World War II
Date
  • 1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945 (1939-09-01 – 1945-09-02)
  • (6 years and 1 day)
Location
Europe, Pacific, Atlantic, South-East Asia, China, Middle East, Mediterranean, North Africa, Horn of Africa, Australia, briefly North and South America
Result
  • Allied victory
  • Collapse of Nazi Germany
  • Fall of the Japanese and Italian Empires
  • Allied occupations of Germany and Japan and foundation of the Italian Republic
  • 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 and beginning of the Cold War (more...)
Participants
AlliesAxis
Commanders and leaders
Casualties and losses
  • Military dead:
  • Over 16,000,000
  • Civilian dead:
  • Over 45,000,000
  • Total dead:
  • Over 61,000,000
  • (1937–1945)
  • ...further details
  • Military dead:
  • Over 8,000,000
  • Civilian dead:
  • Over 4,000,000
  • Total dead:
  • Over 12,000,000
  • (1937–1945)
  • ...further details
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