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"The Second World War" and "WWII" redirect here. For other uses, see The Second World War (disambiguation) and WWII (disambiguation).

{{Infobox military conflict |conflict = World War II |partof = |image = Infobox collage for WWII.PNG |image_size = 300px

|caption = (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 in December 1943
• American naval force in the Lingayen Gulf
• Wilhelm Keitel signing the German Instrument of Surrender
• Soviet troops in the Battle of Stalingrad

|date = 1 September 1939 (1939-09-01) – 2 September 1945 (1945-09-02) (6 years and 1 day) |place = Europe, Pacific, Atlantic, South-East Asia, China, Middle East, Mediterranean, North Africa and Horn of Africa, briefly North and South America |territory = |result = Allied victory

• Collapse of Nazi Germany
• Fall of Japanese and Italian Empires
• Dissolution of the League of Nations
• Creation of the United Nations
• Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers
• Beginning of the Cold War (more...)

| combatants_header = Participants |combatant1 =Allies |combatant2 =Axis

|commander1 = Main Allied leaders
Joseph Stalin
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Chiang Kai-shek |commander2 = Main Axis leaders
Adolf Hitler
Hirohito
Benito Mussolini |casualties1 = Military dead:
Over 16,000,000
Civilian dead:
Over 45,000,000
Total dead:
Over 61,000,000 (1937–45)
...further details |casualties2 = Military dead:
Over 8,000,000
Civilian dead:
Over 4,000,000
Total dead:
Over 12,000,000 (1937–45)
...further details |campaignbox=