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[edit] World War II

World War II

Clockwise from top left: Commonwealth troops in the desert; Chinese civilians being buried alive by Japanese soldiers; Soviet forces during a winter offensive; Carrier-borne Japanese planes readying for take off; Soviet troops fighting in Berlin; A German submarine under attack.

Date	Late 1930s – September 2, 1945
Location	Europe, Pacific, 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. Creation of First World and Second World spheres of influence in Europe leading to the Cold War. (more...)

Belligerents

Allies

Axis powers

Commanders

Allied leaders

Axis leaders

Casualties and losses

Military dead:
Over 14,000,000
Civilian dead:
Over 36,000,000
Total dead:
Over 50,000,000
...further details.

Military dead:
Over 8,000,000
Civilian dead:
Over 4,000,000
Total dead
Over 12,000,000
...further details.

v • d • e

Campaigns of World War II

Europe
Poland – Phoney War – Finland – Denmark & Norway
France & Benelux – Britain – Eastern Front – North West Europe (1944–45) – Mediterranean, Middle East and Africa

Asia & The Pacific
China – Pacific Ocean – South-East Asia
South West Pacific – Japan – Manchuria

Other Campaigns
Atlantic – Strategic Bombing – North America
Contemporaneous Wars
Chinese Civil – Soviet-Japanese Border – French-Thai – Ecuadorian-Peruvian

[edit] Prewar Treaties

[edit] Causes of World War II

v • d • e

Second Sino-Japanese

War

Major engagements in bold
Before Second Sino-Japanese War
Mukden - Manchuria - (Jiangqiao - Nenjiang Bridge - Chinchow - Harbin) - Shanghai (1932) - Pacification of Manchukuo - Rehe - Great Wall - Inner Mongolia - (Suiyuan)
Began in 1937-1939
Marco Polo Bridge - Beiping-Tianjin - Chahar - Shanghai (1937) (Sihang Warehouse) - Beiping-Hankou Railway - Tianjin-Pukou Railway - Taiyuan - (Pingxingguan) - Xinkou - Nanjing - Xuzhou - Taierzhuang - N.-E.Henan - (Lanfeng) - Amoy - Chongqing - Wuhan - (Wanjialing) - Canton - (Hainan) - Nanchang - (Xiushui River) - Suixian-Zaoyang - (Swatow) - 1st Changsha - S.Guangxi - (Kunlun Pass) - Winter Offensive - (Wuyuan)
Began in 1940-1942
Zaoyang-Yichang - Hundred Regiments - C. Hupei - S.Henan - W. Hopei - Shanggao - S.Shanxi - 2nd Changsha - 3rd Changsha - Yunnan-Burma Road - (Toungoo) - (Yenangyaung) - Zhejiang-Jiangxi - Sichuan Invasion
Began in 1943-1945
W.Hubei - N.Burma-W.Yunnan - Changde - Ichi-Go - C.Henan - 4th Changsha - Guilin-Liuzhou - W.Henan-N.Hubei - W.Hunan - 2nd Guangxi - Operation August Storm

[edit] World War II Conferences

[edit] Allies

[edit] United States

v • d • e Major United States Army Commands in World War II

Commands	USAFBI · USAFFE · USAFIA · USAFICA · USAFIME · USAFISPA

Prominent People	Dwight D. Eisenhower · Douglas MacArthur · James E. Chaney · Russell L. Maxwell · Frank Maxwell Andrews

Campaigns and Operations	Persian Corridor · North Africa Campaign

Other	United States Army

v • d • e American armored fighting vehicles of World War II

Light tanks	M2 Light Tank · M3/M5 Stuart · M22 Locust · M24 Chaffee · Marmon-Herrington CTLS

Medium / heavy tanks	M2 Medium Tank · M3 Lee · M4 Sherman · M26 Pershing

Self-propelled artillery	M7 Priest · M8 HMC · M12 Gun Motor Carriage · M40 Gun Motor Carriage · M3 Gun Motor Carriage · M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage · T34 Calliope

Tank destroyers	M6 Fargo · M10 Wolverine · M18 Hellcat · M36 Jackson

Armored half-tracks	M2 Half Track Car · M3/M5 Half Track Personnel Carrier · M4 Mortar Carrier · T30 Half Track

