World War II

[b][size=29][center]World War II[/b],[/center]
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the [b]Second World War[/b],[/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-0][u][size=25][color:f0fb=#0000ff][1][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] (often abbreviated [b]WWII[/b] or [b]WW2[/b]) was a global military conflict which involved a [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Participants_in_World_War_II][u][size=25][color:f0fb=#0000ff]majority of the world's nations[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25], including all of the [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Great_power][u][size=25][color:f0fb=#0000ff]great powers[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25],[/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-1][u][size=25][color:f0fb=#0000ff][2][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] organized into two opposing military alliances: the [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II][u][size=25][color:f0fb=#0000ff]Allies[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] and the [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Axis_powers][u][size=25][color:f0fb=#0000ff]Axis[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25]. The war involved the mobilization of over 100 million military personnel, making it the most widespread war in history. In a state of "[/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Total_war][u][size=25][color:f0fb=#0000ff]total war[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25]", the major participants placed their complete economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities at the service of the war effort, erasing the distinction between civilian and military resources. Over [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/World_War_II_casualties][u][size=25][color:f0fb=#0000ff]70 million people[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25], the majority of them civilians, were killed, making it the deadliest conflict in [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/History_of_the_world][u][size=25][color:f0fb=#0000ff]human history[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25].[/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-2][u][size=25][color:f0fb=#0000ff][3][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25]
The starting date of the war is generally held to be September 1939 with the [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland_(1939)][u][size=25][color:f0fb=#0000ff]German invasion of Poland[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] and subsequent declarations of war on [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Nazi_Germany][u][size=25][color:f0fb=#0000ff]Germany[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] by the [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/United_Kingdom][u][size=25][color:f0fb=#0000ff]United Kingdom[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25], [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/French_Third_Republic][u][size=25][color:f0fb=#0000ff]France[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] and the British [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Dominion][u][size=25][color:f0fb=#0000ff]Dominions[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25].[/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-3][u][size=25][color:f0fb=#0000ff][4][/u][/color][/size][size=25]HYPERLINK \l "cite_note-4"[/size][u][size=25][color:f0fb=#0000ff][5][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] However, as a result of other events, many belligerents entered the war before or after this date, during a period which spanned from 1937 to 1941. Amongst these main events are the [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Marco_Polo_Bridge_Incident][u][size=25][color:f0fb=#0000ff]Marco Polo Bridge Incident[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25], the start of [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Operation_Barbarossa][u][size=25][color:f0fb=#0000ff]Operation Barbarossa[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25], and the [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor][u][size=25][color:f0fb=#0000ff]attack on Pearl Harbor[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] and British and Dutch colonies in [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/South_East_Asia][u][size=25][color:f0fb=#0000ff]South East Asia[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25].
The [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Soviet_Union][u][size=25][color:f0fb=#0000ff]Soviet Union[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] and the [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/United_States][u][size=25][color:f0fb=#0000ff]United States[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] emerged from the war as the world's leading superpowers. This set the stage for the [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Cold_War][u][size=25][color:f0fb=#0000ff]Cold War[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25], which lasted for the next 45 years. The [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/United_Nations][u][size=25][color:f0fb=#0000ff]United Nations[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] was formed in the hope of preventing another such conflict. The [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Self_determination][u][size=25][color:f0fb=#0000ff]self determination[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] spawned by the war accelerated [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Decolonisation][u][size=25][color:f0fb=#0000ff]decolonisation[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] movements in Asia and Africa, while [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Western_Europe][u][size=25][color:f0fb=#0000ff]Western Europe[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] itself began moving toward [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/History_of_the_European_Union][u][size=25][color:f0fb=#0000ff]integration[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25].
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