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| title = [[World War II]]
| category = World War II

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* [[Outline of World War II|Outline]]
** [[Lists of World War II topics|Topic lists]]
* [[List of military engagements of World War II|Military engagements]]
** [[List of World War II battles|Battles]]
** [[List of World War II military operations|Operations]]
* [[Commanders of World War II|Commanders]]
* [[World War II casualties|Casualties]]
* [[List of Allied World War II conferences|Conferences]]

| group1 = [[List of theaters and campaigns of World War II|Theaters]]
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* [[Asiatic-Pacific Theater|Asia and Pacific]]
**[[Second Sino-Japanese War|China]]
**[[South-East Asian theatre of World War II|South-East Asia]]
**[[Pacific Ocean theater of World War II|North and Central Pacific]]
**[[South West Pacific theatre of World War II|South-West Pacific]]
* [[European theatre of World War II|Europe]]
**[[Western Front (World War II)|Western Front]]
**[[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern Front]]
* [[Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II|Mediterranean and Middle East]]
** [[North African Campaign|North Africa]]
** [[East African Campaign (World War II)|East Africa]]
** [[Italian_Campaign_(World_War_II)|Italy]]
* [[French West Africa in World War II|West Africa]]
* [[Battle of the Atlantic|Atlantic]]
* [[American Theater (World War II)|North America]]
* [[Latin America during World War II|South America]]

| group2 = General<br/>aspects
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* [[Air warfare of World War II]]
** [[List of air operations during the Battle of Europe|In Europe]]
* [[Blitzkrieg]]
* [[Comparative officer ranks of World War II|Comparative military ranks]]
* [[World War II cryptography|Cryptography]]
* [[Declarations of war during World War II|Declarations of war]]
* [[Diplomatic history of World War II|Diplomacy]]
* [[Home front during World War II|Home front]]
** [[United States home front during World War II|United States]]
** [[Australian home front during World War II|Australian]]
** [[Timeline of the United Kingdom home front during World War II|United Kingdom]]
* [[Lend-Lease]]
* [[Manhattan Project]]
* [[List of military awards of World War II|Military awards]]
* [[Lists of World War II military equipment|Military equipment]]
* [[Military production during World War II|Military production]]
* [[Naval history of World War II|Naval history]]
* [[Nazi plunder]]
* [[:Category:Opposition to World War II|Opposition]]
* [[Technology during World War II|Technology]]
** [[Allied technological cooperation during World War II|Allied cooperation]]
* [[Total war#World War II|Total war]]
* [[Strategic bombing during World War II|Strategic bombing]]
* [[List of World War II puppet states|Puppet states]]
* [[Women in World War II|Women]]
* [[Art and World War II]]

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  | group1 = {{longitem|[[Allies of World War II|Allies]]<br />{{nobold|([[Allied leaders of World War II|leaders]])}}}}
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* [[Military history of Australia during World War II|Australia]]
* [[Belgium in World War II|Belgium]]
* [[Military history of Brazil#World War II|Brazil]]
* [[Military history of Canada during World War II|Canada]]
* [[Second Sino-Japanese War|China]]
* [[Cuba during World War II|Cuba]]
* [[German occupation of Czechoslovakia|Czechoslovakia]]
* [[Denmark in World War II|Denmark]]
* [[Second Italo-Ethiopian War|Ethiopia]]
* [[France during World War II|France]] 
* [[Free France]] (from June 1940)
* [[Military history of Greece during World War II|Greece]]
* [[India in World War II|India]]
* [[Italian Co-belligerent Army|Italy]] (from September 1943)
* [[Luxembourg in World War II|Luxembourg]]
* [[Military_history_of_Mexico#World_War_II|Mexico]]
* [[Military history of the Netherlands during World War II|Netherlands]]
* [[Military history of New Zealand during World War II|New Zealand]]
* [[Norwegian Campaign|Norway]]
* [[Military history of the Philippines during World War II|Philippines]] (Commonwealth)
* [[History of Poland (1939–45)|Poland]]
* [[Military history of South Africa during World War II|South Africa]]
* [[Southern Rhodesia in World War II|Southern Rhodesia]]
* [[Soviet Union in World War II|Soviet Union]]
* [[Tuva in World War II|Tuva]]
* [[Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II|United Kingdom]]
* [[Military history of the United States during World War II|United States]]
**[[Puerto Ricans in World War II|Puerto Rico]]
* [[World War II in Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]