Amphibious vehicles	Landing Vehicle Tracked · DUKW · Ford GPA · M29C Weasel

Armored cars	M8 Greyhound · M3 Scout Car 'White' · M20 Armored Utility Car · T17 Deerhound / Staghound · T18 Boarhound

Experimental vehicles	M38 Wolfhound · T1/M6 Heavy Tank · T-28 Tank/T-95 GMC · Assault Tank T14 · Heavy Tank T29 · Heavy Tank T30 · Medium Tank T20 · T7 Combat Car T-16 · T-3 Half Track · T27 · T54 Gun Motor Carriage · T40/M9 Tank Destroyer · T-19 · 8in Howitzer Motor Carriage T84 · T92 Howitzer Motor Carriage · T55E1 Motor Carriage · Light Tank T7/Medium Tank M7 · T88 Gun Motor Carriage

American armored fighting vehicle production during World War II

v • d • e United States artillery of World War II

Tank guns	37 mm gun M5/M6 · 75 mm gun M2/M3/M6 · 76 mm gun M1 · 3 inch gun M7 · 90 mm gun M3 · 105 mm howitzer M4

Anti-Tank guns	37 mm M3 · 57 mm M1 · 75 mm M1897 · 3 inch M5 · 90 mm T8

Field, Medium and Heavy guns	75 mm howitzer M1 · 105 mm howitzer M2 · 105 mm howitzer M3 · 4.5 inch gun M1 · 155 mm howitzer M1918 · 155 mm howitzer M1 · 155 mm gun M1918MI · 155 mm gun M1/M2 "Long Tom" · 8 inch howitzer M1/M2 · 8 inch gun M1 · 240 mm howitzer M1

Other vehicle mounted	75 mm howitzer M2/M3 · 75 mm gun M1897 · 105 mm howitzer M2 · 155 mm gun M1918MI · 155 mm gun M2

Anti-aircraft guns	37 mm M1 · 40 mm M1 · 3 inch M3 · 90 mm M1 · 120 mm M1

v • d • e US infantry weapons of World War II and Korea

Side arms	Colt M1911/M1911A1 · M1917 revolver · Smith & Wesson "Victory" revolver

Rifles and carbines	Springfield M1903 · M1 Garand · M1 Carbine · M1941 Johnson · Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR)

Submachine guns	Thompson ("Tommy Gun") M1928/M1/M1A1 · M3 "Grease Gun" · Reising M50/M55 · United Defense M42

Machine guns and larger	Browning M1917 · Browning M1919 · Johnson LMG · Browning M2 HMG · Bazooka · M2 flamethrower

Cartridges	.45 ACP · .38 Special · .30-06 Springfield · .30 Carbine · 9x19mm Parabellum · .50 BMG

[edit] British Empire

v • d • e Aerial Defence of the United Kingdom during World War II
Overview Documents
Royal Air Force \| Royal Canadian Air Force \| Strategic bombing \| Night fighter
Prominent People
Air Marshal Hugh Dowding \| Sir Charles Portal \| Cyril Newall
Trafford Leigh-Mallory \| Keith Park \| R V Jones
Organization and units
No. 10 Group RAF \| No. 11 Group RAF \| No. 12 Group RAF \| No. 13 Group RAF RAF Fighter Command \| RAF Balloon Command \| AA Command Women's Auxiliary Air Force \| Royal Observer Corps \| Eagle Squadrons \| Battle of Britain Airfields
Campaigns and Operations
Kanalkampf \| Battle of Britain \| The Blitz \| Baedeker raids \| Operation Crossbow
Aircraft, Technology and Tactics
Hurricane \| Spitfire \| Bolton-Paul Defiant \| Mosquito NF \| Bristol Beaufighter \| Hawker Tempest \| Gloster Meteor
Chain Home \| AI radar \| "Battle of the Beams" \| Barrage balloon \| German V weapons
Big Wing
Other
RAF strategic bombing offensive \| USAAF \| Luftwaffe \| Hermann Göring

v • d • e Armoured personnel carriers

Universal Carrier • Loyd Carrier • Kangaroo • Terrapin

v • d • e	British Commonwealth armoured fighting vehicles of World War II

v • d • e Tanks

Light tanks	Vickers 6-Ton • Mk II • Mk III • Mk IV • Mk V • Mk VI • Mk VII Tetrarch

