Overview of and topical guide to World War II
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to World War II:
World War II, or the Second World War – global military conflict from 1939 to 1945, which was fought between the Allied powers of the United States, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, and China against the Axis powers of Germany, Italy, and Japan, with their respective allies. Over 60 million people, the majority of them civilians, were killed, making it the deadliest conflict in human history.[1]
Essence of World War II
Causes of World War II
Causes of World War II
The Holocaust
The Holocaust
Participants in World War II
Participants in World War II
Timeline of World War II
Summary timeline
- Invasion of Poland (September 1-October 6, 1939)
- Phoney War
- Winter War (30 November 1939 – 13 March 1940)
- Battle of the Atlantic (September 3, 1939 – May 13, 1945)
- Invasion of Denmark and Norway (April 9–June 10, 1940)
- Invasion of the Low Countries and the fall of France (May 10-June 25, 1940)
- Dunkirk evacuation (May 26-June 4, 1940)
- Battle of Britain (September 1940)
- Operation Barbarossa (Invasion of the Soviet Union, commencing on June 22, 1941)
- Siege of Leningrad (September 8, 1941 – January 27, 1944)
- Battle of Moscow (October 2, 1941 – January 7, 1942)
- Attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941)
- Fall of Singapore (February 8–15, 1942)
- Battle of the Coral Sea (May 4–8, 1942)
- Battle of Midway (June 4–7, 1942)
- First Battle of El Alamein (July 1–27, 1942)
- Battle of Stalingrad (July 17, 1942 – February 2, 1943)
- Dieppe Raid (August 19, 1942)
- Second Battle of El Alamein (October 23-November 5, 1942)
- Operation Torch (November 8–10, 1942)
- Battle of Kursk (July 4-August 23, 1943)
- Allied invasion of Sicily (July 9-August 17, 1943)
- Allied invasion of Italy (September 3–16, 1943)
- Armistice between Italy and Allied armed forces (Signed on September 3, declared on September 8, 1943)
- Battle of Monte Cassino (January 17-May 18, 1944)
- Landings at Anzio (January 22-June 5, 1944)
- D-day (June 6, 1944)
- Destruction of Army Group Centre (June 22-August 19, 1944)
- Invasion of Southern France (August 15, 1944)
- Gothic Line (August 25-December 17, 1944)
- Operation Market Garden (September 17–25, 1944)
- Battle of Hürtgen Forest (September 19, 1944 – February 10, 1945)
- Battle of Aachen (October 2–21, 1944)
- Battle of the Scheldt (October 2-November 8, 1944)
- Battle of the Bulge (December 16, 1944 – January 25, 1945)
- Battle of Berlin (April 16-May 2, 1945)
- Victory in Europe Day (May 8, 1945)
- Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (August 6 and 9, 1945)
- Victory over Japan Day (August 15, 1945)
Comprehensive timeline
World War II by region
World War II theatres, fronts, and campaigns
World War II by country
Other initiatives in World War II
Propaganda during World War II
People in World War II
Leaders in World War II
Military forces of World War II
18 airborne division
Technology during World War II
Technology during World War II
Equipment of World War II
Vehicles of World War II
Weapons of World War II
Common military awards
Soviet Union
United States
United Kingdom
France and Belgium
Poland
Nazi Germany
The End of World War II
Aftermath of World War II
World War II in pop-culture
Books about World War II
See also
References
- ^ 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,true true -Thomas William Morrow & Company, 1994. ISBN 0-688-12235-3