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World War II, or the Second World War took place from 1939 to 1945. It involved most of the world's major countries divided into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. In total, more than 100 million military personnel were mobilized during this war. Read on to learn more about the causes, events, and results of the war.

• Causes of the War
• Background
• Hitler's Rise to Power
• Aggression and Appeasement
• Final Step to the War
• Events of the War
• Hitler's Early Success
• Battle of Britain
• Triple Alliance
• Operation Barbarossa
• Problems for Hitler
• The Tide Turns
• Italy Surrenders
• New Allied Operations
• D-Day
• The End
• Effects of World War II
• War Crimes
• The United Nations
• New Superpowers
• Women's Rights
• Pacific War - Causes
• Japan
• China
• Pacific War - Events
• Invasion of Manchuria
• Invasion of Nanking: Japanese Horrors
• Invasion of Pearl Harbor: America Enters the War
• Other Japanese Invasions
• The Doolittle Raid: American Courage
• Battle of Coral Sea
• Battle of Midway: The Turning Point
• Guadalcanal Campaign: On the Offensive
• Tarawa: The First Step
• Saipan: The Suicide Cliffs
• Return to Philippines: Kamikazi and Fire Bombing
• Iwo Jima: A Picture of the War
• Okinawa: A Bloody Battle
• A Secret Weapon: An End to the War?
• Two Bombs End a War
• Pacific War - Results
• Conflict Continues: Tokyo Trials
• American Mistakes
• The Cold War: A Nuclear Race