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The '''Second Great War'''<ref group="Note">Abbreviated '''GW2''', '''GWII''' or '''SGW'''</ref>, also known as the '''Second World War'''<ref group="Note">Abbreviated WW2 or WWII</ref>, was a [[wikipedia:World_war|global conflict]] primarily<ref group="Note">The conflict was simultaneous with the [[Second Russo-Japanese War]], and although Japan was formally a member of the Allied Powers, Russia was never in direct conflict with any of its other members, despite [[Russian Invasion of Prussia|occupying Eastern Germany]].</ref> between two coalitions, the [[Allied Powers of the Second Great War|Allied Powers]] and the [[League of Europe]],
The '''Second Great War'''<ref group="Note">Abbreviated '''GW2''', '''GWII''' or '''SGW'''</ref>, also known as the '''Second World War'''<ref group="Note">Abbreviated WW2 or WWII</ref>, was a [[wikipedia:World_war|global conflict]] primarily<ref group="Note">The conflict was simultaneous with the [[Second Russo-Japanese War]], and although Japan was formally a member of the Allied Powers, Russia was never in direct conflict with any of its other members, despite [[Russian Invasion of Prussia|occupying Eastern Germany]].</ref> between two coalitions, the [[Allied Powers of the Second Great War|Allied Powers]] and the [[League of Europe]],<references group="Note" />

Revision as of 05:14, 30 October 2024

Second Great War
Date1 March 1938 - 7 May 1946 [Note 1]
Location
Europe • South America • North Africa • East Africa • Central Africa • Russian Far East • Ezo/Hokkaido • Australia
Belligerents

Allies

Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg British Empire

Flag of British America.png American Dominion

Flag of Germany.svg German Empire

Bandeira do Império do Brasil com nó e cores corretos.png Brazil

Flag of Japan.svg Japan

Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svgBandiera delle Brigate Garibaldi partigiane (1943-1945).svg Italy

and others

League

Flag of the French Popular Party (Parti Populaire Français).svg France

Bandera FE JONS.svg Spain

Flag of ordem nova.png Portugal

Flag of Argentine Nacionalistas.svg Argentina

Flag of Italy.svg Revolutionary Italy (from 1939)

and others
Flag of Russia.svg Russia (against Japan)
Commanders and leaders

Main Allied Leaders:

Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg Neville Chamberlain #

Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg Winston Churchill

Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg Clement Attlee

Flag of British America.png Mackenzie King

Flag of British America.png Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

Flag of Germany.svg Hermann Müller #

Flag of Germany.svg Konrad Adenauer

Flag of Germany.svg Erwin von Witzleben

Bandeira do Império do Brasil com nó e cores corretos.png Júlio Prestes

Flag of Japan.svg Hamaguchi Osachi

Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg Pietro Badoglio

Bandiera delle Brigate Garibaldi partigiane (1943-1945).svg Peppino Garibaldi

Main League Leaders

Flag of the French Popular Party (Parti Populaire Français).svg Jacques Doriot

Bandera FE JONS.svg José Antonio Primo de Rivera

Flag of ordem nova.png Francisco Rolão Preto

Flag of Argentine Nacionalistas.svg Manuel Carlés

Flag of Argentine Nacionalistas.svg Nimio de Anquin X

Flag of Argentine Nacionalistas.svg Pedro Pablo Ramírez

Flag of Argentine Nacionalistas.svg Juan Perón  Surrendered

Flag of Italy.svg Benito Mussolini

Flag of Italy.svg Michele Bianchi
Casualties and losses
Over 12,000,000 Over 15,000,000

The Second Great War[Note 2], also known as the Second World War[Note 3], was a global conflict primarily[Note 4] between two coalitions, the Allied Powers and the League of Europe,

  1. The War in Europe ended on 1 January 1944 and the Brazilian-Argentina Conflict ended in 1946
  2. Abbreviated GW2, GWII or SGW
  3. Abbreviated WW2 or WWII
  4. The conflict was simultaneous with the Second Russo-Japanese War, and although Japan was formally a member of the Allied Powers, Russia was never in direct conflict with any of its other members, despite occupying Eastern Germany.