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Outline of World War II

Summary

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to World War II:

World War II, or the Second World War was a global military conflict that was fought between September 1, 1939, and September 2, 1945. The war pitted two major military alliances against each other: the Allies of the United States, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, China and others against the Axis of Germany, Japan, Italy and others. Over 60 million people, the majority of them civilians, were killed, making it the deadliest conflict in human history.[1]

The Second World War was known for modern warfare and tactics such as air warfare, strategic bombing, blitzkrieg and the first, and only, use of nuclear weapons in warfare. It is also known for the numerous war crimes committed during its duration, mostly by Axis forces but also by Allied forces, that left tens of millions of civilians dead through genocides, massacres and starvation; such as the Holocaust, Three Alls Policy, Genocide of ethnic Poles, Unit 731, Nanjing massacre, Hunger Plan and the Warsaw Uprising.

Causes of World War II edit

Participants in World War II edit

The Axis powers edit

Major Axis powers edit

Other Axis powers edit

The Allied powers edit

The 'Big Five' major allies edit

Other major allies edit

People in World War II edit

Leaders in World War II edit

Axis leaders edit

Allied leaders edit

Military forces of World War II edit

British Army during the Second World War edit

Military history of France during World War II edit
Military history of the United States during World War II edit
Red Army edit
  • Military units and formations of the Soviet Union in World War II
  • Field armies of the Soviet Union
National Revolutionary Army edit
Military history of Germany edit
Imperial Japanese Army edit
Royal Italian Army during World War II edit

Timeline of World War II edit

The following list includes some of the largest events in World War II:

1939 edit

1940 edit

1941 edit

1942 edit

1943 edit

1944 edit

1945 edit

World War II by region edit

Theatres and major campaigns edit

Europe edit

Asia edit

Africa edit

For all theatres in Africa, see: African theatres

Other edit

By country edit

Europe edit

Asia edit

Africa edit

Oceania edit

The Americas edit

War crimes edit

The Second World War was characterized by many instances of War crimes:

Genocide edit

The Holocaust edit

Other genocides edit

Massacres edit

Mistreatment of civilians edit

Technology during World War II edit

Technology during World War II

Equipment of World War II edit

Vehicles of World War II edit

Weapons of World War II edit

Other initiatives in World War II edit

Propaganda during World War II edit

Common military awards edit

Soviet Union edit

United States edit

United Kingdom edit

France and Belgium edit

Poland edit

Nazi Germany edit

Aftermath of World War II edit

The end of World War II edit

Immediate events edit

The post-war world edit

World War II - related media edit

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ The Kingdom of Italy was an axis power until it changed sides to the Allies after an armistice in 1943. After the armistice, the Italian Social Republic was set up as a German puppet state
  2. ^ As the Slovak Republic, a German client state
  3. ^ During the Continuation War
  4. ^ From June 1941
  5. ^ From December 1941
  6. ^ China had been fighting an undeclared war against Japan since 1937, with various other conflicts since 1931. On December 9, 1941, they officially joined the war
  7. ^ In June 1940, France surrendered and a government-in-exile, Free France, was formed that fought with the Allies until the Provisional government was formed in 1944
  8. ^ Yugoslavia was occupied after an invasion, but there were prominent partisan groups that continued fighting
  9. ^ The emperor was the titular leader of Japan and had the final say on decisions, but his power was still (somewhat) limited. The Prime Minister (Fumimaro Konoe and later Hideki Tojo for most of the war) held immense political power, and thus the emperor was not a dictator in the way Hitler or Mussolini were[2]
  10. ^ Victor Emmanuel III was the Italian head of state and did overrule Mussolini on certain occasions (such as refusing to join the Second World War until 1940 and even deposing him in 1943), but Mussolini used more de facto power and influence than the king
  11. ^ Stalin was neither the head of state nor the head of government, but he held de facto dictatorial power
  12. ^ Harry S. Truman from April 1945
  13. ^ Neville Chamberlain until May 10th 1940 and Clement Attlee from July 1945
  14. ^ China was fragmented at the time due to a halted civil war and legacies of the warlord era; thus, other leaders such as Mao Zedong of the Chinese Communists and various warlords (such as Li Zongren, Yan Xishan and (initially) Chang Hsueh-liang) had significant power. However, Kai-shek was the leader of the nationalists which allied with the communists and controlled most of China during the Second World War
  15. ^ And Slovakia
  16. ^ Other dates have been proposed, but September 1, 1939, is generally accepted
  17. ^ The United States Congress did not officially declare war until the next day
  18. ^ Signed on September 3, declared on September 8
  19. ^ Undeclared from 1937 to 1941, this war merged into World War II in 1941

References edit

  1. ^ Dunnigan, James; Albert Nofi. Dirty Little Secrets of World War II: Military Information No One Told You About the Greatest, Most Terrible War in History, William Morrow & Company, 1994. ISBN 0-688-12235-3
  2. ^ Bix, p. 457.

Bibliography edit

  • Bix, Herbert P. (September 4, 2001). Hirohito and the making of modern Japan. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-093130-8. Retrieved April 6, 2022.

External links edit

Directories
  • Yahoo—"World War II"
  • Directory of Online World War II Indexes & Records
  • WWW-VL: History: WWII
General
  • World War II Database
  • The Second World War—Spartacus Educational
  • Deutsche Welle special section on World War II created by one of Germany's public broadcasters on World War II and the world 60 years after.
  • Canada and WWII
  • End of World War II in Germany
  • World War II Encyclopedia by the History Channel
  • World War II Awards and their recipients.
Media
  • U.S. National Archives Photos
  • World War II Poster Collection Archived 2009-09-05 at the Wayback Machine hosted by the University of North Texas Libraries' *Digital Collections
  • World War II Propaganda Leaflet Archive
  • World War 2 Pictures In Colour
  • Multimedia map—Presentation that covers the war from the invasion of the Soviet Union to the fall of Berlin
  • Radio news from 1938 to 1945
  • The Art of War Online Exhibition at the UK National Archive
On-line documents
  • World War II Military Situation Maps. Library of Congress
  • After Action Reports (AAR's) and other official documents about the American Divisions during the Second World War
  • Maps from the Pacific and Italian theaters
  • Officially Declassified U.S. Government Documents about World War II Archived 2008-03-21 at the Wayback Machine
  • The Soviet History of World War II, 28 October 1959—Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Current Intelligence.
  • Daily German action reports
Stories
  • WW2 People's War—A project by the BBC to gather the stories of ordinary people from World War II
Documentaries
  • The World at War (1974) is a 26-part Thames Television series that covers most aspects of World War II from many points of view. It includes interviews with many key figures (Karl Dönitz, Albert Speer, Anthony Eden etc.) (Imdb link)
  • The Second World War in Colour (1999) is a three episode documentary showing unique footage in color (Imdb link)
  • Battlefield (documentary series) is a television documentary series initially issued in 1994–1995 that explores many of the most important battles fought during the Second World War.
  • The War (2007) is 7-part PBS documentary recounting the experiences of a number of individuals from American communities.

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