World War II

World War II
Clockwise from top left: Chinese forces in the Battle of Wanjialing, Australian 25-pounder guns during the First Battle of El Alamein, German Stuka dive bombers on the Eastern Front winter 1943–1944, US naval force in the Lingayen Gulf, Wilhelm Keitel signing the German Surrender, Soviet troops in the Battle of Stalingrad
Date September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945 Location Europe, Pacific, Atlantic, South-East Asia, China, Middle East, Mediterranean and Africa Result Allied victory Creation of the United Nations Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers Beginning of the Cold War. (more...)
Belligerents
Allies  Soviet Union (1941-45)  United States (1941-45)  United Kingdom  China (at war 1937-45)  France (1939-40, 1944-45)  Free France (1940-44)  Poland  Canada  Australia  New Zealand South Africa  Yugoslavia (1941-45)  Belgium (1940-45)  Netherlands (1940-45)  Greece (1940-45)  Norway (1940-45) and others	Axis and Axis-aligned  Germany  Japan (at war 1937-45)  Italy (1940-43)  Romania (1941-44)  Hungary (1940-45)  Finland (1941-44)  Bulgaria (1941-44)  Iraq (1941)  Thailand (1941-45) and others
Commanders and leaders
Allied leaders Joseph Stalin Georgy Zhukov Franklin D. Roosevelt George Marshall Winston Churchill Alan Brooke Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle and others	Axis leaders Adolf Hitler Wilhelm Keitel Hirohito Hideki Tōjō Benito Mussolini Ugo Cavallero Ion Antonescu Miklós Horthy C.G.E. Mannerheim and others
Casualties and losses
Military dead: Over 16,000,000 Civilian dead: Over 45,000,000 Total dead: Over 61,000,000 (1937-45) ...further details	Military dead: Over 8,000,000 Civilian dead: Over 4,000,000 Total dead: Over 12,000,000 (1937-45) ...further details

World War I

World War I Clockwise from top: Trenches on the Western Front; a British Mark IV Tank crossing a trench; Royal Navy battleship HMS Irresistible sinking after striking a mine at the Battle of the Dardanelles; a Vickers machine gun crew with gas masks, and German Albatros D.III biplanes Date 28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918 (Armistice) Treaty of Versailles signed 28 June 1919 Location Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Pacific Islands, China and off the coast of South America Result Allied victory End of the German, Russian, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian empires Formation of new countries in Europe and the Middle East Transfer of German colonies and regions of the former Ottoman Empire to other powers Establishment of the League of Nations. (more...) Belligerents Allied (Entente) Powers France British Empire  Russian Empire (1914–17)  Serbia  Italy (1915–18)  Japan  Romania (1916–18)  Belgium  Greece (1917–18) Portugal (1916–18) Montenegro (1914–16)  Brazil (1917-18)  United States (1917–18) and others Central Powers  German Empire  Austria-Hungary  Ottoman Empire  Bulgaria (1915–18) Commanders and leaders Leaders and commanders Raymond Poincaré Georges Clemenceau Ferdinand Foch H. H. Asquith David Lloyd George Nicholas II Antonio Salandra Vittorio Orlando Woodrow Wilson and others Leaders and commanders Wilhelm II Paul von Hindenburg Erich Ludendorff Franz Joseph I Karl I İsmail Enver Ferdinand I and others Strength Allies[1] 12,000,000 8,841,541[2] 8,660,000[3] 5,093,140 4,743,826 1,234,000 800,000 707,343 380,000 250,000 200,000 50,000 Total:42,959,850 Central Powers[4] 13,250,000 7,800,000 2,998,321 1,200,000 Total: 25,248,321 Casualties and losses Military dead: 5,525,000 Military wounded: 12,831,500 Military missing: 4,121,000 Total: 22,477,500 KIA, WIA or MIA ...further details. Military dead: 4,386,000 Military wounded: 8,388,000 Military missing: 3,629,000 Total: 16,403,000 KIA, WIA or MIA ...further details.

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