was fought in battles across Europe, Africa and Asia. As well, it is estimated that it resulted in 70 to 85 million deaths. The war saw the rise and fall of Nazi Germany, the Holocaust, the first use of atomic weapons, and the reshaping of the entire world political order. The articles, infographics, and resources below cover the major events, battles, countries, and figures of World War II.
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World War II: Overview
- World War II: A Detailed Overview
- A detailed article that covers the major causes, events and history of World War II.
Causes of World War II
- Causes of World War II
- Treaty of Versailles
- League of Nations
- Maginot Line
- Ruhr Crisis
- Hyperinflation in Germany
- Fascism in Italy
- Nazi Party
- Great Depression
- Adolf Hitler’s Rise to Power
- Japanese Invasion of Manchuria
- Italian Invasion of Ethiopia in 1935
- Rome-Berlin Axis
- Spanish Civil War
- Second Sino-Japanese War
- Anti-Comintern Pact
- Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
- Failure of the League of Nations
- Tripartite Pact
- Appeasement Before World War II
- Remilitarization of the Rhineland by Nazi Germany
- Annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany
- Munich Conference
Political Systems
- Communism
- Stalinism
- Fascism
- Dictatorship
Military Tactics & Strategy
- Island-Hopping in World War II
- Kamikaze Pilots
- Maginot Line
Home Front of World War II
- Home Front of World War II
- Propaganda in World War II
- Cult of Personality
- Women in World War II
Nations of World War II
- Allied Powers of World War II
- Australia in World War II
- Britain in World War II
- Canada in World War II
- France in World War II
- Soviet Union in World War II
- United States in World War II
- Axis Powers of World War II
- Imperial Japan in World War II
- Italy in World War II
- Nazi Germany in World War II
United States in World War II
- United States in World War II
- American Home Front of World War II
- American Women in World War II
- Harlem Hellfighters in World War II
- Japanese-American Internment in World War II
- Lend-Lease Act
- American Propaganda in World War II
Nazi Germany
- Nazi Germany
- Nazi Party
- SS (Schutztaffel)
- Life in Nazi Germany
- Propaganda in Nazi Germany
- Blitzkrieg in World War II
- Vichy France
- Nuremberg Trials
War Crimes
- Holocaust
- Types of Camps
- Liberation of the Camps
- Einsatzgruppen in the Holocaust
- Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
- Holodomor (Ukraine Famine)
- Nanking Massacre
Battles of World War II
- European Theater of World War II
- Nazi Germany Invasion of Poland
- Phoney War
- Battle of France
- Dunkirk Evacuation
- Battle of Britain
- The Blitz in World War II
- Operation Barbarossa
- Battle of Smolensk
- Battle of Kiev
- Siege of Leningrad
- Battle of Moscow
- Battle of the Atlantic in World War II
- Battle of Stalingrad
- Operation Mincemeat
- Battle of Kursk
- Allied Invasion of Italy
- Italian Campaign of World War II
- Operation Fortitude
- Normandy Invasion (D-Day)
- Battle of the Bulge
- Bombing of Dresden
- Battle of Berlin
- V-E Day
- Pacific Theater of World War II
- Attack on Pearl Harbor
- Battle of the Philippines
- Bataan Death March
- Doolittle Raid
- Battle of Midway
- Battle of Guadalcanal
- Battle of Saipan
- Battle of Leyte Gulf
- Battle of Iwo Jima
- Battle of Okinawa
- Operation Downfall
- Atomic Bombing of Japan
- V-J Day
- North African Theater of World War II
- Battles of El Alamein
Atomic Bombing of Japan
- Atomic Bombing of Japan
- Manhattan Project
- Was the United States Justified in Using the Atomic Bombs Against Japan?
- Reasons Against the Atomic Bombing of Japan
- Reasons in Favor of the Atomic Bombing of Japan
People of World War II
- Allied Political Leaders
- Winston Churchill
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Harry Truman
- Joseph Stalin
- Charles de Gaulle
- Neville Chamberlain
- Clement Attlee
- Chiang Kai-shek
- Allied Military Leaders
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- George S. Patton
- Douglas MacArthur
- Bernard Montgomery
- Georgy Zhukov
- Chester Nimitz
- Omar Bradley
- William “Bull” Halsey
- Axis Political Leaders
- Adolf Hitler
- Benito Mussolini
- Hideki Tojo
- Emperor Hirohito
- Axis Military Leaders
- Erwin Rommel
- Hermann Goering
- Paul von Hindenburg
- Isoroku Yamamoto
- Nazi Leadership/War Criminals
- Joseph Goebbels
- Heinrich Himmler
- Rudolf Hess
- Albert Speer
- Vichy France
- Philippe Pétain
- Scientists/Manhattan Project
- Robert Oppenheimer
- Enrico Fermi
- Albert Einstein
- Holocaust
- Elie Wiesel
- Anne Frank
- Oskar Schindler
Impacts of World War II
- Impacts of World War II
- Yalta Conference
- Potsdam Conference
- Cold War
- Marshall Plan
- Formation of the United Nations
- Significance of World War II
