Date | 1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945 (6 years and 1 day) |
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Location | Europe, Pacific, Atlantic, South-East Asia, China, Middle East, Mediterranean, North Africa and Horn of Africa, briefly North and South America |
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Result |
Allied victory: Collapse of Nazi Germany, Fall of Japanese and Italian Empires, Creation of the United Nations, Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers, Beginning of the Cold War |
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Australia,
Brazil,
Canada,
Newfoundland,
New Zealand,
South Africa,
Soviet Union (from June 1941),
United Kingdom,
United States (from December 1941) |
Germany
Italy
Japan |
Supporters of the Allies:
Argentina,
Bolivia,
Chile,
Colombia,
Costa Rica,
Cuba,
Dominican Republic,
Ecuador,
Egypt,
El Salvador,
Guatemala,
Haiti,
Honduras,
Iraq,
Lebanon,
Liberia,
Mexico,
Mongolia,
Nicaragua,
Panama,
Paraguay,
Peru,
Saudi Arabia,
Turkey,
Uruguay,
Venezuela |
Affiliate States:
Bulgaria (March 1st, 1941),
Hungary (November 20th, 1940),
Romania (November 23rd, 1940),
Slovakia(1) (November 24th, 1940) |
Military dead:
Over 16,000,000
Civilians dead:
Over 45,000,000
Total dead:
Over 61,000,000 |
Military dead:
Over 8,000,000
Civilians dead:
Over 4,000,000
Total dead:
Over 12,000,000 |