Outline of World War II

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to World War II:

World War II, or the Second World War – global military conflict from 1939 to 1945, which was fought between the Allied powers of the United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union against the Axis powers of Germany, Italy, and Japan, with their respective allies. Over 60 million people, the majority of them civilians, were killed, making it the deadliest conflict in human history.

Essence of World War II

 * Main articles: World War II and Timeline of World War II


 * Adolf Hitler
 * Axis vs. Allies
 * The Holocaust
 * European Theater
 * Pacific Theater
 * Mechanized warfare
 * Modern warfare
 * Total war
 * World War

Causes of World War II

 * Adolf Hitler
 * Events preceding World War II in Asia
 * Events preceding World War II in Europe
 * Imperialism
 * Expansionism
 * Expansionist nationalism
 * Lebensraum
 * Nazi Party
 * Treaty of Versailles

The Holocaust

 * Anti-Jewish legislation in prewar Nazi Germany
 * Diary of Anne Frank
 * Nazi book burnings
 * Nazi concentration camps
 * Nazi concentration camps in Norway
 * Nazi eugenics
 * Nazi human experimentation
 * Racial policy of Nazi Germany
 * Auschwitz concentration camp

Participants in World War II

 * Allies of World War II (see also Allies)
 * Major Allied powers
 * United Kingdom
 * Soviet Union (June 1941–1945)
 * France (September 1939 – June 1940) / Free French (June 1940 to end of war)
 * United States (December 1941–1945)
 * Greece
 * Poland
 * China
 * Canada
 * Minor Allied powers
 * Australia
 * New Zealand
 * South Africa
 * Brazil
 * Axis powers
 * Major Axis powers
 * Nazi Germany
 * Glossary of the Third Reich
 * Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)
 * Empire of Japan
 * Minor Axis powers
 * Bulgaria
 * Croatia
 * Hungary
 * Romania
 * Slovak Republic
 * Kingdom of Yugoslavia (for two days)
 * Thailand
 * (For co-belligerents, puppet states, and collaborator states, see Axis Powers).

Summary timeline

 * Invasion of Poland (September 1-October 6, 1939)
 * Phoney War
 * Battle of the Atlantic (September 3, 1939-May 7, 1945)
 * Invasion of Denmark and Norway (April 9–June 10, 1940)
 * Invasion of the Low Countries and the fall of France (May 10-June 25, 1940)
 * Dunkirk evacuation (May 26-June 4, 1940)
 * Battle of Britain (September 1940)
 * Operation Barbarossa (Invasion of the Soviet Union, commencing on June 22, 1941)
 * Siege of Leningrad (September 8, 1941-January 27, 1944)
 * Battle of Moscow (October 2, 1941-January 7, 1942)
 * Attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941)
 * Fall of Singapore (February 8–15, 1942)
 * Battle of the Coral Sea (May 4–8, 1942)
 * Battle of Midway (June 4–7, 1942)
 * First Battle of El Alamein (July 1–27, 1942)
 * Battle of Stalingrad (July 17, 1942-February 2, 1943)
 * Dieppe Raid (August 19, 1942)
 * Second Battle of El Alamein (October 23-November 5, 1942)
 * Operation Torch (November 8–10, 1942)
 * Battle of Kursk (July 4-August 23, 1943)
 * Allied invasion of Sicily (July 9-August 17, 1943)
 * Allied invasion of Italy (September 3–16, 1943)
 * Armistice between Italy and Allied armed forces (Signed on September 3, declared on September 8, 1943)
 * Battle of Monte Cassino (January 17-May 18, 1944)
 * Landings at Anzio (January 22-June 5, 1944)
 * D-day (June 6, 1944)
 * Destruction of Army Group Centre (June 22-August 19, 1944)
 * Invasion of Southern France (August 15, 1944)
 * Gothic Line (August 25-December 17, 1944)
 * Operation Market Garden (September 17–25, 1944)
 * Battle of Hürtgen Forest (September 19, 1944-February 10, 1945)
 * Battle of Aachen (October 2–21, 1944)
 * Battle of the Scheldt (October 2-November 8, 1944)
 * Battle of the Bulge (December 16, 1944–January 25, 1945)
 * Battle of Berlin (April 16-May 2, 1945)
 * Victory in Europe Day (May 8, 1945)
 * Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (August 6 and 9, 1945)
 * Victory over Japan Day (August 15, 1945)

