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5 days ago · World War II, conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during the years 1939–45. The principal belligerents were the Axis powers — Germany , Italy , and Japan —and the Allies— France , Great Britain , the United States , the Soviet Union , and, to a lesser extent, China .
- Invasion, Norway, Allies
World War II - Invasion, Norway, Allies: On April 9, 1940,...
- Hiroshima and Nagasaki
World War II - Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Atomic Bombs: On August...
- Tunisia 1942-43
Technology of war, 1918–39; The war in Europe, 1939–41. The...
- Potsdam
World War II - Potsdam, Allies, Axis: The last inter-Allied...
- Yalta
World War II - Yalta, Allies, Axis: Roosevelt's last meeting...
- The Battle of Britain
To this end, the Luftwaffe chief, Göring, on August 2 issued...
- Human and Material Cost
World War II - Human Cost, Material Losses: There can be no...
- The Fall of Singapore
Summarize this Article Meanwhile, on February 8 and 9, three...
- Invasion, Norway, Allies
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3 days ago · The diplomatic history of World War II includes the major foreign policies and interactions inside the opposing coalitions, the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers, between 1939 and 1945. High-level diplomacy began as soon as the war started in 1939.
1 day ago · World War II - Invasion, Norway, Allies: On April 9, 1940, the major Norwegian ports from Oslo northward to Narvik (1,200 miles away from Germany's naval bases) were occupied by advance detachments of German troops.
1 day ago · World War II began in Europe on 1 September 1939 with the German invasion of Poland and the United Kingdom and France's declaration of war on Germany two days later on 3 September 1939.
3 days ago · The Plan appeared in 1943, and was followed by the Greater London Plan in 1944. In addition to the general principles laid down to guide post-war reconstruction and redevelopment generally, which affected the development of the area round County Hall, the authors made specific proposals.
20 hours ago · World War II - Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Atomic Bombs: On August 6, 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima: the combined heat and blast pulverized everything in the explosion's immediate vicinity and immediately killed some 70,000 people (the death toll passed 100,000 by the end of the year).
1 day ago · At the start of the war, the Chinese army had 2.6 million soldiers; by end of the war it had grown to 5.7 million (excluding communist soldiers). The war cooled China's formerly warm relations with Germany (see Sino-German cooperation ), and following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, China formally joined the Allies and declared war on Germany on 9 December 1941.
