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<noinclude><center>'''''See [[#Schematic|below]] for schematic diagram of this template.'''''</center></noinclude>
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<span style="font-size:120%;">{{Tnavbar-collapsible|[[World War II]]|World War II}}</span>
 
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[[Western Front (World War II)|Western Europe]]{{·}} [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern Europe]]{{·}} [[Second Sino-Japanese War|China]]{{·}} [[African campaigns of World War II|Africa]]{{·}} [[Mediterranean Theatre of World War II|Mediterranean]]{{·}} [[Pacific War|Asia and the Pacific]]{{·}} [[Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945)|Atlantic]]
 
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|width="120px" style="background:#B0C4DE"| '''Theaters'''
 
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|width="180px" style="background:#B0C4DE"| '''Key events (1939-1942)'''
 
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''Prelude:''
 
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*[[Causes of World War II|Causes]]
 
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*[[Events preceding World War II in Europe|in Europe]]
 
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*[[Events preceding World War II in Asia|in Asia]]
 
  
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*[[European Theatre of World War II|Europe]]
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*[[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern Europe]]
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*[[North African Campaign|Africa]]
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Major [[Participants in World War II|participants]]
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*[[Middle East Theatre of World War II|Middle East]]
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*[[Mediterranean Theatre of World War II|Mediterranean]]
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[[Timeline of World War II|Timeline]]
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*[[Second Sino-Japanese War|China]]
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Aspects
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*[[Second Battle of the Atlantic|Atlantic]]
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If you are about to add a battle/operation to this list, please take some time to really consider its importance in the history of WW2 compared with the others in the list. The battle added needs to be very important; it might be a good idea to propose and discuss it on the template's talk page first.
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''Prelude''<br/>
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• [[Causes of World War II|Causes]]<br/>
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• [[Events preceding World War II in Asia|in Asia]]<br/>
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• [[Second Sino-Japanese War|Invasion of China]]<br/>
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• [[Events preceding World War II in Europe|in Europe]]
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<div>
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''1939''<br/>
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• [[Invasion of Poland (1939)|Invasion of Poland]]<br/>
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• [[Phoney War]]<br/>
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• [[Winter War|Invasion of Finland]]<br/>
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• [[Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945)|Battle of the Atlantic]]{{smallsup|3}}
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''1940''<br/>
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• [[Operation Weserübung|Denmark and Norway]]<br/>
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• [[Battle of France]]<br/>
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• [[Battle of Britain]]<br/>
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• [[Occupation of Baltic states]]<br/>
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• [[Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina|Bessarabia and Bukovina]]<br/>
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• [[Indochina Expedition|Invasion of Indochina]]<br/>
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• [[Greco-Italian War|Invasion of Greece]]
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</div>
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<div>
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''1941''<br/>
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• [[Invasion of Yugoslavia]]<br/>
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• <!--Please keep following as "Invasion of the USSR" as "Invasion of the Soviet Union" too long (and "Invasion of Soviet Union" not grammatical):-->[[Operation Barbarossa|Invasion of the USSR]]<br/>
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• [[Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran|Invasion of Iran]]<br/>
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• [[Attack on Pearl Harbor]]
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</div>
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<div>
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''1942''<br/>
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• [[Battle of Midway]]<br/>
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• [[Battle of Stalingrad]]<br/>
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• [[Second Battle of El Alamein|2nd Battle of El Alamein]]
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</div>
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<div>
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''1943''<br/>
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• [[Tunisia Campaign|End in Africa]]<br/>
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• [[Battle of Kursk]]<br/>
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• [[Guadalcanal campaign]]<br/>
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• [[Allied invasion of Italy]]
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</div>
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<div>
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''1944''<br/>
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• [[Battle of Normandy]]<br/>
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• [[Operation Bagration]]<br/>
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• [[Battle of Romania (1944)|Battle of Romania]]<br/>
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• [[Liberation of Paris]]<br/>
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• [[Operation Market Garden]]<br/>