Cruiser tanks	Mk I • Mk II • Mk III • Mk IV • Mk V Covenanter • Mk VI Crusader • Mk VII Cavalier • Mk VIII Centaur • Mk VIII Cromwell • Challenger • Comet • Sherman Firefly • Ram (Canada) • Sentinel (Australia)

Infantry tanks	Mk I Matilda • Mk II Matilda • Mk III Valentine • Mk IV Churchill

v • d • e Self-propelled artillery

Bishop • Sexton • Deacon • Archer

v • d • e Armoured personnel carriers

Universal Carrier • Loyd Carrier • Kangaroo • Terrapin

v • d • e Scout Cars and Armoured cars

Scout Cars	Daimler Dingo • Dingo Scout Car (Australia) • Humber Scout Car • Lynx Scout Car (Canada) • S1 Scout Car (Australia)

Light Reconnaissance Cars	Humber LRC • Morris LRC • Otter LRC (Canada)

Armoured Cars	AEC Armoured Car • Coventry Armoured Car • Daimler Armoured Car • Fox Armoured Car (Canada) • Guy Armoured Car • Humber Armoured Car • Lanchester Armoured Car • Marmon-Herrington Armoured Car (South Africa) • Morris CS9 • Rhino Heavy Armoured Car (Australia) • Rolls-Royce Armoured Car • Rover Light Armoured Car (Australia) • Standard Beaverette • Armoured Carrier Wheeled Indian Pattern (India)

Armoured Trucks	Bedford OXA • C15TA Armoured Truck (Canada)

Armoured Command Vehicles	AEC ACV • Guy Lizard ACV

v • d • e Experimental vehicles

Avenger • Black Prince • Centurion • Excelsior • TOG 1 • TOG 2 • Tortoise • Valiant • Harry Hopkins • Alecto • Thornycroft Bison

v • d • e Unarmoured vehicles

Artillery tractors	AEC Matador • Morris C8 Quad • Scammell Pioneer • Canadian Military Pattern

Trucks and lorries	Bedford QLD • Austin K2 • Morris 15 cwt

Tank transporters	Diamond T tank transporter • Scammell Pioneer Semi-trailer

Utility and cars	Car, Heavy Utility 4x2 Ford C11 • Car, Light Utility ("Tilly") • Car, 4-Seater 4x2

British armoured fighting vehicle production during World War II

British armoured fighting vehicle production during World War II

v • d • e Scout Cars and Armoured cars

Scout Cars	Daimler Dingo • Dingo Scout Car (Australia) • Humber Scout Car • Lynx Scout Car (Canada) • S1 Scout Car (Australia)

Light Reconnaissance Cars	Humber LRC • Morris LRC • Otter LRC (Canada)

Armoured Cars	AEC Armoured Car • Coventry Armoured Car • Daimler Armoured Car • Fox Armoured Car (Canada) • Guy Armoured Car • Humber Armoured Car • Lanchester Armoured Car • Marmon-Herrington Armoured Car (South Africa) • Morris CS9 • Rhino Heavy Armoured Car (Australia) • Rolls-Royce Armoured Car • Rover Light Armoured Car (Australia) • Standard Beaverette • Armoured Carrier Wheeled Indian Pattern (India)

Armoured Trucks	Bedford OXA • C15TA Armoured Truck (Canada)

Armoured Command Vehicles	AEC ACV • Guy Lizard ACV

British and Commonwealth artillery of World War II

Tank & anti-tank guns

QF 2 pounder | QF 6 pounder | OQF 75 mm (tank only) | QF 17 pounder | 77 mm HV (tank only)

Field, Medium and Heavy guns

Mountain guns

3.7 inch Mountain Howitzer

Anti-aircraft guns

20 mm Oerlikon | 20 mm Polsten | 40 mm Bofors | QF 3 inch | QF 3.7 inch

v • d • e Experimental vehicles

Avenger • Black Prince • Centurion • Excelsior • TOG 1 • TOG 2 • Tortoise • Valiant • Harry Hopkins • Alecto • Thornycroft Bison

v • d • e Self-propelled artillery

Bishop • Sexton • Deacon • Archer

v • d • e United Kingdom naval ship classes of World War II

Aircraft carriers	Glorious • HMS Argus • HMS Hermes • HMS Eagle • HMS Ark Royal • Illustrious • HMS Unicorn • Implacable • Colossus • Majestic • Audacious ^C • Malta ^X

