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World War II
	; Clockwise from top left: Chinese forces in the Battle of Wanjialing, Australian 25-pounder guns during the First Battle of El Alamein, German Stuka dive bombers on the Eastern Front winter 1943–1944, US naval force in the Lingayen Gulf, Wilhelm Keitel signing the German Instrument of Surrender, Soviet troops in the Battle of Stalingrad
Date	1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945 (6 years, 1 day)
Location	Europe, Pacific, Atlantic, South-East Asia, China, Middle East, Mediterranean and Africa, briefly North and South America
Result	Allied victory; Collapse of the Third Reich; Creation of the United Nations; ; Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers; ; Beginning of the Cold War (more...);
Belligerents
Allies Soviet Union (1941–45); United States (1941–45); United Kingdom; China (1937–45); France; Poland; Canada; Australia; New Zealand; South Africa; British India; Yugoslavia (1941–45); Greece (1940–45); Denmark (1940–45); Norway (1940–45); Netherlands (1940–45); Belgium (1940–45); Czechoslovakia ; Brazil (1942–45); Mexico (1942–45); Client and puppet states; Philippines (1941–45); Mongolia (1941–45);	Axis Germany; Japan (1937–45); Italy (1940–43); Hungary (1940–45); Romania (1941–44); Bulgaria (1941–44); Co-belligerents; Finland (1941–44); Thailand (1942–45); Iraq (1941); Client and puppet states; Manchukuo; Italian Social Republic (1943–45); Croatia (1941–45); Slovakia;
Commanders and leaders
Allied leaders Joseph Stalin; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Winston Churchill; Chiang Kai-shek;	Axis leaders Adolf Hitler; Hirohito; Benito Mussolini;
Casualties and losses
Military dead:; Over 16,000,000; Civilian dead:; Over 45,000,000; Total dead:; Over 61,000,000 (1937–45); ...further details	Military dead:; Over 8,000,000; Civilian dead:; Over 4,000,000; Total dead:; Over 12,000,000 (1937–45); ...further details

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^ After the fall of the Third Republic in 1940, the de facto government was the Vichy Regime. It conducted pro-Axis policies until November 1942 while remaining formally neutral. The Free French Forces, based out of London, were recognized by all Allies as the official government in September 1944.

[1] After the fall of the Third Republic in 1940, the de facto government was the Vichy Regime. It conducted pro-Axis policies until November 1942 while remaining formally neutral. The Free French Forces, based out of London, were recognized by all Allies as the official government in September 1944.

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 {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Winston Churchill]]<br />
 {{flagicon|Republic of China (1912–1949)}} [[Chiang Kai-shek]]<br />
-{{flagicon|France}} [[Charles de Gaulle]]<br />
 |commander2 = '''[[Axis leaders of World War II|Axis leaders]]'''
 {{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} [[Adolf Hitler]]<br />