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  2. Environmental impact of war - Wikipedia

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    World War II was wide-ranging in its destruction of humans, animals, and materials. The postwar effects of World War II, both ecological and social, are still visible decades after the conflict ended. During World War II, new technology was used to create aircraft, which were used to conduct air raids.

  3. World War II - Wikipedia

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    World War II began in Europe on 1 September 1939 [1] [2] with the German invasion of Poland and the United Kingdom and France's declaration of war on Germany two days later on 3 September 1939. Dates for the beginning of the Pacific War include the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War on 7 July 1937, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] or the earlier Japanese ...

  4. Aftermath of World War II - Wikipedia

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    The aftermath of World War II saw the rise of two global superpowers, the United States (U.S.) and the Soviet Union (USSR). The aftermath of World War II was also defined by the rising threat of nuclear warfare, the creation and implementation of the United Nations as an intergovernmental organization, and the decolonization of Asia, Oceania, South America and Africa by European and East Asian ...

  5. Home front during World War II - Wikipedia

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    The Civilian in War: The Home Front in Europe, Japan and the U.S.A. in World War II Exeter, UK: University of Exeter, 1992. Overy, Richard. The Bombers and the Bombed: Allied Air War Over Europe, 1940–1945 (Viking; 2014) 562 pages; covers the civil defence and the impact on the home fronts of Allied strategic bombing of Germany, Italy, France ...

  6. Pacific Islands home front during World War II - Wikipedia

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    Japan slowly extended its influence along the margins of the western Pacific for much of the 20th century leading up to World War II. After the initial scramble for positions by the Spanish, Dutch, English and French in the 19th century, Guam was ceded to America by Spain in 1899 and German-Samoa changed hands to become a New Zealand colony ...

  7. WW2 veterans eye 80th anniversary of D-Day as Europe ... - AOL

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    English soldier Ken Hay was trapped behind German lines and captured while on night patrol in 1944, days after joining the Allied invasion of Normandy, a turning point in World War Two. The ambush ...

  8. United States in World War II - Wikipedia

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  9. Historiography of World War II - Wikipedia

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    The historiography of World War II is the study of how historians portray the causes, conduct, and outcomes of World War II.. There are different perspectives on the causes of the war; the three most prominent are the Orthodox from the 1950s, Revisionist from the 1970s, and Post-Revisionism which offers the most contemporary perspective.