Escort carriers	Long Island ^A • HMS Audacity • Avenger ^A • Bogue ^A • HMS Activity • HMS Pretoria Castle • Nairana • HMS Campania

Battleships	Queen Elizabeth • Revenge • Nelson • King George V • Lion ^X • HMS Vanguard ^C

Battlecruisers	Renown • Admiral

Heavy cruisers	Hawkins • County • York

Light cruisers	C • Danae • Emerald • Leander • Arethusa • Town • Dido • Crown Colony • Minotaur

Destroyers	Town ^A • A • B • C & D • E & F • G & H • I • Tribal • J, K & N • Hunt • L & M • O & P • Q & R • S & T • U & V • W & Z • C (1943) • Battle • Weapon

Frigates	River • Captain ^A • Colony ^A • Loch • Bay

Corvettes	Flower • Castle

Sloops	24 • Hastings • Banff ^A • Shoreham • Grimsby • Bittern • Egret • Black Swan

Minesweepers	Hunt • Halcyon • Bangor • Auk ^A • Algerine

Submarines	H • L • Odin • Parthian • Rainbow • S • River • Grampus • T • U • P611 • V • Amphion • X • XE

Other	Isles • Tree (trawlers) — Erebus • Roberts (monitors) — Abdiel (minelayer) — Merchant aircraft carriers

^A - American built • ^X - Cancelled • ^C - Completed after the war

v • d • e Unarmoured vehicles

Artillery tractors	AEC Matador • Morris C8 Quad • Scammell Pioneer • Canadian Military Pattern

Trucks and lorries	Bedford QLD • Austin K2 • Morris 15 cwt

Tank transporters	Diamond T tank transporter • Scammell Pioneer Semi-trailer

Utility and cars	Car, Heavy Utility 4x2 Ford C11 • Car, Light Utility ("Tilly") • Car, 4-Seater 4x2

British armoured fighting vehicle production during World War II

v • d • e Tanks

Light tanks	Vickers 6-Ton • Mk II • Mk III • Mk IV • Mk V • Mk VI • Mk VII Tetrarch

Cruiser tanks	Mk I • Mk II • Mk III • Mk IV • Mk V Covenanter • Mk VI Crusader • Mk VII Cavalier • Mk VIII Centaur • Mk VIII Cromwell • Challenger • Comet • Sherman Firefly • Ram (Canada) • Sentinel (Australia)

Infantry tanks	Mk I Matilda • Mk II Matilda • Mk III Valentine • Mk IV Churchill

[edit] Soviet Union

Soviet armoured fighting vehicles of World War II

Tanks

Tankettes	Amphibious tanks	Light tanks
T-27	T-37 \| T-38 \| T-40	T-26 \| T-50 \| T-60 \| T-70 \| T-80
Fast tanks	Medium tanks	Heavy tanks
BT-5 \| BT-7 \| BT-8	T-24 \| T-28 \| T-34 \| T-44	T-35 \| KV-1 \| KV-2 \| KV-85 \| IS tank

Armored cars

Light		Medium
FAI \| D-8 \| D-12 \| BA-20 \| LB-62 \| LB-23 \| BA-64		D-13 \| BA-10 \| BA-21 \| BA-3 \| BA-6 \| BA-27 \| BA-I
Heavy	Amphibious		Half-tracked
BA-11 \| TB-42	PB-4 \| PB-7 \| BAD-2		BA-30

Self-propelled guns

Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns
ZiS-30 \| ZiS-41 \| SU-5 \| SU-76 \| SU-85 \| SU-100 \| SU-122 \| SU-152 \| ISU-122 \| ISU-152
T-60Z \| T-70Z \| T-90

Aerosans

ANT-IV | NKL-16 | NKL-26 | RF-8 | ASD-400

Experimental and Improvised AFVs

Experimental
SU-14 \| A-40 flying tank \| T-43 \| SU-100Y \| PPG \| PB-4 \| PB-7 \| B-5 \| BA-22 \| BA-643
Improvised
KhTZ-16 \| IZ \| NI

