Outline of World War II

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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to World War II:

World War II, or the Second World War – global military conflict from 1939 to 1945, which was fought between the Allied powers of the United States, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, and China against the Axis powers of Germany, Italy, and Japan, with their respective allies. Over 60 million people, the majority of them civilians, were killed, making it the deadliest conflict in human history.[1]

Essence of World War II[]

Main articles: World War II and Timeline of World War II
  • Adolf Hitler
  • Joseph Stalin
  • Winston Churchill
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Allies vs. Axis
  • The Holocaust
  • European Theater
  • Pacific War
  • Eastern Front
  • Mediterranean and Middle East theatre
  • Western Front
  • Mechanized warfare
  • Modern warfare
  • Total war
  • World War

Causes of World War II[]

Main article: Causes of World War II

The Holocaust[]

Main article: The Holocaust
  • Adolf Hitler
  • Anti-Jewish legislation in prewar Nazi Germany
  • Diary of Anne Frank
  • Genocide
  • Nazi book burnings
  • Nazi ghettos
  • Nazi concentration camps
  • Nazi extermination camps
    • Auschwitz
    • Belzec
    • Chełmno
    • Majdanek
    • Sobibor
    • Treblinka
  • History of Jews in Europe
  • List of major perpetrators of the Holocaust
  • Nazism
  • Nazi Germany
  • Nazi Party
  • Nazi eugenics
  • Nazi human experimentation
  • Political views of Adolf Hitler
  • Racial policy of Nazi Germany

Participants in World War II[]

Participants in World War II

  • Allies of World War II (see also Allies)
    • Major Allied powers
      • United Kingdom
      • Soviet Union (June 1941 – 1945)
      • France (September 1939 – June 1940) / Free French (June 1940 to end of war)
      • United States (December 1941 – 1945)
      • Greece
      • Poland
      • China
      • Canada
    • Minor Allied powers
      • Australia
      • New Zealand
      • South Africa
      • Brazil
  • Axis powers
    • Major Axis powers
      • Nazi Germany
      • Kingdom of Italy (left the Axis in 1943)
      • Empire of Japan
      • Italian Social Republic (separated from Italy and joined the Axis in 1943)
    • Minor Axis powers
      • Bulgaria
      • Croatia
      • Hungary
      • Romania
      • Slovak Republic
      • Kingdom of Yugoslavia (for two days)
      • Thailand
    • (For co-belligerents, puppet states, and collaborator states, see Axis Powers).

Timeline of World War II[]

Main articles: Timeline of World War II and List of military engagements of World War II

Summary timeline[]

  • Invasion of Poland (September 1-October 6, 1939)
  • Phoney War
  • Winter War (30 November 1939 – 13 March 1940)
  • Battle of the Atlantic (September 3, 1939 – May 13, 1945)
  • Invasion of Denmark and Norway (April 9–June 10, 1940)
  • Invasion of the Low Countries and the fall of France (May 10-June 25, 1940)
  • Dunkirk evacuation (May 26-June 4, 1940)
  • Battle of Britain (September 1940)
  • Operation Barbarossa (Invasion of the Soviet Union, commencing on June 22, 1941)
  • Siege of Leningrad (September 8, 1941 – January 27, 1944)
  • Battle of Moscow (October 2, 1941 – January 7, 1942)
  • Attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941)
  • Fall of Singapore (February 8–15, 1942)
  • Battle of the Coral Sea (May 4–8, 1942)
  • Battle of Midway (June 4–7, 1942)
  • First Battle of El Alamein (July 1–27, 1942)
  • Battle of Stalingrad (July 17, 1942 – February 2, 1943)
  • Dieppe Raid (August 19, 1942)
  • Second Battle of El Alamein (October 23-November 5, 1942)
  • Operation Torch (November 8–10, 1942)
  • Battle of Kursk (July 4-August 23, 1943)
  • Allied invasion of Sicily (July 9-August 17, 1943)
  • Allied invasion of Italy (September 3–16, 1943)
  • Armistice between Italy and Allied armed forces (Signed on September 3, declared on September 8, 1943)
  • Battle of Monte Cassino (January 17-May 18, 1944)
  • Landings at Anzio (January 22-June 5, 1944)
  • D-day (June 6, 1944)
  • Destruction of Army Group Centre (June 22-August 19, 1944)
  • Invasion of Southern France (August 15, 1944)
  • Gothic Line (August 25-December 17, 1944)
  • Operation Market Garden (September 17–25, 1944)
  • Battle of Hürtgen Forest (September 19, 1944 – February 10, 1945)
  • Battle of Aachen (October 2–21, 1944)
  • Battle of the Scheldt (October 2-November 8, 1944)
  • Battle of the Bulge (December 16, 1944 – January 25, 1945)
  • Battle of Berlin (April 16-May 2, 1945)
  • Victory in Europe Day (May 8, 1945)
  • Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (August 6 and 9, 1945)
  • Victory over Japan Day (August 15, 1945)
  • Surrender of Japan (September 2, 1945)

