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[[File:Second world war europe animation large de.gif|thumb|Second World War Europe, animation large, in German. If there are problems with display, it works on full screen view. (The image had numerous factual accuracy problems fixed in 2018). <ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Second_world_war_europe_animation_large_de.gif wiki map]</ref>]] | |||
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. Marked by mass deaths of civilians, including the Holocaust (in which approximately 11 million people were killed) and the strategic bombing of industrial and population centres (in which approximately one million were killed, and which included the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki), it resulted in an estimated 50 million to 85 million fatalities. These made World War II the deadliest conflict in human history. <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II World War II]</ref>. | World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. Marked by mass deaths of civilians, including the Holocaust (in which approximately 11 million people were killed) and the strategic bombing of industrial and population centres (in which approximately one million were killed, and which included the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki), it resulted in an estimated 50 million to 85 million fatalities. These made World War II the deadliest conflict in human history. <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II World War II]</ref>. | ||