Armored tractors

T-26T | Komsomolets

List of armoured fighting vehicles of World War II

Soviet armored fighting vehicle production during World War II

Soviet armoured fighting vehicles of World War II

Tanks

Tankettes	Amphibious tanks	Light tanks
T-27	T-37 \| T-38 \| T-40	T-26 \| T-50 \| T-60 \| T-70 \| T-80
Fast tanks	Medium tanks	Heavy tanks
BT-5 \| BT-7 \| BT-8	T-28 \| T-34 \| T-44	T-35 \| KV-1 \| KV-2 \| IS-2 \| IS-3

Armored cars

Amphibious	Half-tracked
D-8 \| D-12 \| D-13 \| FAI \| BA-10 \| BA-11 \| BA-20 \| BA-21 \| BA-3 \| BA-6 \| BA-27 \| BA-64 \| BA-I \| LB-62 \| LB-23
PB-4 \| PB-7 \| BAD-2	BA-30

Self-propelled guns

Anti-aircraft guns
ZiS-30 \| SU-5 \| SU-76 \| SU-85 \| SU-100 \| SU-122 \| SU-152 \| ISU-122 \| ISU-152
T-60Z \| T-70Z \| T-90

Aerosans

ANT-IV | NKL-16 | NKL-26 | RF-8 | ASD-400

Experimental and Improvised AFVs

Experimental
SU-14 \| A-40 flying tank \| T-43 \| SU-100Y \| PPG
Improvised
KhTZ-16 \| IZ \| NI

Armored tractors

T-26T | Komsomolets

List of armoured fighting vehicles of World War II

Soviet armored fighting vehicle production during World War II

v • d • e Soviet naval ship classes of World War II
Battleships
Oktybyrskaya Revolutsia-class \| Arkhangelsk \| Sovietsky Soyuz-class \| Kronshtadt-class
Cruisers
Komintern \| Krasnyi Krim \| Chervona Ukraina \| Krasny Kavkaz \| Murmansk \| Tallin (Petropavlovsk) \| Kirov and Maxim Gorky-classes \| Chapayev-class
Destroyers
Leningrad and Minsk-classes \| Tashkent \| Type 7 \| Type 7U \| Opytny \| Ognevoy \| Novik-class \| Town-class \| Marashti-class \| Regele Ferdinand-class
Submarines
D type \| L type \| ShCh-type \| P type \| S type \| M type \| K type \| A (AG) type \| Kalev-class \| Ronis-class \| V-1 \| U-class

[edit] France

French armoured fighting vehicles of World War II
AMC, AMR, and Light Tanks
FT-17 \| AMR 33 \| AMR 35 \| FCM 36 \| H35/H38/H39 \| R 35 \| R 40 \| AMC 34 \| AMC 35
Medium/Heavy	Cavalry tanks	Heavy tanks
Char D1\| Char D2 \| Char B1	Somua S35	Char 2C
Armoured Cars and Half-tracks
Panhard 178 \| Laffly Armoured Car \| AMC P16
Armoured Carriers
Renault UE \| Lorraine 37L
Experimental vehicles
FCM F1 \| ARL 40 \| Char G1 \| S 40 and SAu 40 \| ARL 44
French armoured fighting vehicle production during World War II
Unarmoured vehicles

v • d • e French naval ship classes of World War II

Battleships	Courbet • Bretagne • Dunkerque • Richelieu

Heavy cruisers	Duquesne • Suffren • Algérie ¹

Light cruisers	Duguay-Trouin • Jeanne d'Arc ¹ • Émile Bertin ¹ • La Galissonnière

Large destroyers	Chacal • Guépard • Aigle • Vauquelin • Le Fantasque • Mogador

Destroyers	Bourrasque • Adroit • Hardi

Submarines	Redoutable • Aurore

Other	Commandant Teste ¹ (seaplane tender) — Pluton ¹ (minelaying cruiser)

Cancelled or commissioned after the war	Béarn¹ • Joffre (aircraft carriers) — Alsace (battleship)