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• [[Battle of Leyte Gulf]]
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</div>
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<div>
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''1945''<br/>
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• [[Battle of Okinawa]]<br/>
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• [[Battle of Berlin]]<br/>
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• [[End of World War II in Europe|Surrender of Germany]]<br/>
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• [[Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki|Hiroshima and Nagasaki]]<br/>
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• [[Surrender of Japan]]
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</div>
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<div>
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• <small>''[[List of military engagements of World War II|more military engagements]]''</small>
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</div>
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<div>
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''Aftermath''<br/>
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• [[Effects of World War II|Effects]]<br/>
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• [[World War II casualties|Casualties]]<br/>
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• [[Expulsion of Germans after World War II|Expulsion of Germans]]<br/>
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• [[Allied Occupation Zones in Germany|Division of Germany]]<br/>
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• [[Morgenthau plan|Morgenthau plan]]<br/>
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• [[Oder-Neisse line|Territorial changes]]<br/>
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• [[Occupied Japan|Occupation of Japan]]<br/>
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• [[Cold War]]<br/>
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• [[World War II in contemporary culture|in contemporary culture]]
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<div>
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• [[Attacks on North America during World War II|Attacks on North America]]<br/>
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• [[Blitzkrieg]]<br/>
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• [[Comparative military ranks of World War II|Comparative military ranks]]<br/>
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• [[World War II cryptography|Cryptography]]<br/>
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• [[Home front during World War II|Home front]]<br/>
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• [[Military awards of World War II|Military awards]]<br/>
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• [[List of World War II military equipment|Military equipment]]<br/>
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• [[Military production during World War II|Military production]]<br/>
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• [[Resistance during World War II|Resistance]]<br/>
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• [[Technology during World War II|Technology]]<br/>
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• [[Total war#World War II|Total war]]
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''Civilian impact and atrocities''<br/>
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• [[Allied war crimes during World War II|Allied war crimes]]<br/>
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• [[Bataan Death March]]<br/>
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• [[Bengal famine of 1943]]<br/>
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• [[Comfort women]]<br/>
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• [[Dutch famine of 1944]]<br/>
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• [[German war crimes]]<br/>
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• [[Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki|Hiroshima and Nagasaki]]<br/>
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• [[Hibakusha]]<br/>
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• [[Himeyuri Students]]<br/>
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• [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]]<br/>
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• [[Japanese war crimes]]<br/>
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• [[Nanking Massacre]]<br/>
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• [[Siege of Leningrad]]<br/>
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• [[Sook Ching massacre]]<br/>
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• [[Soviet war crimes]]<br/>
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• [[Strategic bombing during World War II|Strategic bombings]]<br/>
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• [[Unit 731]]<br/>
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• [[Vietnamese Famine of 1945|Vietnamese famine of 1945]]<br/>
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!<!---R5/10:C1/6----->colspan="2" style="background:lavender; line-height:11pt; padding:0.25em 0; text-align:center; font-size:110%;"| [[Allies of World War II|Allies]]
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!<!---R5/10:C2-3/6--->style="background:mistyrose; line-height:11pt; padding:0.25em 0; text-align:center; font-size:110%;"| [[Axis powers of World War II|Axis]]<!--
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''at war from 1937''<br/>
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{{flagicon|Republic of China}}&nbsp;[[Second Sino-Japanese War|China]]
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<div>
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''entered 1939''<br/>
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{{flagicon|Poland}}&nbsp;[[History of Poland (1939–1945)|Poland]]<br/>
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{{flagicon|United Kingdom}}&nbsp;[[Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II|UK]]<br/>
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{{flagicon|France}}&nbsp;[[Military history of France during World War II|France]]<br/>
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{{flagicon|Australia}}&nbsp;[[Military history of Australia during World War II|Australia]]<br/>
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{{flagicon|New Zealand}}&nbsp;[[Military history of New Zealand during World War II|New Zealand]]<br/>
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{{flagicon|South Africa|1928}}&nbsp;[[Military history of South Africa during World War II|South Africa]]<br/>
