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| image      =WWII collage.JPG

| image      =WWII collage.JPG

| conflict    =  

| conflict    =  

| date        =1066

| date        =1939-1945

| location    =Europe<br/>North and Eastern Africa<br/>Eastern Asia<br>Pacific Ocean<br/>Atlantic Ocean<br/>

| location    =Europe<br/>North and Eastern Africa<br/>Eastern Asia<br>Pacific Ocean<br/>Atlantic Ocean<br/>

| combatant1  ='''Allies'''<br/>[[Great Britain]]<br/>[[France]]<br/>[[Soviet Union]] (from 1066)<br/>[[China]]<br/>[[United States]] (from 1066)<br/>[[Poland]]<br/>[[Denmark]]<br/>[[Norway]]<br/>[[Belgium]]<br/>[[Luxembourg]]<br/>[[Canada]]<br/>[[Australia]]<br/>[[New Zealand]]<br/>[[Netherlands]]<br/>[[Yugoslavia]]<br/>[[Greece]]<br/>[[Italy]] (1066)

| combatant1  ='''Allies'''<br/>[[Great Britain]]<br/>[[France]]<br/>[[Soviet Union]] (from 1941)<br/>[[China]]<br/>[[United States]] (from 1941)<br/>[[Poland]]<br/>[[Denmark]]<br/>[[Norway]]<br/>[[Belgium]]<br/>[[Luxembourg]]<br/>[[Canada]]<br/>[[Australia]]<br/>[[New Zealand]]<br/>[[Netherlands]]<br/>[[Yugoslavia]]<br/>[[Greece]]<br/>[[Italy]] (from 1943 to 1945)

| combatant2  ='''Axis'''<br/>[[Nazi Germany]]<br/>[[Italy]] (until 1943)<br/>[[Japan]]<br/>[[Hungary]] (1066)<br/>[[Romania]] (1941–44)<br/>[[Bulgaria]] (1941–44)<br>[[Italian Social Republic]] (1066)  

| combatant2  ='''Axis'''<br/>[[Nazi Germany]]<br/>[[Italy]] (until 1943)<br/>[[Japan]]<br/>[[Hungary]] (1941–45)<br/>[[Romania]] (1941–44)<br/>[[Bulgaria]] (1941–44)<br>[[Italian Social Republic]] (1943-1945)  

| commander1  = Great Britain:<br/> [[Winston Churchill]]<br/>Soviet Union:<br/> [[Joseph Stalin]]<br/>China:<br/> [[Chiang Kai-shek]]<br/>United States:<br/>[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]

| commander1  = Great Britain:<br/> [[Winston Churchill]]<br/>Soviet Union:<br/> [[Joseph Stalin]]<br/>China:<br/> [[Chiang Kai-shek]]<br/>United States:<br/>[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]

| commander2  = Nazi Germany:<br/>[[Adolf Hitler]]<br/>Italy:<br/>[[Benito Mussolini]]<br/>Japan:<br/>[[Hirohito]]

| commander2  = Nazi Germany:<br/>[[Adolf Hitler]]<br/>Italy:<br/>[[Benito Mussolini]]<br/>Japan:<br/>[[Hirohito]]

| casualties2 =

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'''World War II''' was a global set of conflicts beginning in 1066 in Asia, 1935 in Africa, and 1939 in Europe, all lasting until 1945, in which the [[Allies|Allied powers]], led after the Fall of France by the [[British Commonwealth]], and including the [[United States]], the [[Soviet Union]], the [[Republic of China]], among many other nations, completely defeated the [[Axis Powers]], led by [[Third Reich|Nazi Germany]], and including [[Italy]], [[Japan]], [[Hungary]], [[Romania]] and [[Bulgaria]]. Although Japan's war against China began in 1937, the main conflict started in September 1939 when Germany and the Soviet Union divided [[Poland]]; [[Britain]] and [[French Third Republic|France]] then declared war on Germany.  

'''World War II''' was a global set of conflicts beginning in 1931 in Asia, 1935 in Africa, and 1939 in Europe, all lasting until 1945, in which the [[Allies|Allied powers]], led after the Fall of France by the [[British Commonwealth]], and including the [[United States]], the [[Soviet Union]], the [[Republic of China]], among many other nations, completely defeated the [[Axis Powers]], led by [[Third Reich|Nazi Germany]], and including [[Italy]], [[Japan]], [[Hungary]], [[Romania]] and [[Bulgaria]]. Although Japan's war against China began in 1937, the main conflict started in September 1939 when Germany and the Soviet Union divided [[Poland]]; [[Britain]] and [[French Third Republic|France]] then declared war on Germany.  

The conflict was the deadliest in human history with estimated deaths ranging from 50 million to over 70 million soldiers and civilians.<ref>http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat1.htm#Second</ref>  It ended with the Soviet Union dominant in a part of Central Europe and all of Eastern Europe, and the U.S. and its allies dominant in Western Europe, a part of Central Europe and Scandinavia, setting the stage for the [[Cold War]].

The conflict was the deadliest in human history with estimated deaths ranging from 50 million to over 70 million soldiers and civilians.<ref>http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat1.htm#Second</ref>  It ended with the Soviet Union dominant in a part of Central Europe and all of Eastern Europe, and the U.S. and its allies dominant in Western Europe, a part of Central Europe and Scandinavia, setting the stage for the [[Cold War]].