WorldWarII(WWIIorWW2),alsoknownastheSecondWorldWar,wasaglobalwarthatlastedfrom1939to1945,thoughrelatedconflictsbeganearlier.Itinvolvedthevastmajorityoftheworld'snations—includingallofthegreatpowers—eventuallyformingtwoopposingmilitaryalliances(结盟):theAllies（同盟国）andtheAxis（轴心国）.GermanyItalyJapan Britain...
World War II - Invasion, Low Countries, France: The French had not progressed beyond the defensive mentality inherited from World War I, and they relied primarily on their Maginot Line for protection against a German offensive.
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World War II (WWII), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that took place between 1939 to 1945. Most of the world’s countries, including all of the great powers, fought as part of two military alliances: the Allies and the Axis....
Allies without being formally involved in the war. He persuaded Congress in November 1939 to repeal the arms embargos that were part of the neutrality law and pass the Fourth Neutrality Act, which allowed him to trade arms with countries whose defence he would seem to be vital to the ...
Alliances Axis powers (Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria) Allies (U.S., Britain, France, USSR, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Greece, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Africa, Yugoslavia). ...
During World War II, American Army Air Forces commanders cooperated with Communist Partisans and their Chetnik enemies to rescue thousands of downed airmen from occupied Yugoslavia. American intelligence realized that a British-exclusive alliance with the Partisans hampered the ability to rescue as many...
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Experience World War 2 and command a battalion of war machines against the incredible might of Axis powers in this explosive clicker game!GLORIOUS MACHINES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR!- The British battalions include MK 1 Matilda, M4A4 Sherman Firefly, MK II, Matilda, MK III Valentine, MK IV ...
names such as Stalingrad, Bastogne, Guadalcanal, and Iwo Jima became eternally entwined with images of sacrifice, bloodshed, and heroism. The most costly and far-reaching conflict in history, World War II saw an unprecedented number of engagements as the Axis and Allies sought to achieve victory...