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{{flagicon|Canada|1921}}&nbsp;[[Military history of Canada during the Second World War|Canada]]
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</div>
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<div>
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''entered 1940''<br/>
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{{flagicon|Norway}}&nbsp;[[History of Norway#Norway in World War II|Norway]]<br/>
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{{flagicon|Belgium}}&nbsp;[[History of Belgium#World War II|Belgium]]<br/>
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{{flagicon|Netherlands}}&nbsp;[[Military history of the Netherlands during World War II|Netherlands]]<br/>
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{{flagicon|Greece|old}}&nbsp;[[Military history of Greece during World War II|Greece]]
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</div>
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''entered 1941''<br/>
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{{flagicon|Yugoslavia|kingdom}}&nbsp;[[Yugoslavia#Yugoslavia during the Second World War|Yugoslavia]]<br/>
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{{flagicon|USSR|1923}}&nbsp;[[Military history of the Soviet Union#World War II|USSR]]<br/>
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{{flagicon|United States|1912}}&nbsp;[[Military history of the United States during World War II|USA]]
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</div>
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''entered 1942''<br/>
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{{flagicon|Brazil}}&nbsp;[[History of Brazil (1930-1945)#World War II, Vargas, the Axis Powers, and the liberalization of the Estado Novo|Brazil]]
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''entered 1943''<br/>
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{{flagicon|Italy|1861-state}}&nbsp;[[Military history of Italy during World War II|Italy]]
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''entered 1944''<br/>
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{{flagicon|Romania|1867}}&nbsp;[[Romania during World War II|Romania]]<br/>
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{{flagicon|Bulgaria|1878}}&nbsp;[[Military history of Bulgaria during World War II|Bulgaria]]<br/>
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{{flagicon|Finland}}&nbsp;[[Lapland War|''Finland'']]
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</div>
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• [[Allies of World War II|others]]
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''at war from 1937''<br/>
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{{flagicon|Japan}}&nbsp;[[Military history of Japan#Showa Period - World War II|Japan]]
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</div>
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''entered 1939''<br/>
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{{flagicon|Germany|Nazi}}&nbsp;[[History of Germany during World War II|Germany]]<br/>
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{{flagicon|Slovakia|1938}}&nbsp;[[Slovak Republic (1939–1945)|Slovakia]]<br/>
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''entered 1940''<br/>
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{{flagicon|Italy|1861-state}}&nbsp;[[Military history of Italy during World War II|Italy]] &nbsp;<small>(to 1943)</small>
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</div>
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''entered 1941''<br/>
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{{flagicon|Bulgaria|1878}}&nbsp;[[Military history of Bulgaria during World War II|Bulgaria]] &nbsp;<small>(to 1944)</small><br/>
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{{flagicon|Hungary|1940}}&nbsp;[[Hungary during the Second World War|Hungary]]<br/>
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{{flagicon|Romania|1867}}&nbsp;[[Romania during World War II|Romania]] &nbsp;<small>(to 1944)</small><br/>
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{{flagicon|Finland}}&nbsp;[[Military history of Finland during World War II|''Finland'']] &nbsp;<small>(to 1944)</small>
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</div>
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<div>
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''entered 1942''<br/>
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{{flagicon|Thailand}}&nbsp;[[History of Thailand (1932-1973)#World War II|''Thailand'']]
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</div>
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<div>
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• [[Axis powers of World War II|others]]
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[[Austrian resistance|Austria]]{{·}}
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[[Forest Brothers|Baltic]]{{smallsup|1}}{{·}}
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[[Czech resistance to Nazi occupation|Czechoslovakia]]{{·}}
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[[Danish resistance movement|Denmark]]{{·}}
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[[Second Italo-Abyssinian War|Ethiopia]]{{·}}
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[[French Resistance|France]]{{·}}
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[[German Resistance|Germany]]{{·}}
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[[Greek Resistance|Greece]]{{·}}
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[[Italian resistance movement|Italy]]{{·}}
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[[Jewish resistance during the Holocaust|Jewish]]{{·}}
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[[Dutch resistance|Netherlands]]{{·}}
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[[Norwegian resistance movement|Norway]]{{·}}
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[[Polish resistance movement in World War II|Poland]]{{·}}
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[[Free Thai Movement|Thailand]]{{·}}
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[[Soviet partisans|USSR]]{{·}}
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[[Ukrainian Insurgent Army|Ukraine]]{{smallsup|2}}{{·}}
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[[Viet Minh|Vietnam]]{{·}}
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[[Yugoslavia#Resistance movements|Yugoslavia]]{{·}}
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''[[Resistance during World War II#Resistance movements during World War II|others]]''
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''1939:''<br>
 
