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World War II
Clockwise from top left: Japanese forces in the Battle of Wuhan, British troops attacking during the Second Battle of El Alamein, German 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
Date September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945 Location Europe, Pacific, Atlantic, South-East Asia, China, Middle East, Mediterranean and Africa Result Allied victory. Creation of the United Nations. Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers. Creation of NATO and Warsaw Pact. Spheres of influence in Europe leading to the Cold War. (more...)
Belligerents
United States United Kingdom Soviet Union France (-1940) China Australia New Zealand Canada Other participants: Poland (-1939) Greece Philippines India South Africa Brazil Mongolia Mexico Nepal and others... Resistance forces: Free French Forces Polish Underground Czechoslovak exiled gov Dutch resistance Belgian resistance Danish resistance	Germany Italy (-1943) Japan Hungary (-1944) Romania Bulgaria Thailand Puppet regimes: Slovak State Italian Social Republic (1943-) Vichy France Hungarian State (1944-) Ind. State of Croatia Hellenic State (-1944) Manchukuo Mengjiang Second Philippine Republic Burma and others... Brief collaborators: Finland San Marino Iraq Yugoslavia
Commanders and leaders
Allied leaders	Axis leaders
Casualties and losses
Military dead: Over 16,000,000 Civilian dead: Over 45,000,000 Total dead: Over 61,000,000 ...further details	Military dead: Over 8,000,000 Civilian dead: Over 4,000,000 Total dead: Over 12,000,000 ...further details