¹ - Single ship of class

v • d • e French unarmoured vehicles of World War II

Artillery tractors	Unic P107 • Laffly S15 • Laffly V15 • SOMUA MCG • Laffly S25T • Latil TAR H2 • Laffly S35T

Trucks	Citroën U23 • Renault AGR • Citroën type 45 • Renault AGK • Laffly S20TL

Motorcycles	Gnome-Rhône AX2

Armoured fighting vehicles

[edit] China

Chinese heavy weapons of the Second Sino-Japanese War
Light tanks
Renault FT-17 \| AMR 33 \| AMR 35 \| CV-33 \| Fiat 3000 \| Carden Loyd Mk IV tankette \| Vickers Mk E/F \| VCL M1931 \| Vickers M1936 \| Panzer I Ausf. A \| M3A3 Stuart \| T-26b \| T-27 \| BT-5
Medium and heavy tanks
M3 Lee \| M4A4 Sherman \| IS-2 \| T-34
Artillery
37 mm PaK \| Böhler 47 mm \| Bofors 75 mm L/20
Anti-tank guns
M1932 45 mm
Self-propelled artillery/assault guns
SU-122 \| SU-76
Tank destroyers
M18 Hellcat
Armored cars
SdKfz 221/222/223 \| M3A1 \| BA-3/6/10/20/27
Armored personnel carriers
Universal Carrier

Chinese infantry weapons of the Second Sino-Japanese War
Rifles and carbines
Gewehr 88 Commission rifle \| Steyr-Mannlicher M1895 \| Gewehr 98 Karabiner 98k \| vz. 24 \| Type M35 "Chiang Kai-shek" \| Type 77
Submachine guns
MP 28 \| M3 Grease Gun \| Thompson M1A1 \| Sten gun \| Bren gun
Light machine guns	Heavy machine guns
MG34 \| ZB vz.26	M24 Maxim \| Browning M1917
Pistols
M1932

[edit] Poland

Tanks	Armoured cars
Polish armoured fighting vehicles of World War II
7TP \| FT-17 \| R 35 \| TK-3 \| TKS \| Vickers E	wz.28 \| wz. 34 \| wz. 29
Artillery tractors	Cars and Lorries
C2P \| C4P \| C7P \| PZInż 302	PF 508 \| PF 518 \| PF 508/518 \| Ursus A \| PF 621 \| PF 618 \| wz. 34
Armoured trains
Poznańczyk \| Śmierć \| Danuta \| Śmiały \| Gen. Sosnkowski \| Paderewski \| Pierwszy Marszałek \| Piłsudczyk \| Groźny \| Bartosz Głowacki \| Smok Kaszubski \| Zagończyk \| Stefan Czarniecki
Prototypes and experimental designs
10TP \| 4TP \| 14TP \| 20/25TP \| PZInż 130 \| PZInż 152 \| PZInż 202 \| PZInż 222 \| PZInż 303 \| PZInż 342 \| PZInż. 703 \| PZInż. 713 \| PZInż. 723 \| PZInż. 603 \| TKD \| TKS-D

[edit] Axis

[edit] Japan

Imperial Japanese Military

Administration
Imperial General Headquarters
Components
Imperial Japanese Navy (Dai Nippon Teikoku Kaigun)
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
Major battles
List of ships
List of aircraft
Main admirals
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Imperial Japanese Army Air Service
Railways and Shipping Section
Uniforms
Rank insignia
Naval rank insignia
Army rank insignia
History of the Japanese Military
Military History of Japan during World War II

Imperial Japanese Army special research units
Unit 100 (Shenyang) \| Unit 516 (Qiqihar) \| Unit 543 (Hailar) \| Unit 731 (Pingfang) / Unit 200 (Manchuria) / Unit 8604 or Nami Unit (Guangzhou) \| Unit 773 (Songo) \| Unit Ei 1644 (Nanjing) \| Unit 1855 (Nanjing) \| Unit 2646 or Unit 80 (Hailar) \| Unit 9420 or Oka Unit (Singapore)

v • d • e Imperial Japanese Navy

Admirals · Aircraft · Battles · Ships · Weapons

v • d • e Japanese infantry weapons of World War II

Side arms	Type 26 Revolver · Nambu Type 1 · Nambu Type 14 · Type 94

Rifles / carbines	Type 38 · Type 38 Cavalry Carbine · Type 44 Cavalry Carbine · Type 97 Sniper Rifle · Type 99 · Type I

