sea operations relating to north-west Europe, but excludes: purely naval operations in the adjoining waters (see: List of World War II military operations...

This is a list of known World War II era codenames for military operations and missions commonly associated with World War II. As of 2022[update] this...

The American Theater was a theater of operations during World War II including all continental American territory, and extending 200 miles (320 km) into...

carrier operations during World War II. Naval historians such as Evan Mawdsley, Richard Overy, and Craig Symonds concluded that World War II's decisive...

The military history of the United Kingdom in World War II covers the Second World War against the Axis powers, starting on 3 September 1939 with the...

The European theatre of World War II was one of the two main theatres of combat during World War II. It saw heavy fighting across Europe for almost six...

The history of Canada during World War II begins with the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939. While the Canadian Armed Forces were eventually...

The military history of the United States during World War II covers the nation's role as one of the major Allies in their victory over the Axis Powers...

Military production during World War II was the production or mobilization of arms, ammunition, personnel and financing by the belligerents of the war...

World War II was the first war where naval aviation took a major part in the hostilities. Aircraft carriers were used from the start of the war in Europe...

were the "Big Four" Allied powers. The countries involved in or affected by World War II are listed alphabetically, with a description of their role in the...

in World War II. Some of the technologies used during the war were developed during the interwar years of the 1920s and 1930s, much was developed in response...

World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history. An estimated total of 70–85 million people perished, or about 3% of the estimated global population...

Nurse in the Pacific Theater during World War II Recollections of CAPT Ann Bernatitus, US Navy navy.mil Agoncillo, Teodoro A. (1990), History of the Filipino...

The participation of Italy in the Second World War was characterized by a complex framework of ideology, politics, and diplomacy, while its military actions...

starting World War II. The Soviets invaded eastern Poland on 17 September. Following the Winter War with Finland, the Soviets were ceded territories by Finland...

The Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre was a major theatre of operations during the Second World War. The vast size of the Mediterranean and Middle...

Saipan, The Philippines, Iwo Jima, or Okinawa. Allied operations in the Atlantic and Pacific war theaters were interconnected because they frequently competed...

operations in support of China in the China Burma India Theater. Indians fought valiantly and with distinction throughout the world, including in the...

This is a list of war crimes committed during World War II. The Axis powers (Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan) were some of the most systematic...

fought on the Allied side in each theater of World War II before, during, and after the Battle of France. Even though those forces participated in varying...

The term "home front" covers the activities of the civilians in a nation at war. World War II was a total war; homeland military production became vital...

The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to...

a list of timelines of events over the period of World War II. Timeline of events preceding World War II Timeline of World War II (1939) Timeline of World...

During World War II, the Allies committed legally proven war crimes and violations of the laws of war against either civilians or military personnel of...

German World War II military casualties are divergent. The wartime military casualty figures compiled by the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (the German High...

During World War II, the Kingdom of Hungary was a member of the Axis powers. In the 1930s, the Kingdom of Hungary relied on increased trade with Fascist...

tactical air power. During World War II, many military strategists of air power believed that air forces could win major victories by attacking industrial...

German-occupied Western Europe during World War II. The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 (D-Day) with the Normandy landings (Operation Neptune). A 1,200-plane...

The use of slave and forced labour in Nazi Germany (German: Zwangsarbeit) and throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II took place on an unprecedented...