 Allies in Green Axis in Orange |
The Second World War, A conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during the years 1939–45 The Empire of Japan aimed to dominate Asia and the Pacific and was already at war with the Republic of China in 1937, By the early part of 1939 the German dictator Adolf Hitler had become determined to invade and occupy Poland, subsequent declarations of war on Germany by France and the United Kingdom with the subsequent declarations of war on Germany by France and the United Kingdom. |
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 Britain United States Soviet Union China France Poland Canada Australia Yugoslavia Greece New Zealand South Africa Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Norway Czechoslovakia Ethiopia Brazil Mexico Colombia Philippines Cuba |
Military Casualities - 16,000,000 Civilian Casualities - 45,000,000 |
 Germany Japan Italy Bulgaria Hungary Romania Thailand Finland Albania Croatia Serbia Slovakia |
Military Casualities - 8,000,000 Civilian Casualities - 4,000,000 |
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