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)

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Operation Market Garden → conflict → World War II ⓘ
Dwight D. Eisenhower → conflict → World War II ⓘ
Allies of World War II → conflict → World War II ⓘ
Richard Feynman → militaryConflict → World War II ⓘ
United States Navy → notableConflict → World War II ⓘ
National Defense Research Committee → operatingPeriod → World War II ⓘ
National Defense Research Committee → operatedDuringConflict → World War II ⓘ
Royal Air Force → conflict → World War II ⓘ
Luftwaffe → conflict → World War II ⓘ
Supermarine Spitfire → usedInConflict → World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second World War
Dowding system → conflict → World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second World War
Hugh Dowding → conflict → World War II ⓘ
Station HYPO → conflict → World War II ⓘ
Station HYPO → timePeriod → World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: World War II era
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force → conflict → World War II ⓘ
I Want YOU for U.S. Army poster → usedDuringConflict → World War II ⓘ
United States Army Rangers → notableEngagement → World War II ⓘ
Battle of the Bulge → conflictIn → World War II ⓘ
Tehran Conference → partOf → World War II ⓘ
Tehran Conference → conflict → World War II ⓘ
Battle of Okinawa → partOf → World War II ⓘ
Battle of Okinawa → conflict → World War II ⓘ
Italian campaign → conflict → World War II ⓘ
Allied invasion of Sicily → conflict → World War II ⓘ
Warsaw Uprising → partOf → World War II ⓘ
Winston → notableWork → World War II ⓘ
subject surface form: Winston Churchill
this entity surface form: The Second World War
First Lord of the Admiralty → historicalPeriod → World War II ⓘ
British Army → engagedIn → World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second World War
Churchill government → conflict → World War II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second World War
Adolf Hitler → conflictInitiated → World War II ⓘ
Europe → hasHistoricalEvent → World War II ⓘ
George C. Marshall → conflict → World War II ⓘ
Cold War → followed → World War II ⓘ
United States Marine Corps → engagedIn → World War II ⓘ
My Day → mainTopic → World War II ⓘ
My Day → writtenDuring → World War II ⓘ
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day → relatedConflict → World War II ⓘ
Dutch East Indies → involvedIn → World War II ⓘ
Manhattan Engineer District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers → conflict → World War II ⓘ
subject surface form: Manhattan Engineer District
Los Alamos, New Mexico → historicalPeriod → World War II ⓘ
MAUD Committee → timePeriod → World War II ⓘ
atomic bombing of Hiroshima → partOf → World War II ⓘ
atomic bombing of Hiroshima → conflict → World War II ⓘ
Los Alamos Laboratory → establishedDuring → World War II ⓘ
Los Alamos Laboratory → historicalPeriod → World War II ⓘ
Oppenheimer (2023 film) → subject → World War II ⓘ
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer → setInEvent → World War II ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy → conflict → World War II ⓘ
1st Marine Division (United States) → conflict → World War II ⓘ
Office for Emergency Management → operatingPeriod → World War II ⓘ