Comprehensive timeline

 * Timeline of World War II (1939–1945)
 * Timeline of events preceding World War II
 * Events preceding World War II in Asia
 * Events preceding World War II in Europe
 * Timeline of the invasion of Poland (1939)
 * Timeline of the Second Battle of the Atlantic (1939–1945)
 * Timeline of the Winter War (1939–1940)
 * Timeline of the Norwegian Campaign (1940)
 * Timeline of the North African Campaign (1940–1943)
 * Timeline of World War II (1939)
 * Timeline of World War II (1940)
 * Timeline of World War II (1941)
 * Timeline of World War II (1942)
 * Timeline of World War II (1943)
 * Timeline of World War II (1944)
 * Timeline of World War II (1945)

World War II by region

 * Free World (World War II)

World War II theatres, fronts, and campaigns

 * African campaigns of World War II
 * Home front during World War II
 * Mediterranean Theatre of World War II
 * Pacific Ocean theater of World War II
 * Timeline of the Eastern Front of World War II
 * U.S. campaigns in WWII
 * Western Front (World War II)
 * Campaigns of World War II
 * East African Campaign (World War II)
 * Eastern Front (World War II)
 * Italian Campaign (World War II)
 * West Africa Campaign (World War II)
 * European Theatre of World War II
 * South-East Asian Theatre of World War II
 * Attacks on Australia during World War II
 * Attacks on North America during World War II
 * Australian home front during World War II
 * List of Military operations on the Eastern Front European Theater during WW2
 * United States home front during World War II
 * Arctic convoys of World War II

World War II by country

 * Albania
 * Australia
 * Belarus
 * Bulgaria
 * Bulgarian resistance movement during World War II
 * Burma
 * Carpathian Ruthenia
 * Egypt
 * Estonia
 * Occupation of Estonia by Nazi Germany
 * Finland
 * France
 * Germany
 * Nazi Germany
 * Gibraltar
 * Greece
 * Axis occupation of Greece during World War II
 * Greenland
 * Hungary
 * India
 * Ireland
 * Italy
 * Latvia
 * Occupation of Latvia by Nazi Germany
 * Leningrad Oblast
 * Nepal
 * Netherlands
 * New Zealand
 * Axis naval activity in New Zealand waters
 * Philippines
 * Romania
 * South Africa
 * Spain
 * United Kingdom
 * United States
 * Vietnam
 * Yugoslavia (See also Yugoslavia during the Second World War)
 * Bombing of Belgrade in World War II
 * Invasion of Yugoslavia
 * Yugoslav Front of World War II
 * Occupation of Baltic republics by Nazi Germany
 * Occupation of Belarus by Nazi Germany
 * Occupation of Denmark
 * Occupation of the Channel Islands
 * Orders, decorations, and medals of Nazi Germany
 * Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany

Other initiatives in World War II

 * Nazi plunder

Propaganda during World War II

 * American propaganda during World War II
 * Walt Disney's World War II propaganda production
 * List of Allied propaganda films of World War II
 * British propaganda during World War II
 * Nazi propaganda
 * Soviet propaganda during World War II

People in World War II

 * Persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust
 * History of the Jews during World War II
 * List of individuals and groups assisting Jews during the Holocaust
 * American Minority Groups in World War II
 * Hispanic Americans in World War II

Leaders in World War II

 * Allied leaders of World War II
 * Axis Leaders of World War II
 * Commanders of World War II

Military forces of World War II

 * List of World War II aces by country
 * List of World War II air aces
 * British 51st (Highland) Infantry Division (World War II)
 * British Army Groups in WWII
 * British Brigades in World War II
 * British Corps in World War II
 * 17th Airborne Division

Technology during World War II

 * German military technology during World War II
 * Allied technological cooperation during World War II
 * Technological escalation during World War II

