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World War II

Clockwise from top left: Chinese forces in the Battle of Wanjialing, Australian 25-pounder guns during the First Battle of El Alamein, German Stuka dive bombers on the Eastern Front winter 1943–1944, US naval force in the Lingayen Gulf, Wilhelm Keitel signing the German Surrender, Soviet troops in the Battle of Stalingrad
DateSeptember 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945
Location
Europe, Pacific, Atlantic, South-East Asia, China, Middle East, Mediterranean and Africa
Result

Allied victory

Belligerents

Allies
 Soviet Union (1941-45)
 United States (1941-45)
 United Kingdoma
 China (at war 1937-45)
 France
 Poland
 Yugoslavia (1941-45)
 Belgium (1940-45)
 Netherlands (1940-45)
 Greece (1940-45)
 Norway (1940-45)

and others

Axis and Axis-aligned
 Germany
 Japan (at war 1937-45)
 Italy (1940-43)
 Hungary (1940-45)
 Romania (1941-44)
 Finland (1941-44)
 Bulgaria (1941-44)
France Vichy France (1940-44)
Iraq Iraq (1941)

and others
Commanders and leaders

Allied leaders
Soviet Union Joseph Stalin
Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov
United States Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States George Marshall
United Kingdom Winston Churchill
United Kingdom Alan Brooke
Taiwan Chiang Kai-shek
Free France Charles de Gaulle
Democratic Federal Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito

and others

Axis leaders
Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler
Nazi Germany Wilhelm Keitel
Empire of Japan Hirohito
Empire of Japan Hideki Tōjō
Kingdom of Italy Benito Mussolini
Kingdom of Hungary Miklós Horthy
Kingdom of Romania Ion Antonescu
Finland C.G.E. Mannerheim
France Philippe Pétain

and others
Casualties and losses
Military dead:
Over 16,000,000
Civilian dead:
Over 45,000,000
Total dead:
Over 61,000,000 (1937-45)
...further details		 Military dead:
Over 8,000,000
Civilian dead:
Over 4,000,000
Total dead:
Over 12,000,000 (1937-45)
...further details
a Including British Empire forces, notably Canada, Australia, India, New Zealand, and South Africa.
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