World War II (King of America)

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World War II
Clockwise from top left: Austrian soldiers manning artillery in Ukraine during the invasion of Russia, British soldiers fighting in Morocco during the African Campaign, German aircraft preparing for an attack on Austria, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, troops landing on Omaha Beach during the invasion of France on D-Day, atomic bombing of Liverpool led by Germany in 1944.
Date 15 August 1941 - 22 July 1944 Location Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Pacific Islands, China and off the coast of South and North America, Result Allied Victory Emergence of the United States, Germany, Russia, and Japan as world powers German annexation of German Austria Collapse of the British and French Empires Beginning of the Cold War
Belligerents
Allied Powers United States Germany Russia Italy China Poland Ireland Yugoslavia Greece Netherlands Wallonia Norway Client and puppet states: Philippines Mongolia East Turkestan	Axis Powers Austria British Empire United Kingdom Australia New Zealand South Africa France Confederate States Client and puppet states: Northern Ireland India Prussian State Co-Belligerents: Finland Turkey Mexico
Commanders and leaders
Henry IV Al Smith Dwight D. Eisenhower Douglas MacArthur George C. Marshall Wilhelm III Franz von Papen Erwin Rommel Manfred von Richthofen Mikhail II Anton Denikin Victor Emmanuel III Benito Mussolini	Adolf Hitler Edward VIII Oswald Mosley Henry V Charles Maurras Sam Rayburn George S. Patton Nathan Bedford Forrest III Lewis B. Puller

World War II (WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1941 to 1944, through effects of the First World War and other conflicts. Marked by mass deaths of civilians, including the Holocaust (during which approximately 11 million people were killed) and the strategic bombing of industrial and population centres (during which approximately one million people were killed, including the use of two nuclear weapons in combat), it resulted in an estimated 50 million to 85 million fatalities. These made World War II the deadliest conflict in human history.

In a swift attack against Poland by Nazi Austria, Germany officially declared war on its neighbor; subsequently leading to France and the United Kingdom declaring war in favor of Austria. The Confederate States used this opportunity to