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Conflict Europe

World War II

1939 CE – 1945 CE · 6 years

The deadliest conflict in human history — 70 million dead across six continents in a war that ended with mushroom clouds and the birth of the nuclear age.

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World War II on Wikipedia.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Allied Powers
  • Axis Powers

Key moments

Defining events in the World War II.

  1. 1942–1943 Stalingrad
  2. 1942 Midway
  3. 1942 El Alamein
  4. 1944 D-Day
  5. 1944 Battle of the Bulge
  6. 1945 Berlin

Elsewhere in Europe at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Europe

Plitvice Lakes

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Danzig

1920 CE – 1939 CE

Conflict · Europe

Spanish Civil War

1936 CE – 1939 CE

Landmark · Europe

Giant's Causeway

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Germany (Soviet)

Founded 1945 CE · attested to 1945 CE

Conflict · Europe

Winter War

1939 CE – 1940 CE

Landmark · Europe

Danube Delta

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Saar Protectorate

1945 CE – 1956 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1939 CE and 1945 CE.

1939 CE Winter War 1940 CE Battle of Britain 1941 CE Continuation War 1941 CE Yugoslav People's Liberation War 1941 CE Siege of Leningrad

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Parícutin Volcano Landmark · Americas 1943 CE – still standing China Polity · East Asia Founded 1945 CE · attested to 2026 CE Tea Horse Road Trade route · East Asia 700 CE – 1950 CE Nikola Tesla Figure · Serbia / United States 1856 CE – 1943 CE Waziristan Campaigns Conflict · South Asia 1919 CE – 1939 CE Te Whare Rūnanga (Waitangi) Landmark · Oceania 1940 CE – still standing
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