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&bull;&nbsp;[[Polish September Campaign]]<br>
 
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''1940:''<br>
 
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&bull;&nbsp;[[Norwegian Campaign]]<br>
 
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&bull;&nbsp;[[Battle of France]]<br>
 
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&bull;&nbsp;[[Battle of Britain]]<br>
 
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''1941:''<br>
 
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&bull;&nbsp;[[Operation Barbarossa]]<br>
 
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&bull;&nbsp;[[Attack on Pearl Harbor]]<br>
 
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&bull;&nbsp;[[Battle of Moscow]]<br>
 
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&bull;&nbsp;[[Siege of Leningrad]]<br>
 
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&bull;&nbsp;[[Battle of Sevastopol]]<br>
 
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''1942:''<br>
 
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&bull;&nbsp;[[Battle of Stalingrad]]<br>
 
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&bull;&nbsp;[[Operation Torch]]<br>
 
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&bull;&nbsp;[[Battle of Midway]]<br>
 
  
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&bull;&nbsp;[[Italian Campaign (World War II)|Italian Campaign]]<br>
 
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''1944:''<br>
 
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&bull;&nbsp;[[Battle of Normandy]]<br>
 
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&bull;&nbsp;[[Operation Bagration]]<br>
 
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&bull;&nbsp;[[Battle of the Bulge]]<br>
 
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&bull;&nbsp;[[Battle of Leyte Gulf]]<br>
 
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&bull;&nbsp;[[Operation Market Garden]]<br>
 
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''1945:''<br>
 
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&bull;&nbsp;[[Battle of Berlin]]<br>
 
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&bull;&nbsp;[[End of World War II in Europe|End in Europe]]<br>
 
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&bull;&nbsp;[[Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki|Hiroshima & Nagasaki]]<br>
 
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&bull;&nbsp;[[Operation August Storm]]<br>
 
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&bull;&nbsp;[[Surrender of Japan]]<br>
 
  
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|valign="top"|
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*[[Resistance during World War II|Resistance]]
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*[[Home front during World War II|Home Front]]
 
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*[[Technology during World War II|Technology]]
 
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*[[Military production during World War II|Production]]
 
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*[[List of World War II military equipment|Equipment]]
 
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*[[World War II cryptography|Cryptography]]
 
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*[[Blitzkrieg]]
 
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*[[Phony War]]
 
  
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''Civilian impact & atrocities:''
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*[[The Holocaust|Holocaust]]
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*[[Japanese war crimes]]
 
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*[[Strategic bombing during World War II|Strategic bombings]]
 
  
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''Aftermath:''
 
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*[[Effects of World War II|Effects]]
 
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*[[World War II casualties|Casualties]]
 
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*[[Cold War|Cold War]]
 
  
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'''[[Participants in World War II|Participants]]'''
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[[:Category:World War II|Category]]{{·}}
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[[List of World War II topics|Topics]]{{·}}
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[[List of World War II conferences|Conferences]]<!--
  
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'''[[Allies of World War II|The Allies]]'''<br>
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&bull;&nbsp;[[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|20px]] [[Military_history_of_the_Soviet_Union#World_War_II|Soviet Union]]<br>
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&bull;&nbsp;[[Image:US_flag_48_stars.svg|20px]] [[Military_history_of_the_United_States#Second World War (1941–1945)|United States]]<br>
 
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&bull;&nbsp;[[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|20px]] [[Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II|United Kingdom]]<br>
 
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&bull;&nbsp;[[Image:Flag of the Republic of China.svg|20px]] [[Military history of China during World War II|China]]<br>
 
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&bull;&nbsp;[[Image:Flag of France.svg|20px]] [[Military history of France during World War II|France]]<br>
 
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&bull;&nbsp;[[Image:Flag of Poland.svg|20px]] [[Military history of Poland during World War II|Poland]]<br>
 
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&bull;&nbsp;[[Image:Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg|20px]] [[Military history of Greece during World War II|Greece]]<br>
 
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&bull;&nbsp;[[Image:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg|20px]] [[Yugoslavia#Yugoslavia_during_the_Second_World_War|Yugoslavia]]<br>
 
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&bull;&nbsp;[[Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg|20px]] [[Occupation of Czechoslovakia|Czechoslovakia]]<br>
 
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&bull;&nbsp;[[Image:Canadian Red Ensign 1921.svg|20px|]] [[Military history of Canada during World War II|Canada]]<br>
 
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&bull;&nbsp;[[Image:Flag of Egypt 1922.svg|20px]] [[Military history of Egypt during World War II|Egypt]]<br>
 
