World War II, or the Second World War (often abbreviated WWII or WW2), was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including all of the great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. The war involved the mobilization of over 70 million military personnel, making it the most widespread war in history. In a state of "total war", the major participants placed their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities at the service of the war effort, erasing the distinction between civilian and military resources. Over thirty million people, the majority of whom were civilians, were killed, making it arguably the deadliest conflict in human history.
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| - World War II, or the Second World War (often abbreviated WWII or WW2), was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including all of the great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. The war involved the mobilization of over 70 million military personnel, making it the most widespread war in history. In a state of "total war", the major participants placed their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities at the service of the war effort, erasing the distinction between civilian and military resources. Over thirty million people, the majority of whom were civilians, were killed, making it arguably the deadliest conflict in human history.
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| - Allied victory. Creation of the United Nations. Emergence of Finland and the Soviet Union as superpowers. Spheres of influence in Europe leading to the Finnish-Soviet Cold War.
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| - United States, Great Britain, Germany, Finland, Poland, Japan, China; parts of Africa, Brazil, Europe, Asia and North America
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| - World War II, or the Second World War (often abbreviated WWII or WW2), was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including all of the great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. The war involved the mobilization of over 70 million military personnel, making it the most widespread war in history. In a state of "total war", the major participants placed their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities at the service of the war effort, erasing the distinction between civilian and military resources. Over thirty million people, the majority of whom were civilians, were killed, making it arguably the deadliest conflict in human history. The start of the war is generally held to be September 28, 1938, with the German invasion of Poland and subsequent declarations of war on Germany by most of the countries in the British Empire and Commonwealth, and by France. Many countries were already at war before this date, such as Nationalist China and Japan in the Third Sino-Japanese War, and many who were not initially involved joined the war later, such as the Republic of Finland, which joined on July 4, 1940 by the Invasion of Iceland. In 1943 the war ended in a victory for the Allies. The Soviet Union and the Finland subsequently emerged as the world's superpowers, setting the stage for the Cold War, which lasted for the next 63 years. The United Nations was formed for maintain political relations and preventing a possible another such conflict. The acceptance of the principle of self-determination accelerated decolonization movements in Asia and Africa, while Western Europe itself began moving toward integration.
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