Equipment of World War II

 * Equipment losses in World War II

Vehicles of World War II

 * List of World War II military vehicles by country
 * List of World War II military vehicles of Germany
 * List of World War II ship classes
 * List of World War II ships
 * List of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons
 * List of WW2 Luftwaffe aircraft by manufacturer
 * List of aircraft of Italy, World War II
 * List of aircraft of Japan, World War II
 * List of aircraft of Russia, World War II
 * List of aircraft of World War II
 * List of aircraft of the Armée de l'Air, World War II
 * List of aircraft of the British, World War II
 * List of aircraft of the Luftwaffe, World War II
 * List of aircraft of the U.S. military, World War II
 * List of armoured fighting vehicles of World War II
 * List of broadsides of major World War II ships
 * List of undersea-carried planes during World War II
 * List of weapons on Japanese combat aircraft
 * List of prototype WWII combat vehicles
 * List of foreign vehicles used by Nazi Germany in World War II
 * List of helicopters used in World War II
 * List of jet aircraft of World War II
 * List of limited service World War II combat vehicles

Weapons of World War II

 * Nazi chocolate bar bomb
 * Nazi belt buckle pistol

Soviet Union

 * Hero of the Soviet Union
 * Order of Lenin
 * Order of Suvorov
 * Order of the October Revolution
 * Order of the Red Banner
 * Order of Victory

United States

 * Medal of Honor
 * Silver Star
 * Bronze Star
 * Distinguished Flying Cross
 * Air Medal
 * World War II Victory Medal
 * Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
 * European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
 * American Campaign Medal

United Kingdom

 * Victoria Cross
 * Air Force Cross
 * Order of the Bath
 * Order of the British Empire
 * Distinguished Flying Cross
 * Africa Star
 * Pacific Star

France and Belgium

 * Croix de Guerre

Poland

 * Cross of the Valorous
 * Order of Polonia Restituta
 * Virtuti Militari

Nazi Germany

 * Iron Cross

The End of World War II

 * End of World War II
 * End of World War II in Europe
 * End of World War II in the Pacific

Aftermath of World War II

 * Allied war crimes during World War II
 * Axis war criminals
 * Nazi crimes against ethnic Poles
 * Nazi gold
 * Post–World War II baby boom
 * Pursuit of Nazi collaborators
 * Cold War
 * Emergence of superpowers

World War II in pop-culture

 * Fiction based on World War II

Link dump (temporary draft section – pick through these and place those that are "basic")

 * Cross-Channel guns in the Second World War
 * Forgotten Voices of the Second World War
 * List of Second World War Victoria Cross recipients
 * Military history of Canada during the Second World War


 * 1 Cent WWII (Dutch coin)
 * 25 Cent WWII (Dutch coin)
 * American Army Groups in WWII
 * Anti-submarine boom (Lake Macquarie WWII)
 * Anti-submarine boom net (Sydney Harbour WWII)
 * Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons Of WWII
 * Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII
 * Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions of WWII
 * Coins of the Slovak koruna (WWII)
 * Combat Elite: WWII Paratroopers
 * Combat Flight Simulator WWII Europe Series
 * Decisive Battles of WWII: Korsun Pocket
 * Deutsche Soldaten Haus
 * Final Round – WWII miniatures wargame


 * James Wilson (WWII)
 * Jane's WWII Fighters
 * Japanese-German pre-WWII industrial co-operation
 * Japanese Military Propaganda (WWII)
 * Japanese mining and energy resources (WWII)
 * Jerry (WWII)
 * List of Finnish armies in WWII
 * List of German Army Groups in WWII
 * List of German corps in WWII
 * List of Indian corps in WWII
 * List of Indian divisions in WWII
 * List of Italian divisions in WWII
 * List of Japanese tanks and armoured vehicles of the WWII period
 * List of WWII POW camps in Kenya
 * List of uniforms and clothing of WWII
 * Mongolian People's Army tanks and armour of WWII
 * Operation Backfire (WWII)
 * Operation Quicksilver (WWII)
 * St Ann's Church in WWII
 * Transit of German troops through Scandinavia (WWII)
 * WWII (AM)
 * WWII (album)
 * WWII Postal Acronyms
 * Windfall Indiana WWII POW Camp
 * Wings of Power: WWII Heavy Bombers and Jets
 * Wings of Power II: WWII Fighters


 * Administrative division of Polish territories during WWII
 * Aleutian World War II National Historic Area
 * All This and World War II
 * American tank production during World War II


 * BBC History of World War II
 * Black Book (World War II)