  | group2 = {{longlink|[[Axis powers|Axis and<br/>Axis-aligned]]<br/>{{nobold|([[Axis leaders of World War II|leaders]])}}}}
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* [[Albanian Kingdom (1939–43)|Albania]]
* [[Military history of Bulgaria during World War II|Bulgaria]]
* [[Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China]]
* [[Independent State of Croatia]]
* [[Military history of Finland during World War II|Finland]]
* [[Nazi Germany|Germany]]
* [[Hungary in World War II|Hungary]]
* [[Indian National Army|Free India]]
* [[Anglo-Iraqi War|Iraq]]
* [[Military history of Italy during World War II|Italy]] (until September 1943)
* [[Italian Social Republic]]
* [[Empire_of_Japan#Late_Sh.C5.8Dwa_.281937.E2.80.931947.29_.E2.80.93_Expansionism|Japan]]
* [[Manchukuo]]
* [[Second Philippine Republic|Philippines]] (Second Republic)
* [[Romania in World War II|Romania]]
* [[Slovak Republic (1939–1945)|Slovakia]]
* [[Thailand in World War II|Thailand]]
* [[Vichy France]] 
** [[Armed neutrality]]

  | group3 = [[Resistance during World War II|Resistance]]
  | list3 =
* [[Albanian resistance during World War II|Albania]]
* [[Austrian Resistance|Austria]]
* [[Belgian Resistance|Belgium]]
* [[Bulgarian resistance movement during World War II|Bulgaria]]
* [[Resistance in German-occupied Czechoslovakia|Czech lands]]
* [[Danish resistance movement|Denmark]]
* [[Estonian anti-German resistance movement 1941–44|Estonia]]
* [[Patriots (Ethiopia)|Ethiopia]]
* [[French Resistance|France]]
* [[German resistance to Nazism|Germany]]
* [[Greek Resistance|Greece]]
* [[Japanese occupation of Hong Kong#Anti-Japanese resistance|Hong Kong]]
* [[Italian resistance movement|Italy]]
* [[Japanese dissidence during the early Shōwa period|Japan]]
* [[Jewish resistance in German-occupied Europe|Jewish]]
* [[Korean Liberation Army|Korea]]
* [[Latvian anti-Nazi resistance movement 1941–45|Latvia]]
* [[Resistance in Lithuania during World War II|Lithuania]]
* [[Luxembourg Resistance|Luxembourg]]
* [[Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army|Malaya]]
* [[Dutch resistance|Netherlands]]
* [[Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army|Northeast China]]
* [[Norwegian resistance movement|Norway]]
* [[Philippine resistance against Japan|Philippines]]
* [[Polish resistance movement in World War II|Poland]]
** [[Cursed soldiers|Anti-communist]]
* [[Romanian anti-communist resistance movement|Romania]]
* [[Free Thai Movement|Thailand]]
* [[Soviet partisans|Soviet Union]]
* [[Slovak National Uprising|Slovakia]]
* [[Ukrainian Insurgent Army|Western Ukraine]]
* [[Viet Minh|Vietnam]]
* [[Yugoslav Partisans|Yugoslavia]]
** [[Chetniks|Monarchists]]
 }}


