World War II

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20th-century conflict global war

World War II was a global conflict from 1939 to 1945 involving most of the world’s nations, marked by unprecedented destruction, the Holocaust, and the use of atomic weapons, and resulting in a major reshaping of the international order.

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All labels observed (42)

Label Occurrences
World War II canonical 13,260
Second World War 3,147
World War II era 503

Statements (92)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 20th-century conflict ⓘ
global war ⓘ
endDate 1945-09-02 ⓘ
hasPart Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ
Italian campaign ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Anzio

Battle of Berlin ⓘ
Battle of Britain ⓘ
Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ
Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
Battle of El Alamein ⓘ
Battle of France ⓘ
Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ
Battle of Hong Kong ⓘ
Battle of Iwo Jima ⓘ
Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ
Battle of Midway ⓘ
Battle of Monte Cassino ⓘ
Battle of Narvik ⓘ
Battle of Okinawa ⓘ
Battle of Saipan ⓘ
Battle of Singapore ⓘ
Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ
Battle of Tarawa ⓘ
Battle of the Atlantic ⓘ
Battle of the Bulge ⓘ
Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945) ⓘ
Blitz ⓘ
D-Day ⓘ
Eastern Front ⓘ
European theatre of World War II ⓘ
Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ
surface form: Evacuation of Dunkirk

Holocaust ⓘ
Invasion of Poland ⓘ
Italian campaign ⓘ
Manhattan Project ⓘ
North African campaign ⓘ
Nuremberg trials ⓘ
Operation Avalanche ⓘ
Operation Bagration ⓘ
Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
Operation Berlin ⓘ
Operation Berlin (Atlantic) ⓘ
Operation Blue ⓘ
Operation Cartwheel ⓘ
Operation Chastise ⓘ
Operation Citadel ⓘ
Operation Cobra ⓘ
North African campaign ⓘ
surface form: Operation Compass

Operation Olympic ⓘ
surface form: Operation Coronet

Operation Cottage ⓘ
Operation Crossbow ⓘ
Operation Crusader ⓘ
Operation Downfall ⓘ
surface form: Operation Detachment

Operation Downfall ⓘ
Operation Dragoon ⓘ
Operation Gomorrah ⓘ
Operation Goodwood ⓘ
Operation Hailstone ⓘ
Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ
surface form: Operation Husky

Battle of Okinawa ⓘ
surface form: Operation Iceberg

Operation Ichi-Go ⓘ
Operation Lüttich ⓘ
Operation Market Garden ⓘ
Operation Meetinghouse ⓘ
Operation Neptune ⓘ
Operation Nordwind ⓘ
Operation Olympic ⓘ
D-Day ⓘ
surface form: Operation Overlord

Operation Plunder ⓘ
Operation Sea Lion ⓘ
Operation Avalanche ⓘ
surface form: Operation Shingle

Operation Spring Awakening ⓘ
Operation Ten-Go ⓘ
Operation Tidal Wave ⓘ
Operation Torch ⓘ
Operation Typhoon ⓘ
Operation Uranus ⓘ
Operation Plunder ⓘ
surface form: Operation Varsity

Operation Watchtower ⓘ
Operation Weser Exercise ⓘ
Operation Weserübung ⓘ
Pacific War ⓘ
Phoney War ⓘ
Potsdam Conference ⓘ
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
Tehran Conference ⓘ
Warsaw Uprising ⓘ
European theatre of World War II ⓘ
surface form: Western Front

Winter War ⓘ
Yalta Conference ⓘ
startDate 1939-09-01 ⓘ

Referenced by (17,064)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vannevar Bush → militaryConflict → World War II ⓘ
Office of Scientific Research and Development → conflict → World War II ⓘ
As We May Think → historicalContext → World War II ⓘ
President Franklin D. Roosevelt → notableEvent → World War II ⓘ
subject surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
President Franklin D. Roosevelt → militaryConflictManaged → World War II ⓘ
subject surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill → conflict → World War II ⓘ
Winston Churchill → notableWork → World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Second World War
Yalta Conference → partOf → World War II ⓘ
NACA → era → World War II ⓘ
Robert McNamara → conflict → World War II ⓘ
Operation Watchtower → conflict → World War II ⓘ
attack on Pearl Harbor → partOf → World War II ⓘ
"Day of Infamy" speech → topic → World War II ⓘ
"Day of Infamy" speech → historicalPeriod → World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: World War II era
Joseph Stalin → militaryConflict → World War II ⓘ
United States Army Signal Corps → conflictInvolved → World War II ⓘ
Imperial Universities of Japan → roleDuring → World War II ⓘ
Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum → focusesOn → World War II ⓘ
European theatre of World War II → partOf → World War II ⓘ
Pacific War → partOf → World War II ⓘ
North African campaign → conflictIn → World War II ⓘ
Eastern Front → partOf → World War II ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
Battle of Britain → conflictOf → World War II ⓘ
Battle of Midway → partOf → World War II ⓘ
Invasion of Poland → partOf → World War II ⓘ
Holocaust → partOf → World War II ⓘ
Blitz → partOf → World War II ⓘ
Phoney War → hasPartOf → World War II ⓘ
Phoney War → conflict → World War II ⓘ
Operation Gomorrah → conflict → World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second World War
David Packard → conflict → World War II ⓘ
Henry A. Kissinger → conflict → World War II ⓘ
John F. Kennedy → conflict → World War II ⓘ
United States Army → engagedIn → World War II ⓘ
Manhattan Project → conflict → World War II ⓘ
Wholly New Forms of Encyclopedias → historicalContext → World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: World War II era
Organisation for European Economic Co-operation → foundedAfterEvent → World War II ⓘ
Soviet Union → historicalEra → World War II ⓘ
Soviet Union → participatedIn → World War II ⓘ
Julius → participantIn → World War II ⓘ
subject surface form: Julius Robert Oppenheimer
Medal for Merit → conflict → World War II ⓘ
Medal for Merit → campaign → World War II ⓘ
Medal for Merit → periodOfUse → World War II ⓘ
Battle of Stalingrad → conflictIn → World War II ⓘ
Nuremberg trials → after → World War II ⓘ
Potsdam Conference → partOf → World War II ⓘ
Battle of El Alamein → partOf → World War II ⓘ
Battle of Guadalcanal → conflictOf → World War II ⓘ
Winter War → partOf → World War II ⓘ
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) → partOf → World War II ⓘ