World War II
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"WWII" redirects here. For other uses, see WWII (disambiguation). For Winston Churchill's history, see The Second World War (book series).
World War II
Clockwise from top left: Chinese forces in the Battle of Wanjialing, Australian 25-pounder guns during the First Battle of El Alamein, German Stuka dive bombers on the Eastern Front winter 1943–1944, US naval force in the Lingayen Gulf, Wilhelm Keitel signing the German Instrument of Surrender, Soviet troops in the Battle of Stalingrad
Date
1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945 (6 years, 1 day)
Location
Europe, Pacific, Atlantic, South-East Asia, China, Middle East, Mediterranean and Africa, briefly North and South America
Result
Allied victory
Dissolution of the German Reich, Empire of Japan and Italian Empire
Creation of the United Nations
Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers
Beginning of the Cold War (more...)
BelligerentsAllies
Soviet Union (1941–45)
United States (1941–45)
United Kingdom
China(1937–45)
France
Poland
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Yugoslavia (1941–45)
Greece (1940–45)
Norway (1940–45)
Netherlands (1940–45)
Belgium (1940–45)
Czechoslovakia
Brazil (1942–45)
Mexico (1942–45)
...and others
Client and puppet states
Philippines (1941–45)
Mongolia (1941–45)
...and others
Axis
Germany
Japan
Italy (1940–43)
Hungary (1940–45)
Romania (1941–44)
Bulgaria (1941–44)
Co-belligerents
Finland (1941–44)
Thailand (1942–45)
Iraq (1941)
Client and puppet states
Manchukuo
Italian Social Republic (1943–45)
