World War II, alternately known as the Second World War, began with the German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939 and ended on September 2, 1945 with the formal surrender of Japan. World War II involved countries from all over the w ...
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World War II, alternately known as the Second World War, began with the German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939 and ended on September 2, 1945 with the formal surrender of Japan. World War II involved countries from all over the world, known as the Axis powers, Germany, Japan, Italy, Romania, Hungary, Finland and Bulgaria, and the Allies, made up of Great Britain, France, the United States, Soviet Union, China, Poland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, South Africa, Yugoslavia, Greece, Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Brazil, and the Phillippines. Key events during the war include the battle of Britain, in which the British were able to prevent a German invasion of England, the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor and destruction of the U.S. Naval fleet in the Philippines, resulting in the U.S. declaration of war on Japan, and atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Various sources estimate between 40,000,000 to 75,000,000 fatalities occurred during World War II, making it the deadliest conflict in history.
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