Comprehensive timeline[]

World War II by region[]

  • Free World (World War II)

World War II theatres, fronts, and campaigns[]

Main article: List of theaters and campaigns of World War II

World War II by country[]

  • Albania
  • Australia
  • Belarus
  • Bulgaria
    • Bulgarian resistance movement during World War II
  • Burma
  • Carpathian Ruthenia
  • Egypt
  • Estonia
    • Occupation of Estonia by Nazi Germany
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
    • Nazi Germany
  • Gibraltar
  • Greece
    • Axis occupation of Greece during World War II
  • Greenland
  • Hungary
  • India
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Latvia
    • Occupation of Latvia by Nazi Germany
  • Leningrad Oblast
  • Nepal
  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
    • Axis naval activity in New Zealand waters
  • Philippines
  • Romania
  • South Africa
  • Southern Rhodesia
  • Soviet Union
  • Spain
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Vietnam
  • Yugoslavia
    • Invasion of Yugoslavia
  • Occupation of Baltic republics by Nazi Germany
  • Occupation of Belarus by Nazi Germany
  • Occupation of Denmark
  • German occupation of the Channel Islands
  • Orders, decorations, and medals of Nazi Germany
  • History of Poland (1939–1945)

Other initiatives in World War II[]

  • Nazi plunder

Propaganda during World War II[]

People in World War II[]

Leaders in World War II[]

  • Adolf Hitler - Most important figure of World War 2 as dictator of Nazi Germany, one of the most influential people in history

The 'Big Three'[]

  • Joseph Stalin - Leader of the Soviet Union during the War, commander-in-chief of the Red Army
  • Winston Churchill - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt - President of the United States of America during the Second World War

Other[]

Military forces of World War II[]

  • List of World War II aces by country
  • List of World War II air aces
  • British 51st (Highland) Infantry Division (World War II)
  • British Army Groups in WWII
  • British Brigades in World War II
  • British Corps in World War II
  • 17th Airborne Division
  • 18th Airborne division
  • Persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust
  • History of the Jews during World War II
  • List of individuals and groups assisting Jews during the Holocaust
  • American Minority Groups in World War II
  • Hispanic Americans in World War II

Technology during World War II[]

Technology during World War II

Equipment of World War II[]

Vehicles of World War II[]

Weapons of World War II[]

Common military awards[]

Soviet Union[]

United States[]

United Kingdom[]

France and Belgium[]

Poland[]

Nazi Germany[]

  • Iron Cross

The end of World War II[]

  • End of World War II in Europe
  • End of World War II in the Pacific

Aftermath of World War II[]

Main article: Aftermath of World War II
  • Allied war crimes during World War II
  • Axis war criminals
  • List of war crimes committed during World War II
  • Nazi crimes against ethnic Poles
  • Nazi gold
  • Post–World War II baby boom
  • Pursuit of Nazi collaborators
  • Cold War
  • Emergence of superpowers

World War II in pop-culture[]

Books about World War II[]

Main category: Books about World War II
  • History of the Second World War

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Dunnigan, James; Albert Nofi. Dirty Little Secrets of World War II: Military Information No One Told You About the Greatest, Most Terrible War in History,true true -Thomas William Morrow & Company, 1994. ISBN 0-688-12235-3

External links[]

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Media
On-line documents
Stories
  • WW2 People's War—A project by the BBC to gather the stories of ordinary people from World War II
Documentaries
  • The World at War (1974) is a 26-part Thames Television series that covers most aspects of World War II from many points of view. It includes interviews with many key figures (Karl Dönitz, Albert Speer, Anthony Eden etc.) (Imdb link)
  • The Second World War in Colour (1999) is a three episode documentary showing unique footage in color (Imdb link)
  • Battlefield (documentary series) is a television documentary series initially issued in 1994–1995 that explores many of the most important battles fought during the Second World War.
  • The War (2007) is 7-part PBS documentary recounting the experiences of a number of individuals from American communities.
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