World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world’s countries, including all the great powers,forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, including in strategic bombing of population centres and the development of nuclear weapons. It was the deadliest conflict in human history, resulting in 70 to 85 million fatalities, with more civilians than military personnel killed.
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World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world’s countries, including all the great powers,forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, including in strategic bombing of population centres, the development of nuclear weapons, and the only two uses of such in war. It was the deadliest conflict in human history, resulting in 70 to 85 million fatalities, with more civilians than military personnel killed. In the wake of the war, the United Nations was established to foster international co-operation and prevent future conflicts. The Soviet Union and the United States emerged as rival superpowers, setting the stage for the nearly half-century-long Cold War. The U.S. became the permanent member of the Security Council of the U.N., with China, France, the Soviet Union, the UK, the Netherlands, and Germany as permanent members of its Security Council. Japan was forced to surrender on 15 August 1945, cementing victory in Asia for the Allies. German and Japanese tribunals were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their part in the war. The war ended with the fall of Berlin to Soviet troops, the suicide of Adolf Hitler and the German unconditional surrender on 8 May 1945. The United States dropped the first atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima, on 6 August 6, 1945, and Nagasaki, on 9 August.
The Allied invasion of Manchuria on 9 August, cemented victory in the Asia-Pacific region for the Western Allies, with the Soviet entry into the war against Japan and its invasion of the Manchurian Archipelago on 11 August. Germany and Japan were occupied, occupied, and deposed by the Allied and Soviet armies. The Japanese were forced to flee to the island of Honshu in the East China Sea, where they were occupied until the end of World War II in 1945. Germany was defeated by the Allies in the Battle of Midway in 1942 and forced to retreat to the Philippines, where it was defeated in 1944. The Western Allies invaded German-occupied France in 1944 and invaded Germany in 1945, leading to the liberation of Germany and the invasion of Germany by the West and the Soviets. The fall of Germany in May 1945 was followed by the surrender of Japan and the Allied occupation of the Philippines. The West and Soviet Union were victorious in the Pacific and the victory of the Allied forces in the Middle East and North Africa. The end of the conflict was marked by the creation of the UN Security Council and the establishment of the United Nations, with China as its permanent member and the UK as a permanent member. The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on 6 July 1945, with a second on Nagasaki on 9 September 1945, to cement victory for the Allied forces in the Asian Pacific continent and the Soviet Axis.
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