 * Breton nationalism and World War II
 * British anti-invasion preparations of World War II
 * British hardened field defences of World War II
 * British occupation of the Faroe Islands in World War II
 * Camps in Poland during World War II
 * Cash and carry (World War II)
 * Coastal Forces of World War II
 * Collaboration during World War II
 * Comparative military ranks of World War II
 * Comparative military ranks of World War II/temp1
 * Component Units, British 48th (South Midland) Infantry Division (World War II)


 * Evacuation of German civilians during the end of World War II
 * Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II


 * Belgian armoured fighting vehicles of World War II
 * British World War II destroyers
 * British armoured fighting vehicle production during World War II
 * British armoured fighting vehicles of World War II
 * Comparison of early World War II tanks
 * Development of Japanese tanks in World War II
 * Expulsion of Germans after World War II
 * First American shots fired in World War II
 * Forced labor in Germany during World War II
 * Sexual enslavement by Nazi Germany in World War II
 * Formations of the United States Army during World War II
 * French 9th Armoured Company (World War II)
 * French armoured fighting vehicle production during World War II
 * German AFVs of World War II
 * German Air Fleets in World War II
 * German WWII strongholds
 * German World War II destroyers
 * German aircraft production during WW2
 * German armored fighting vehicle production during World War II
 * German camps in occupied Poland during World War II
 * German searchlights of World War II
 * German tank production during World War II
 * German tanks in World War II
 * German torpedoboats of World War II
 * History of the Luftwaffe during World War II


 * IRA Abwehr World War II
 * Imperial Japanese Navy of World War Two
 * Invasion and Occupation of the Andaman Islands during World War II
 * Italian Army equipment in World War II
 * Italian bombings on Palestine in World War II
 * Japanese American life post-World War II
 * Japanese American life pre-World War II
 * Japanese marine paratroopers of World War II
 * Japanese ranks and insignia during World War II
 * Jewish deportees from Norway during World War II
 * Kansas World War II Army Airfields
 * Kesternich (World War II)
 * Legal purge in Norway after World War II


 * Lost Battalion (World War II)
 * Maquis (World War II)
 * Mel and George "Do" World War II
 * Military awards of World War II
 * Military production during World War II
 * Monument to the Women of World War II
 * National Japanese American Memorial To Patriotism During World War II
 * National World War II Memorial
 * National World War II Museum
 * Native Americans and World War II
 * Native oppositors against Japanese regime(WW2)
 * Naval ranks of the Japanese Empire during World War II
 * Nebraska World War II Army Airfields
 * Northeast Indian Railways during World War II
 * Oklahoma World War II Army Airfields
 * Operation Magic Carpet
 * Operation Magic Carpet (World War II)
 * Operation Noah (World War II)
 * Opposition to World War II
 * Order of Battle, East African Campaign (World War II)
 * Origins of World War II (game)
 * PC Patrol Craft of World War II


 * Participants in World War II (Timeline-191)
 * Participation of Ceylon in World War II
 * Planned invasion of Australia during World War II
 * Polish-Lithuanian relations during World War II
 * Polish contribution to World War II
 * Polish resistance movement in World War II
 * Pope Pius XII Church policies after World War II
 * Post-World War II demobilization strikes
 * Puerto Ricans in World War II
 * Red Army's tactics in World War II
 * Regio Esercito (World War II)
 * Republic of China on Taiwan
 * Resistance during World War II
 * Resistance in Lithuania during World War II
 * Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park
 * Sacred Band (World War II)
 * Seabees in World War II
 * Silent Running: My Years on a World War II Attack Submarine
 * Soldiers: Heroes of World War II
 * South Atlantic air ferry route in World War II
 * South West Pacific Area
 * Soviet tank production during World War II
 * Specifications for World War II infantry weapons
 * Strategic bombing during World War II
 * Strategic operations of the Red Army in World War II
 * Swedish iron ore (WWII)
 * Tanks in World War II
 * Territorial changes of Germany after World War II
 * Territorial changes of Poland after World War II
 * Texas World War II Army Airfields
 * The Jewish Enemy: Nazi Propaganda During World War II and the Holocaust
 * The rehabilitation of Germany after World War II
 * Timeline of World War II


