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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

    World War II was fought from 1939 to 1945. Learn more about World War II combatants, battles and generals, and what caused World War II.

  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 · How Did World War II End? Explore five defining events that led to the conclusion of World War II on September 2, 1945.

  5. The Pictures that Defined World War II - HISTORY

    Jul 6, 2018 · With over 30 countries involved in World War II and the loss of over 50 million lives, war photography captured the destruction and victories of the deadliest war in history.

  6. World War II: Causes and Timeline | HISTORY

    World War II was fought from 1939 to 1945. Learn more about World War II combatants, battles and generals, and what c...

  7. D-Day - Normandy Beaches Invasion, Facts & Significance

    Oct 27, 2009 · D-Day Invasion On June 6, 1944, Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy and turned the tides of World War II.

  8. 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.

  9. Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Causes, Impact & Deaths

    Nov 18, 2009 · On August 6, 1945, during World War II (1939-45), an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

  10. American Women in World War II - HISTORY

    Mar 5, 2010 · Some 350,000 women served in the U.S. Armed Forces in World War II, both at home and abroad.