World War II
WWII, war between the Axis and the Allies which began in 1939 when Germany invaded Poland and ended with the surrender of Germany and Japan 1945 | ||||
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World War II Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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World War II
Noun
1. a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945
(synonym) World War 2, Second World War
(hypernym) world war
(part-meronym) Bataan, Corregidor
(class) Free French, Fighting French
Noun
1. a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945
(synonym) World War 2, Second World War
(hypernym) world war
(part-meronym) Bataan, Corregidor
(class) Free French, Fighting French
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world war ii
n : a war between the allies (australia belgium bolivia brazil canada china colombia costa-rico cuba czechoslovakia dominican-republic el-salvador ethiopia greece guatemala haiti honduras india iran iraq luxembourg mexico netherlands new-zealand nicaragua norway panama philippines poland south-africa united-kingdom us ussr yugoslavia) and the axis (albania bulgaria finland germany hungary italy japan rumania slovakia thailand) from 1939 to 1945 [syn: world war ii, world war , second world war ]
world war ii
n : a war between the allies (australia belgium bolivia brazil canada china colombia costa-rico cuba czechoslovakia dominican-republic el-salvador ethiopia greece guatemala haiti honduras india iran iraq luxembourg mexico netherlands new-zealand nicaragua norway panama philippines poland south-africa united-kingdom us ussr yugoslavia) and the axis (albania bulgaria finland germany hungary italy japan rumania slovakia thailand) from 1939 to 1945 [syn: world war ii, world war , second world war ]
World War II Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a worldwide military conflict; the amalgamation of two separate conflicts, one beginning in Asia, 1937, as the Second Sino-Japanese War and the other beginning in Europe, 1939, with the invasion of Poland. It is regarded as the historical successor to World War I.
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