 * Transnistria (World War II)
 * USS Whipple (DD-217) World War II Service, 1941–1945
 * Ukrainian-German collaboration during World War II
 * Underground education in Poland during World War II
 * United States Army Uniform in World War II
 * United States Army enlisted rank insignia of World War II
 * United States Political Leadership in World War II
 * United States Submarine Operations in World War II
 * United States aircraft production during World War II
 * WW2 aircraft production
 * West Coast Memorial to the Missing of World War II
 * World War II-era population transfers
 * World War II/temp
 * World War II: Frontline Command
 * World War II German battlecruisers


 * List of Aircraft engines in use of Japanese Army Air Force
 * List of Australian divisions in WWII
 * List of Bombs in use by Imperial Japanese Army
 * List of British Empire divisions in World War II
 * List of British armies in WWII
 * List of British divisions in WWII
 * List of Canadian divisions in WWII
 * List of Coastal Batteries in Australia and Territories during World War II
 * List of German World War II Ground Attack aces
 * List of German World War II Jet aces
 * List of German World War II Night Fighter aces
 * List of German divisions in WWII
 * List of German military units of World War II
 * List of Irish people in World War II
 * List of Italian fighter aces of World War II
 * List of Japanese Army military engineer vehicles of World War II
 * List of Japanese Navy ships and warvessels in World War II
 * List of Japanese WW2 Weapons
 * List of Japanese World War II explosives
 * List of Japanese World War II military specialists on the USSR
 * List of Japanese World War II navy bombs
 * List of Japanese military detachments in World War II
 * List of Japanese supporters of the WWII period
 * List of Luftwaffe aircraft prototype projects during World War II
 * List of Medal of Honor recipients: World War II
 * List of Medal of Honor recipients for World War II
 * List of New Zealand divisions in World War II
 * List of POW camps in Japan
 * List of Polish Martyrdom sites
 * List of Polish armies in WWII
 * List of Polish divisions in WWII
 * List of Radars in use by Imperial Japanese Army
 * List of South African Divisions in World War II
 * List of United States Army divisions during World War II
 * List of United States Navy losses in World War II
 * List of World War II Battles
 * List of World War II British naval radar
 * List of World War II Infantry Anti-Tank Weapons of Germany
 * List of World War II POW camps
 * List of World War II artillery
 * List of World War II conferences
 * List of World War II convoys
 * List of World War II electronic warfare equipment
 * List of World War II evacuations
 * List of World War II films
 * List of World War II firearms
 * List of World War II firearms of Germany
 * List of World War II guided missiles of Germany
 * List of World War II military equipment
 * List of World War II military gliders
 * List of World War II military operations
 * List of World War II topics
 * List of World War II torpedoes of Germany
 * List of World War II video games
 * List of World War II weapons
 * List of World War II weapons of France
 * List of World War II weapons of Germany
 * List of World War II weapons of Italy
 * List of World War II weapons of the Soviet Union
 * List of World War II weapons of the United Kingdom
 * List of World War II weapons of the United States
 * List of businesses involved in World War II
 * List of common World War II infantry weapons
 * List of diplomatic missions during World War II
 * List of major U.S. Commands of World War II
 * List of military engagements of World War II
 * List of notable World War II veterans
 * List of secondary and special-issue World War II infantry weapons


 * Air bombing of Gelsenkirchen in World War II
 * Bombing of Augsburg in World War II
 * Bombing of Berlin in World War II
 * Bombing of Braunschweig in World War II
 * Bombing of Bucharest in World War II
 * Bombing of Cologne in World War II
 * Bombing of Darmstadt in World War II
 * Bombing of Dresden in World War II
 * Bombing of Dublin in World War II
 * Bombing of Duisburg in World War II
 * Bombing of Essen in World War II
 * Bombing of Frankfurt am Main in World War II
 * Bombing of Hamburg in World War II
 * Bombing of Helsinki in World War II
 * Bombing of Hildesheim in World War II
 * Bombing of Innsbruck in World War II
 * Bombing of Kassel in World War II
 * Bombing of Kobe in World War II
 * Bombing of Konigsberg in World War II
 * Bombing of Lübeck in World War II
 * Bombing of Mannheim in World War II
 * Bombing of Minsk in World War II
 * Bombing of Nagoya in World War II
 * Bombing of Osaka in World War II
 * Bombing of Peenemünde in World War II
 * Bombing of Pforzheim in World War II
 * Bombing of Prague
 * Bombing of Romania in World War II
 * Bombing of Rome in World War II
 * Bombing of Rothenburg in World War II
 * Bombing of Schaffhausen in World War II
 * Bombing of Sofia in World War II
 * Bombing of Stuttgart in World War II
 * Bombing of Tallinn in World War II
 * Bombing of Tokyo in World War II
 * Bombing of Treviso in World War II
 * Bombing of Ulm in World War II
 * Bombing of Warsaw in World War II
 * Bombing of Wesel in World War II
 * Bombing of Wuppertal in World War II
 * Bombing of Würzburg in World War II
 * Bombing of Zara in World War II
 * Bombings of Heilbronn in World War II


