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  2. World war - Wikipedia

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    A world war is an international conflict that involves most or all of the world's major powers. [1] Conventionally, the term is reserved for two major international conflicts that occurred during the first half of the 20th century, World War I (1914–1918) and World War II (1939–1945), although some historians have also characterised other global conflicts as world wars, such as the Nine ...

  3. World War I - Wikipedia

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    World War I[ j] or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting took place mainly in Europe and the Middle East, as well as in parts of Africa and the Asia-Pacific, and in Europe was characterised by ...

  4. World War II - Wikipedia

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    World War II[ b] or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries —including all the great powers —participated, with many investing all available economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities in pursuit of ...

  5. List of World War II battles - Wikipedia

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    Australians and U.S. for the first time in World War II stop a Japanese offensive (against Port Moresby) • Battle of Guadalcanal: Beginning of Allied action in Solomon Islands. • Battle of Savo Island: Japanese sink four US cruisers. • Battle of Dieppe: Operation Jubilee was an Allied amphibious raid on the German-occupied port of Dieppe ...

  6. Causes of World War I - Wikipedia

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    Causes of World War I. European diplomatic alignments shortly before the war. The Ottomans joined the Central Powers shortly after the war started, with Bulgaria joining the following year. Italy remained neutral in 1914 and joined the Allies in 1915. Map of the world with the participants in World War I c. 1917.

  7. World War I casualties - Wikipedia

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    The total number of military and civilian casualties in World War I was about 40 million: estimates range from around 15 to 22 million deaths [ 1] and about 23 million wounded military personnel, ranking it among the deadliest conflicts in human history. The total number of deaths includes from 9 to 11 million military personnel.

  8. Allies of World War II - Wikipedia

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    The Allies, formally referred to as the United 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 of 1941 were the "Big Four" – the United Kingdom, United States, Soviet Union, and China .

  9. Aktion T4 - Wikipedia

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    Aktion T4 Hitler's order for Aktion T4 Also known as T4 Program Location German-occupied Europe Date September 1939 – 1945 Incident type Forced euthanasia Perpetrators SS Participants Psychiatric hospitals Victims 275,000–300,000 [a] Aktion T4 (German) was a campaign of mass murder by involuntary euthanasia in Nazi Germany. The term was first used in post- war trials against doctors who ...