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  2. World War II - Wikipedia

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    World War II is generally considered to have begun on 1 September 1939, when Nazi Germany, under Adolf Hitler, invaded Poland, after which the United Kingdom and France declared war on Germany.

  3. How did World War II end? The Allied landings at Normandy on June 6, 1944, opened a second front in Europe, and Germany’s abortive offensive at the Ardennes in the winter of 1944–45 marked the Third Reich ’s final push in the west.

  4. World War II: Summary, Combatants & Facts | HISTORY

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    World War II in the West (1940-41) Lend-Lease Act. On April 9, 1940, Germany simultaneously invaded Norway and occupied Denmark, and the war began in earnest. On May 10, German forces...

  5. WW2 Dates & Timeline | Holocaust Encyclopedia

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    World War II began on September 1, 1939, with the German invasion of Poland. When did WWII end in Europe? German armed forces surrendered unconditionally to the Allies on May 7, 1945.

  6. Causes, events, and casualties of World War II | Britannica

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    The U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, and Japan’s formal surrender on September 2 ended the war. An estimated 40,000,000 to 50,000,000 people died during World War II, including about 6,000,000 Jewish men, women, and children who died in the Holocaust.

  7. Timeline of World War II From 1939 to 1945 - ThoughtCo

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    World War II (WWII) was a long and bloody war that lasted about six years. Officially beginning on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland, World War II lasted until both the Germans and the Japanese surrendered to the Allies in 1945.

  8. World War II: Causes and Timeline - HISTORY

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    Adolf Hitler’s invasion of Poland in September 1939 drove Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany, marking the beginning of World War II. Over the next six years, the conflict took...