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World War II׃ The Complete History: Matthew Hall: 2001 United Kingdom Horror in the East: Laurence Rees, Martina Balazova: 2001 Japan Japanese Devils: Minoru Matsui: 2001 France Sobibor, Oct. 14, 1943, 4 p.m. Claude Lanzmann: 2001 United States The Color of War: Peter Coyote: 2002 United States A Yiddish World Remembered: Andrew Goldberg: 2002 ...
World War II [b] or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all the world's countries participated, with many investing all available civilian resources in pursuit of total war.
Timeline of declarations of war during World War II; Timeline of the United Kingdom home front during World War II (1939–1945); Timeline of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact (1918–1941)
The German Army complete the encirclement of Warsaw. [85] 16 September The first eastbound transatlantic convoy sets sail from Halifax, Canada, towards Liverpool, UK. 357 such HX convoys will follow. [86] The Soviet Union recognizes de jure the Slovak State. [87]
1: The Germans begin a surprise offensive (Operation Nordwind) in northern Alsace.: Unternehmen Bodenplatte (Operation Baseplate) is launched by the Luftwaffe against western Allied air bases in Belgium and Holland by elements of ten different Jagdgeschwadern (fighter wings), as its last major air offensive of the war in the West.
Over 60 million people, the majority of them civilians, were killed, making it the deadliest conflict in human history. [1] The Second World War was known for modern warfare and tactics such as air warfare, strategic bombing, blitzkrieg and the first, and only, use of nuclear weapons in warfare.
The British complete their invasion of Iceland. 20 May: General Guderian's Panzer groups take Abbeville, threatening Allied forces in the area. 23 May: Oswald Mosley, leader of the pre-war British fascists, is jailed; he and his wife will spend the war’s duration in prison. 24 May: The British make a final decision to cease operations in Norway.
The largest air-sea battle in history. • Operation Queen: was a joint British-American operation during World War II at the Western Front between Aachen and the Rur river. • Battle of Mindoro • Battle of Vianden: The only major open battle fought between the Luxembourgish Resistance against German forces. • Battle of the Bulge