 * Albania under Nazi Germany
 * American Nazi Party
 * Animal rights in Nazi Germany
 * Anti-Nazi League
 * Aufseherin
 * Bill White (neo-nazi)
 * Captain Nazi
 * Confessions of a Nazi Spy
 * Czech resistance to Nazi occupation
 * Department of Film
 * Descendants of Nazi Officials
 * Deutsche Soldaten Haus
 * Documentation Center Nazi Party Rallying Grounds
 * Extermination of Soviet prisoners of war by Nazi Germany
 * Forced prostitution in German armed forces
 * Fritz Klein (Nazi)
 * German occupation of Czechoslovakia
 * German occupation of France during World War II
 * German occupation of Luxembourg in World War II
 * Grand Cross of the German Eagle
 * History of gay men in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust
 * Holocaust in Nazi-occupied Lithuania
 * INTRIA (Nazi Germany)
 * Identification in Nazi camps
 * Karl Brandt (Nazi physician)
 * Kidnapping of Polish children by Germany
 * Language of Nazi concentration camps
 * List of Gaue of Nazi Germany
 * List of German concentration camps
 * List of Nazi Party leaders and officials
 * List of foreign vehicles used by Nazi Germany in World War II
 * Local Self-Defence in Lithuania during the Nazi German occupation (1941–1944)
 * March of Time: Inside Nazi Germany
 * Military Administration (Nazi Germany)
 * Nazi-Soviet population transfers
 * Nazi (god)
 * Nazi Abad
 * Nazi Agent
 * Nazi Anti-Flag Desecration Law
 * Nazi Ghost Train
 * Nazi Lowriders
 * Nazi Pop Twins
 * Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency Working Group
 * Nazi Writer's Union
 * Nazi archaeology
 * Nazi architecture
 * Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses
 * Nazi chic


 * Nazi concentration camp badges
 * Nazi memorabilia
 * Nazi occultism
 * Nazi occultism in popular culture
 * Nazi party paramilitary ranks
 * Nazi party rally grounds
 * Nazi symbolism


 * Axis Powers
 * British Women's Land Army
 * The Dambusters raid
 * Continuation War
 * Deutsches Afrika Korps
 * Devil's Brigade
 * Female roles in the world wars
 * Free French Forces
 * Generalplan Ost
 * Gestapo (Geheime Staatspolizei)
 * Holocaust
 * Italian aircraft production 1935 to 1945
 * Lapland War
 * Operation Shingle
 * Polish contribution to World War II
 * Potsdam Agreement
 * Pursuit of Nazi collaborators
 * Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
 * Sonderaktion Krakau
 * Special Operations Executive (S.O.E.)
 * Timeline of the Second World War
 * World War

Military engagements
For military topics (land, naval, and air engagements as well as campaigns, operations, defensive lines and sieges), please see List of military engagements of World War II.

Political and social aspects of the war

 * Causes of World War II
 * Appeasement
 * Occupation of Denmark
 * Netherlands in World War II
 * War children in the times of peace
 * Gold Star Mothers Club for those mothers who lost their children, KIA
 * United States Political Leadership in World War II

Production and logistics
The Axis lost, at least partly because the Allies, after the USA's and the Soviet Union's entrance into the war, had greater productive resources, and were able to turn these resources into greater numbers of soldiers and weapons than the Axis. This was further compounded by the comparative lack of equipment standardization among the Axis forces and its failure to use its large territorial (and associated resources) gains in an economy on war footing. For instance Nazi Germany was the only war economy which largely didn't make use of the labour of women.
 * Military production during World War II
 * American tank production during World War II
 * German tank production during World War II
 * Soviet tank production during World War II
 * WW2 aircraft production

Rank and insignia
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 * United States Army enlisted rank insignia of World War II