WorldWarII(WWIIorWW2),alsoknownastheSecondWorldWar,wasaglobalwarthatlastedfrom1939to1945,thoughrelatedconflictsbeganearlier.Itinvolvedthevastmajorityoftheworld'snations—includingallofthegreatpowers—eventuallyformingtwoopposingmilitaryalliances(结盟):theAllies（同盟国）andtheAxis（轴心国）.GermanyItalyJapan Britain...
List of Netherlands battles in the World War II, listed alphabetically with photos, images, and maps when possible. Every major battle, skirmish, or conflict ...
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....
Germany and the other Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria) promptly declared war on the United States. The Allies, who won, were also the architects of the United Nations, the United Nations is an international, inter-governmental organisation whose goal is to ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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double bottomEnglisha watertight space between inner and outer bottom of a ship, in which fuel oil or water ballast may be carried draftEnglishthe depth of a maritime vessel below the waterline DUKWEnglishSometimes nicknamed Duck, it was an amphibious truck used by the Allies. "D" indicated a...
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