Australia entered World War II on 3 September 1939, following the government's acceptance of the United Kingdom's declaration of war on Nazi Germany. Australia...
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Almost every country in the world participated in World War II. Most were neutral at the beginning, but only a relative few nations remained neutral to...
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Attacks on continental Australia during World War II were relatively rare due to Australia's geographic position. However, axis surface raiders and submarines...
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List of theatres and campaigns of World War II subdivides military operations of World War II and contemporary wars by war, then by theater and then by campaign...
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Townsville. Axis victory in World War II Battle for Australia Brisbane Line Battle of Christmas Island Cocos Islands during World War II Kantokuen Operation...
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World War II saw the largest scale of war crimes and crimes against humanity ever committed in an armed conflict, mostly against civilians and specific...
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"home front" covers the activities of the civilians in a nation at war. World War II was a total war; homeland military production became vital to both...
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The Australian Army was the largest service in the Australian military during World War II. Prior to the outbreak of war the Australian Army was split...
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World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers...
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Fighter aces in World War II had tremendously varying kill scores, affected as they were by many factors: the pilot's skill level, the performance of...
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of World War II. Timeline of events preceding World War II Timeline of World War II (1939) Timeline of World War II (1940) Timeline of World War II (1941)...
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list of prisoner of war camps in Australia during World War II. During World War II many enemy aliens were interned in Australia under the National Security...
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World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history. An estimated total of 70–85 million deaths were caused by the conflict, representing about...
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The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War or the Pacific Theater, was the theater of World War II that was fought in eastern Asia, the Pacific...
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Although most Australian civilians lived far from the front line, the Australian home front during World War II played a significant role in the Allied victory...
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S2CID 159620220. Johnston, Mark (2000). Fighting the Enemy: Australian Soldiers and their Adversaries in World War II. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-78222-8...
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Zealand during World War II began when New Zealand entered the Second World War by declaring war on Nazi Germany with the United Kingdom in 1939, and expanded...
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during World War II begins with the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939. While the Canadian Armed Forces were eventually active in nearly every...
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Nations from 1942, were an international military coalition formed during World War II (1939–1945) to oppose the Axis powers. Its principal members by the end...
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Australians were killed and 23,000 wounded in action during World War II. In addition, hundreds more servicemen and women were killed and injured in accidents...
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territory. The Soviet attempt to conquer Finland in the Winter War was thwarted, and by the end of World War II, Finland remained an independent country. However...
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aftermath of World War II saw the rise of two global superpowers, the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR). The aftermath of World War II was also...
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military history of the United States during World War II covers the nation's role as one of the major Allies in their victory over the Axis Powers. The United...
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timeline of declarations of war during World War II. A declaration of war is a formal act by which one nation goes to war against another. The declaration...
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World War II in Colour is a 13-episode British television docuseries recounting the major events of World War II narrated by Robert Powell. It was first...
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This is a list of World War II battles encompassing land, naval, and air engagements as well as campaigns, operations, defensive lines and sieges. Campaigns...
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Vatican City pursued a policy of neutrality during World War II under the leadership of Pope Pius XII. Although the city of Rome was occupied by Germany...
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on 1 September 1939, starting World War II. The Soviets invaded eastern Poland on 17 September. Following the Winter War with Finland, the Soviets were...
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important weapons system in World War II. Although tanks in the inter-war years were the subject of widespread research, few were made, in just a few countries...
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of World War II in the narrative. There is a separate list of World War II TV series. The film or miniseries must be concerned with World War II (or...
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