World War II |
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Beginning: |
3 October 1939
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Place: |
Northern Poland, Germany, France, Baltic Sea, North Sea
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Outcome: |
Allied victory
- Dissolution of Nazi Germany
- Allied military occupations of Germany, Japan, Austria and foundation of the Italian Republic in place of the Kingdom of Italy
- Beginning of the Nuclear Age
- Dissolution of the League of Nations and creation of the United Nations
- Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as rival superpowers
- Development of jet-powered aircraft and the atomic bomb
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Combatants |
United Kingdom
United States
Soviet Union
China
Egypt
The Netherlands
Poland
Dutch East Indies
Greece
Australia
Canada
Québec
New Zealand
British India
South Africa
Yugoslavia
Norway
Denmark
Ethiopia
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
France
Italy
French Morocco
French Algeria
French Tunisia
Brazil
Maranhão
Pernambuco
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German Reich
Japanese Empire
Italy (until 1943)
Spain
Romania
Hungary
Finland
Bulgaria
Siam
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Commanders |
- Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski
- Philippe Pétain
- Clement Attlee
- Benito Mussolini
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- Wilhelm III
- Hans Luther
- Per Albin Hansson
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Casualties and Losses |
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