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    The final battles of the European theatre of World War II continued after the definitive surrender of Nazi Germany to the Allies, signed by Field marshal...
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    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...
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  • End of World War II can refer to: End of World War II in Europe End of World War II in Asia This article includes a list of related items that share the...
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  • World War II officially ended in Asia on September 2, 1945, with the surrender of Japan on the USS Missouri. Before that, the United States dropped two...
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  • of World War II (1940) Timeline of World War II (1941) Timeline of World War II (1942) Timeline of World War II (1943) Timeline of World War II (1944) Timeline...
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    in post–World War II Europe were established in Germany, Austria, and Italy, primarily for refugees from Eastern Europe and for the former inmates of...
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    country in the world participated in World War II. Most were neutral at the beginning, but only a relative few nations remained neutral to the end. The Second...
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  • The events preceding World War II in Europe are closely tied to the bellicosity of Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, and Imperial Japan, as well as the Great...
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    When the Second World War in Europe began, the territory which now forms the country of Belarus was divided between the Soviet Union (specifically the...
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  • aftermath of World War II saw the rise of two global superpowers, the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (US). The aftermath of World War II was also...
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  • was a theatre of World War II which primarily involved combat between the nations and allies of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Combat in the Eastern...
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    II), Allied operations in and around Italy, from 1943 to the end of the war in Europe Italian war crimes List of World War II battles Royal Italian Army...
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    The history of Argentina during World War II was a complex period that began in 1939, after the outbreak of the war in Europe, and ended in 1945 with the...
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    timeline of events of World War II in 1939 from the start of the war on 1 September 1939. For events preceding September 1, 1939, see the timeline of events...
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    (2015). After Hitler: The Last Ten Days of World War II in Europe. Whiting, Charles (1973). The end of the war; Europe: April 15-May 23, 1945. New York: Stein...
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    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...
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    the enormous size of Soviet Red Army forces deployed in Central and Eastern Europe at the end of World War II and the unreliability of the Soviet leader...
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    During World War II, a number of significant economic, political, and military changes took place in Latin America. The war caused considerable panic in the...
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  • following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to World War II: World War II, or the Second World War was a global military conflict that was...
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    Military Contribution of the Colonies, Exiled Governments and Lesser Powers to the Allied Victory in World War II: The European Theatre. Vol. I. McFarland...
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    Statistics for German World War II military casualties are divergent. The wartime military casualty figures compiled by the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    bibliography of works on World War II. The bibliography aims to include primary, secondary and tertiary sources regarding the European theatre of World War II (1939–1945)...
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    Finland on 27 April 1945, shortly before the end of World War II in Europe. The Finns considered the war a separate conflict because hostilities with...
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  • OB West (category German High Command during World War II)
    command of the OB West varied as the war progressed. At its farthest extent it reached the French Atlantic coast. By the end of World War II in Europe it was...
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  • The List of theatres and campaigns of World War II subdivides military operations of World War II and contemporary wars by war, then by theater and then...
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    Sicherheitspolizei (category Police forces of Nazi Germany)
    Main Office (RSHA) in 1939, but the term continued to be used informally until the end of World War II in Europe. The term originated in August 1919 when...
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    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...
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    Operation Unthinkable (category Cold War military history of the United Kingdom)
    Winston Churchill in May 1945 and developed by the British Armed Forces' Joint Planning Staff in May 1945 at the end of World War II in Europe. One plan assumed...
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