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t. e. The causes of World War II have been given considerable attention by historians. The immediate precipitating event was the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany on September 1, 1939, and the subsequent declarations of war on Germany made by Britain and France, but many other prior events have been suggested as ultimate causes.
World War II [b] or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all the world's countries—including all the great powers—participated, with many investing all available economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities in pursuit of total war, blurring the distinction between military and ...
A world war is an international conflict that involves most or all of the world's major powers. [1] Conventionally, the term is reserved for two major international conflicts that occurred during the first half of the 20th century, World War I (1914–1918) and World War II (1939–1945), although some historians have also characterised other global conflicts as world wars, such as the Nine ...
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand 1914. July Crisis 1914. v. t. e. The identification of the causes of World War I remains a debated issue. World War I began in the Balkans on July 28, 1914, and hostilities ended on November 11, 1918, leaving 17 million dead and 25 million wounded.
Bibliography. v. t. e. This is a timeline of events of World War II in 1939 from the start of the war on 1 September 1939. For events preceding September 1, 1939, see the timeline of events preceding World War II. Germany 's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 brought many countries into the war. This event, and the declaration of war by ...
Baltic Sea. Indian and Pacific Ocean. World War I[j]or the First World War(28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a global conflictbetween two coalitions: the Allies(or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting took place mainly in Europeand the Middle East, as well as in parts of Africaand the Asia-Pacific, and in ...
Second Sino-Japanese War. The attack on Pearl Harbor[nb 3]was a surprise military strikeby the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Serviceon the American naval baseat Pearl Harborin Honolulu, Hawaii, in the United States, just before 8:00 a.m. (local time) on Sunday, December 7, 1941. At the time, the United States was a neutral countryin World War II.
Operation Barbarossa [g] was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and many of its Axis allies, starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during World War II.It was the largest and costliest land offensive in human history, with around 10 million combatants taking part, [26] and over 8 million casualties by the end of the operation.