| World War II |
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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 Surrender, Soviet troops in the Battle of Stalingrad |
| Date | September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945 | | Location | Europe, Pacific, Atlantic, South-East Asia, China, Middle East, Mediterranean and Africa | | Result | Allied victory
- Creation of the United Nations
- Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers
- Beginning of the Cold War.
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| Belligerents |
Allies
 Soviet Union (1941-45)
 United States (1941-45)
 United Kingdom
 China (at war 1937-45)
 France
 Poland
 Canada
 Australia
 New Zealand
 South Africa
 Yugoslavia (1941-45)
 Belgium (1940-45)
 Netherlands (1940-45)
 Greece (1940-45)
 Norway (1940-45)
and others
| Axis and Axis-aligned
 Germany
 Japan (at war 1937-45)
 Italy (1940-43)
 Romania (1941-44)
 Hungary (1940-45)
 Finland (1941-44)
 Bulgaria (1941-44)
 Iraq (1941)
 Thailand (1941-45)
and others
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| Commanders and leaders |
Allied leaders
Joseph Stalin
Georgy Zhukov
Franklin D. Roosevelt
George Marshall
Winston Churchill
Alan Brooke
Chiang Kai-shek
 Charles de Gaulle
Josip Broz Tito
and others | Axis leaders
Adolf Hitler
Wilhelm Keitel
Hirohito
Hideki Tōjō
Benito Mussolini
Ugo Cavallero
Ion Antonescu
Miklós Horthy
C.G.E. Mannerheim
and others |
| Casualties and losses |
Military dead:
Over 16,000,000
Civilian dead:
Over 45,000,000
Total dead:
Over 61,000,000 (1937-45)
| Military dead:
Over 8,000,000
Civilian dead:
Over 4,000,000
Total dead:
Over 12,000,000 (1937-45)
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