World War II

Proper noun

Meaning

World War II

(history) The war from 1939 to 1945 of the Allied forces, including the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, the United States, France, and China, against the Axis Powers, including Germany, Italy, and Japan.

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Synonyms

Second World War Manhattan Project WWII WW2 World War 2

Examples

Life was simple before World War II. After that, we had systems. Grace Hopper

The colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down, and for the moment the whole burden of the war rested on the few hundred German fighter pilots on the Channel coast. Adolf Galland

I reckon that the Bailey Bridge and the bulldozer were the greatest advances in military engineering in the years between World War I and World War II. Christopher Vokes

When World War II started on September 1, 1939, the German army contained 3.74 million soldiers and 103 divisions. John Mearsheimer

My graduate study was interrupted, like that of many others, by World War II. Kenneth Arrow

We owe our World War II veterans - and all our veterans - a debt we can never fully repay. Doc Hastings

Close letter words and terms

World War 2 World War Four World War I world war ii era World War II generation World War III