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  1. World War II: Summary, Combatants & Facts - HISTORY

    Oct 29, 2009 · World War II, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history, involved more than 50 nations and was fought on land, sea and air in nearly every part of the world.

  2. World War II: Causes and Timeline - HISTORY

    Sparked by the 1939 Nazi invasion of Poland, World War II pitted the Allied forces (led by the United States, Great Britain and the U.S.S.R.) against the Axis powers (Nazi Germany, Japan …

  3. World War II Battles: Timeline - HISTORY

    May 5, 2021 · With Adolf Hitler leading a German invasion of Poland in 1939, World War II was launched, a deadly global conflict waged across Europe and the Pacific until 1945. Bloody …

  4. How Did World War II End? - HISTORY

    Aug 11, 2020 · On September 2, World War II ended when U.S. General Douglas MacArthur accepted Japan’s formal surrender aboard the U.S. battleship Missouri, anchored in Tokyo …

  5. Watch WWII in HD Full Episodes, Video & More - HISTORY

    WWII in HD is the first-ever World War II documentary presented in full, immersive HD color.

  6. Italian Campaign - WWII, Timeline & Outcome - HISTORY

    Nov 18, 2009 · In the final push to defeat the Axis powers of Italy and Germany during World War II (1939-45), the U.S. and Great Britain, the leading Allied powers, planned to invade Italy.

  7. Japanese Internment Camps: WWII, Life & Conditions | HISTORY

    Oct 29, 2009 · Japanese internment camps were established during World War II by President Franklin D. Roosevelt through his Executive Order 9066. From 1942 to 1945, it was the policy …

  8. The Post World War II Boom: How America Got Into Gear

    May 14, 2020 · In the summer of 1945, as World War II drew to a close, the U.S. economy was poised on the edge of an uncertain future. Would it be able to transition from a full-bore war …

  9. These World War II Propaganda Posters Rallied the Home Front

    Oct 12, 2018 · Today, the posters a offer a glimpse into the nation's climate during World War II and how propaganda was used to link the home front to the front lines.

  10. How Germany's Invasion of Poland Kicked Off WWII - HISTORY

    Sep 1, 2014 · Tens of thousands of Poles died in the invasion, the first of some 50 million men, women and children who would lose their lives in World War II. It was just the beginning of the …

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