<!----------------------- Timeline ------------------------->

| group4 = [[Timeline of World War II|Timeline]]
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  | group1 = [[Causes of World War II|Prelude]]
  | list1 =
* [[Abyssinia Crisis|Africa]]
* [[Events preceding World War II in Asia|Asia]]
* [[Events preceding World War II in Europe|Europe]]

  | group2 = [[Timeline of World War II (1939)|1939]]
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* [[Invasion of Poland|Poland]]
* [[Phoney War]]
* [[Winter War]]
* [[Battle of the Atlantic|Atlantic]]
* [[Battle of Changsha (1939)|Changsha]]
* [[1939–40 Winter Offensive|China]]

  | group3 = [[Timeline of World War II (1940)|1940]]
  | list3 =
* [[Operation Weserübung|''Weserübung'']]
* [[Battle of the Netherlands|Netherlands]]
* [[Battle of Belgium|Belgium]]
* [[Battle of France|France]]
** [[Armistice of 22 June 1940]]
* [[Battle of Britain|Britain]]
* [[Western Desert Campaign|North Africa]]
* [[French West Africa in World War II|West Africa]]
* [[Italian conquest of British Somaliland|British Somaliland]]
* [[Hundred Regiments Offensive|North China]]
* [[Occupation of the Baltic states|Baltic States]]
* [[Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina|Moldova]]
* [[Japanese invasion of French Indochina|Indochina]]
* [[Greco-Italian War|Greece]]
* [[Operation Compass|''Compass'']]

  | group4 = [[Timeline of World War II (1941)|1941]]
  | list4 =
* [[East African Campaign (World War II)|East Africa]]
* [[Invasion of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]
* [[Battle of Shanggao|Shanggao]]
* [[Battle of Greece|Greece]]
* [[Battle of Crete|Crete]]
* [[Anglo-Iraqi War|Iraq]]
* [[Operation Barbarossa|Soviet Union (''Barbarossa'')]]
* [[Continuation War|Finland]]
* [[June Uprising in Lithuania|Lithuania]]
* [[Syria–Lebanon Campaign|Syria and Lebanon]]
* [[Battle of Kiev (1941)|Kiev]]
* [[Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran|Iran]]
* [[Siege of Leningrad|Leningrad]]
* [[Bombing of Gorky in World War II|Gorky]]
* [[Battle of Moscow|Moscow]]
* [[Siege of Sevastopol (1941–42)|Sevastopol]]
* [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|Pearl Harbor]]
** The outbreak of the [[Pacific War]]
* [[Battle of Hong Kong|Hong Kong]]
* [[Philippines Campaign (1941–42)|Philippines]]
* [[Battle of Changsha (1941)|Changsha]]
* [[Malayan Campaign|Malaya]]
* [[Battle of Borneo (1941–42)|Borneo (1941–42)]]

  | group5 = [[Timeline of World War II (1942)|1942]]
  | list5 =
* [[Japanese conquest of Burma|Burma]]
* [[Battle of Changsha (1942)|Changsha]]
* [[Battle of the Java Sea|Java Sea]]
* [[Battle of the Coral Sea|Coral Sea]]
* [[Battle of Gazala|Gazala]]
* [[Battle of Dutch Harbor|Dutch Harbor]]
* [[Japanese occupation of Attu| Attu (occupation)]]
* [[Japanese occupation of Kiska|Kiska]]
* [[Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign|Zhejiang-Jiangxi]]
* [[Battle of Midway|Midway]]
* [[Battle of Rzhev, Summer 1942|Rzhev]]
* ''[[Case Blue|Blue]]''
* [[Battle of Stalingrad|Stalingrad]]
* [[Battle of Singapore|Singapore]]
* [[Dieppe Raid|Dieppe]]
* [[Second Battle of El Alamein|El Alamein]]
* [[Guadalcanal Campaign|Guadalcanal]]
* [[Operation Torch|''Torch'']]

