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  1. World War II: Causes, Timeline, Key Battles, Facts & Legacy

    Oct 29, 2009 · World War II, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history, involved more than 50 nations and was fought on land, sea and air in nearly every part of the world.

  2. World War II: Causes and Timeline - HISTORY

    Sparked by the 1939 Nazi invasion of Poland, World War II pitted the Allied forces (led by the United States, Great Britain and the U.S.S.R.) against the Axis powers (Nazi Germany, Japan …

  3. World War II Battles: Timeline - HISTORY

    May 5, 2021 · With Adolf Hitler leading a German invasion of Poland in 1939, World War II was launched, a deadly global conflict waged across Europe and the Pacific until 1945.

  4. How Did World War II End? - HISTORY

    Aug 11, 2020 · World War II ended six years and one day after Germany’s invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, sparked the 20th century’s second global conflict.

  5. How England Evacuated London’s Children Ahead of World War II

    Oct 29, 2024 · Police and railwaymen assist some of the 800 evacuee children as they leave Ealing Broadway station, London, for the country, on the first day of World War II, September …

  6. The 1951 Agreement Allowing US Military in Greenland - HISTORY

    Jan 15, 2026 · When Denmark was occupied by Germany during World War II, the United States signed a pact with Denmark’s U.S. ambassador to protect Greenland—then a Danish …

  7. World War II’s Bizarre ‘Battle of Los Angeles’ - HISTORY

    Feb 23, 2017 · While it’s likely that the Battle of Los Angeles was only a mirage, it was still a chilling reminder of the vulnerability that many Americans felt at the beginning of World War II.

  8. How D-Day Changed the Course of WWII - HISTORY

    Apr 23, 2018 · The D-Day military invasion that helped to end World War II was one the most ambitious and consequential military campaigns in human history.

  9. Battle of Okinawa: Date, Significance & Who Won - HISTORY

    Oct 29, 2009 · Finally, Japan had had enough. On August, 14, 1945, Emperor Hirohito announced Japan’s surrender, marking the end of World War II.

  10. Italian Campaign - WWII, Timeline & Outcome - HISTORY

    Nov 18, 2009 · In the final push to defeat the Axis powers of Italy and Germany during World War II (1939-45), the U.S. and Great Britain, the leading Allied powers, planned to invade Italy.