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&bull;&nbsp;[[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px]] [[Military_history_of_Australia#Second_World_War_1939-1945|Australia]]<br>
 
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&bull;&nbsp;[[Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg|20px]] [[Military history of New Zealand during World War II|New Zealand]]<br>
 
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&bull;&nbsp;[[Image:Imperial-India-Blue-Ensign.svg|20px|]] [[India during World War II|India]]<br>
 
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&bull;&nbsp;[[Image:Flag_of_Brazil.svg|20px|]] [[History_of_Brazil_%281930-1945%29#Vargas.2C_the_Axis_Powers.2C_and_the_liberalization_of_the_Estado_Novo|Brazil]]<br>
 
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&bull;&nbsp;[[Allies of World War II|more...]]<br>
 
  
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'''[[Axis Powers|The Axis]]'''<br>
 
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World War II

Western Europe · Eastern Europe · China · Africa · Mediterranean · Asia and the Pacific · Atlantic

Major participants

Timeline

Aspects

To 1945 unless otherwise indicated.
Principal co-belligerents in italics.

Prelude
• Causes
• in Asia
• Invasion of China
• in Europe

1939
• Invasion of Poland
• Phoney War
• Invasion of Finland
• Battle of the Atlantic3

1940
• Denmark and Norway
• Battle of France
• Battle of Britain
• Occupation of Baltic states
• Bessarabia and Bukovina
• Invasion of Indochina
• Invasion of Greece

1941
• Invasion of Yugoslavia
• Invasion of the USSR
• Invasion of Iran
• Attack on Pearl Harbor

1942
• Battle of Midway
• Battle of Stalingrad
• 2nd Battle of El Alamein

1943
• End in Africa
• Battle of Kursk
• Guadalcanal campaign
• Allied invasion of Italy

1944
• Battle of Normandy
• Operation Bagration
• Battle of Romania
• Liberation of Paris
• Operation Market Garden
• Battle of Leyte Gulf

1945
• Battle of Okinawa
• Battle of Berlin
• Surrender of Germany
• Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• Surrender of Japan

• more military engagements

Aftermath
• Effects
• Casualties
• Expulsion of Germans
• Division of Germany
• Morgenthau plan
• Territorial changes
• Occupation of Japan
• Cold War
• in contemporary culture

• Attacks on North America
• Blitzkrieg
• Comparative military ranks
• Cryptography
• Home front
• Military awards
• Military equipment
• Military production
• Resistance
• Technology
• Total war

Civilian impact and atrocities
• Allied war crimes
• Bataan Death March
• Bengal famine of 1943
• Comfort women
• Dutch famine of 1944
• German war crimes
• Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• Hibakusha
• Himeyuri Students
• Holocaust
• Japanese war crimes
• Nanking Massacre
• Siege of Leningrad
• Sook Ching massacre
• Soviet war crimes
• Strategic bombings
• Unit 731
• Vietnamese famine of 1945

Allies Axis

at war from 1937
Flag of Republic of China China

entered 1939
Flag of Poland Poland
Flag of United Kingdom UK
Flag of France France
Flag of Australia Australia
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand
Flag of South Africa South Africa
Flag of Canada Canada

entered 1940
Flag of Norway Norway
Flag of Belgium Belgium
Flag of Netherlands Netherlands
Flag of Greece Greece

entered 1941
Flag of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
Flag of Soviet Union USSR
Flag of United States USA

entered 1942
Flag of Brazil Brazil

entered 1943
Flag of Italy Italy

entered 1944
Flag of Romania Romania
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria
Flag of Finland Finland

• others

at war from 1937
Flag of Japan Japan

entered 1939
Flag of Germany Germany
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia

entered 1940
Flag of Italy Italy  (to 1943)

entered 1941
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria  (to 1944)
Flag of Hungary Hungary
Flag of Romania Romania  (to 1944)
Flag of Finland Finland  (to 1944)

entered 1942
Flag of Thailand Thailand

• others

Resistance movements

Austria · Baltic1 · Czechoslovakia · Denmark · Ethiopia · France · Germany · Greece · Italy · Jewish · Netherlands · Norway · Poland · Thailand · USSR · Ukraine2 · Vietnam · Yugoslavia · others

Lists

Category · Topics · Conferences

1 Anti-Soviet.
2 Anti-German, anti-Soviet, and anti-Polish.
3 Lasted the entire war (to May 1945).

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