  | group6 = [[Timeline of World War II (1943)|1943]]
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* [[Tunisian Campaign|Tunisia]]
* [[Battle of Kursk|Kursk]]
* [[Battle of Smolensk (1943)|Smolensk]]
* [[Bombing of Gorky in World War II#June 1943|Gorky]]
* [[Solomon Islands campaign |Solomon Islands]]
* [[Battle of Attu | Attu]]
* [[Allied invasion of Sicily|Sicily]]
* [[Operation Cottage| ''Cottage'']]
* [[Battle of the Dnieper|Lower Dnieper]]
* [[Allied invasion of Italy|Italy]]
** [[Armistice of Cassibile]]
* [[Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign|Gilbert and Marshall Islands]]
* [[Burma Campaign| Burma]]
* [[Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan| Northern Burma and Western Yunnan]]
* [[Battle of Changde|Changde]]

  | group7 = [[Timeline of World War II (1944)|1944]]
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* [[Battle of Monte Cassino|Monte Cassino]]{{\}}[[Battle of Anzio|''Shingle'']]
* [[Battle of Narva (1944)|Narva]]
* [[Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket|Korsun–Cherkassy]]
* [[Operation Tempest|''Tempest'']]
* [[Operation Ichi-Go|''Ichi-Go'']]
* [[Operation Overlord|''Overlord'' (Battle of Normandy - D-Day)]]
* [[Normandy landings|''Neptune'']]
* [[Invasion of Normandy|Normandy]]
* [[Mariana and Palau Islands campaign|Mariana and Palau]]
* [[Operation Bagration|''Bagration'']]
* [[Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive|Western Ukraine]]
* [[Battle of Tannenberg Line|Tannenberg Line]]
* [[Warsaw Uprising|Warsaw]]
* [[Jassy–Kishinev Offensive|Eastern Romania]]
* [[Belgrade Offensive|Belgrade]]
* [[Liberation of Paris|Paris]]
* [[Operation Dragoon|''Dragoon'']]
* [[Gothic Line]]
* [[Operation Market Garden|''Market Garden'']]
* [[Tallinn Offensive|Estonia]]
* [[Operation Crossbow|''Crossbow'']]
* [[Combined Bomber Offensive|''Pointblank'']]
* [[Lapland War|Lapland]]
* [[Budapest Offensive|Hungary]]
* [[Battle of Leyte Gulf|Leyte]]
* [[Battle of the Bulge|Ardennes]]
** [[Operation Bodenplatte|''Bodenplatte'']]
* [[Philippines Campaign (1944–1945)|Philippines (1944–1945)]]
* [[Burma Campaign 1944–45|Burma (1944–45)]]

  | group8 = [[Timeline of World War II (1945–1991)|1945]]
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* [[Vistula–Oder Offensive|Vistula–Oder]]
* [[Battle of Iwo Jima|Iwo Jima]]
* [[Western Allied invasion of Germany|Western invasion of Germany]]
* [[Battle of Okinawa|Okinawa]]
* [[Spring 1945 offensive in Italy|Italy (Spring 1945)]]
* [[Borneo campaign (1945)|Borneo]]
* [[Syrmian Front]]
* [[Battle of Berlin|Berlin]]
* [[Prague Offensive|Czechoslovakia]]
* [[Siege of Budapest|Budapest]]
* [[Battle of West Hunan|West Hunan]]
* [[Second Guangxi Campaign|Guangxi]]
* [[End of World War II in Europe|Surrender of Germany]]
* [[Project Hula]]
* [[Soviet invasion of Manchuria|Manchuria]]
* [[Battle of Manila (1945)|Manila]]
* [[Borneo campaign (1945)|Borneo]]
* [[Raid on Taihoku|Taipei]]
* [[Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki|Atomic bombings]]
** [[Debate over the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki|Debate]]
* [[Invasion of the Kuril Islands|Kuril Islands]]
** [[Battle of Shumshu|Shumshu]]
* [[Surrender of Japan]]
** [[End of World War II in Asia]]
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  | group1 = [[Aftermath of World War II|Aftermath]]
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* [[Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–1950)|Expulsion of Germans]]
* [[Operation Paperclip|Operation ''Paperclip'']]
* [[Operation Osoaviakhim|Operation ''Osoaviakhim'']]
* [[Operation Keelhaul|Operation ''Keelhaul'']]
* [[Allied-occupied Germany|Occupation of Germany]]
* [[Oder–Neisse line|Territorial changes of Germany]]
* [[Military occupations by the Soviet Union|Soviet occupations]]
** [[Soviet occupation of Romania|Romania]]
** [[Polish People's Republic|Poland]]
** [[Russian–Hungarian relations, 1945–1991|Hungary]]
** [[Occupation of the Baltic states|Baltic States]]
* [[Occupation of Japan]]
* [[First Indochina War]]
* [[Indonesian National Revolution]]
* [[Cold War]]
* [[Decolonization]]
* [[Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany]]
* [[World War II in popular culture|Popular culture]]

  | group2 = [[War crime]]s
  | list2 =

* [[Allied war crimes during World War II|Allied war crimes]]
** [[Soviet war crimes#World War II|Soviet war crimes]]
** [[British_war_crimes#World_War_II|British war crimes]]
** [[United States war crimes#World War II|United States war crimes]]
* [[German war crimes#World War II|German]] ([[Forced labour under German rule during World War II|Forced labour]]){{\}}[[War crimes of the Wehrmacht|''Wehrmacht'' war crimes]]
** [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]]
** [[Aftermath of the Holocaust|Aftermath]]
** [[International response to the Holocaust|Response]]
** [[Nuremberg trials|Prosecution]]
* [[Italian war crimes]]
* [[Japanese war crimes]]
** [[Unit 731]]
** [[International Military Tribunal for the Far East|Prosecution]]
* Croatian war crimes
** [[World War II persecution of Serbs#Ustaše persecution in the Independent State of Croatia|against the Serbs]]
** [[The Holocaust in the Independent State of Croatia|against the Jews]]
* [[History_of_the_Jews_in_Romania#The_Holocaust|Romanian war crimes]]

  | group3 = [[Wartime sexual violence|Wartime<br/>sexual violence]]
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* [[German military brothels in World War II|German military brothels]]
* [[German camp brothels in World War II|Camp brothels]]
* [[Rape during the occupation of Japan]]
* [[Sook Ching]]
* [[Comfort women]]
* [[Nanking Massacre|Rape of Nanking]]
* [[Rape of Manila]]
* [[Rape during the occupation of Germany]]
* [[Rape during the liberation of France]]
* [[Rape during the Soviet occupation of Poland]]

  | group4 = [[Prisoner of war|Prisoners]]
  | list4 =

* [[Finnish prisoners of war in the Soviet Union|Finnish prisoners in the Soviet Union]]
* [[German prisoners of war in the Soviet Union|German prisoners in the Soviet Union]]
* [[German prisoners of war in the United States|German prisoners in the United States]]
* [[Italian prisoners of war in the Soviet Union|Italian prisoners in the Soviet Union]]
* [[Japanese prisoners of war in World War II|Japanese prisoners]]
** [[Japanese prisoners of war in the Soviet Union|In the Soviet Union]]
* [[German mistreatment of Soviet prisoners of war|Soviet prisoner mistreatment by Germans]]
* [[Polish prisoners-of-war in the Soviet Union after 1939|Polish prisoners in the Soviet Union]]
* [[Romanian prisoners of war in the Soviet Union|Romanian prisoners in the Soviet Union]]
* [[Soviet prisoners of war in Finland|Soviet prisoners in Finland]]

  | group5 = [[List of famines|Famines]]
  | list5 = 
* [[Bengal famine of 1943]]
* [[Chinese famine of 1942–43]]
* [[Great Famine (Greece)|Greek Famine of 1941-1944]]
* [[Dutch famine of 1944–45]]
* [[Vietnamese Famine of 1945]]
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| below =
* [[Bibliography of World War II|Bibliography]]
* [[:Category:World War II|Category]]
* [[Index of World War II articles|Article index]]
* [[Portal:World War II|Portal]]

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