Submachine guns	Type 100

Light machine guns	Type 11 Light Machine Gun · Type 96 Light Machine Gun · Type 97 Light Machine Gun · Type 99 Light Machine Gun

Heavy machine guns	Type 1 Heavy Machine Gun · Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun · Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun

Grenades	Type 4 Grenade · Type 10 Grenade · Type 97 Grenade · Type 99 Grenade

Support weapons	Type 93 and 100 flamethrowers · Type 10 Grenade Discharger · Type 89 Grenade Discharger · Type 2 rifle grenade launcher · Type 97 20 mm AT Rifle · Type 4 70 mm AT Rocket Launcher

Cartridges	9mm Japanese · 8x22mm Nambu · 6.5x50mm Arisaka · 7.7x58mm Arisaka · 7.7x58mm SR

Japanese armoured fighting vehicles of World War II
Tankettes
Type 92 Jyu-Sokosha \| Type 94 Te-Ke \| Type 97 Te-Ke
Light Tanks
Type 95 Ha-Go \| Type 98 Ke-Ni/Type 2 Ke-To
Amphibious Tanks
Type 2 Ka-Mi \| Type 3 Ka-Chi
Medium Tanks
Type 89 Chi-Ro \| Type 97 Chi-Ha \| Type 1 Chi-He \| Type 2 Ho-I \| Type 3 Chi-Nu
APCs
Type 1 Ho-Ha \| Type 1 Ho-Ki \| Type 98 So-Da \| Type 4 Ka-Tsu
Self-propelled artillery (including AA guns)
Type 98 20 mm \| Type 98 20 mm AA Half-Track \| Type 1 Ho-Ni I
Type 3 Ho-Ni III \| Type 4 Ho-Ro
Japanese armoured fighting vehicle production during World War II

[edit] Germany

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Einsatzgruppen: Babi Yar · Rumbula · Ponary · Odessa · Erntefest
Final Solution: Wannsee · Operation Reinhard · Holocaust trains
Extermination camps: Auschwitz-Birkenau · Bełżec · Chełmno · Majdanek · Sobibór · Treblinka
Resistance: Jewish partisans · Ghetto uprisings (Warsaw)
End of World War II: Death marches · Berihah · Displaced persons
Other victims
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v • d • e German armored fighting vehicles of World War II

Tanks	Panzer I • Panzer II • Panzer III • Panzer IV • Panther • Tiger I • Tiger II • Panzer 35(t) • Panzer 38(t)

Self-propelled artillery	Wespe • Hummel • Grille • Panzerwerfer • Wurfrahmen 40

Assault guns	StuG III • StuG IV • StuH 42 • Brummbär • Sturmtiger

Tank destroyers	Panzerjäger I • Marder I , II , III • Hetzer • Jagdpanzer IV • Jagdpanther • Nashorn • Jagdtiger • Elefant

Half-tracks	SdKfz 2 • 4 • 6 • 7 • 10 • 11 • 250 • 251 • 252 • 253 • 254

Armored cars	Sdkfz 221/22/23 • Sdkfz 231/32/34/63 • ADGZ

Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns	Flakpanzer IV: Möbelwagen, Wirbelwind, Ostwind, Kugelblitz • Flakpanzer 38(t)

Prototypes	Maus • E- series • Panther II • Heuschrecke 10 • Neubaufahrzeug • Sturer Emil

Proposed designs	Panzer VII 'Löwe' • Panzer IX • Panzer X • Ratte • Monster

German armored fighting vehicle production during World War II

German artillery of World War II

Tank & anti-tank guns

Anti-tank guns

Infantry and Mountain guns

Recoilless guns

7.5 cm LG 40 | 10.5 cm LG 40 | 10.5 cm LG 42

Field, Medium and Heavy guns

Other vehicle mounted guns

7.5 cm PaK 39 | 7.5 cm PaK 40 | 7.5 cm PaK 42 | 8.8 cm PaK 43 | 12.8 cm PaK 44

Anti-aircraft guns

2 cm FlaK 30/38/Flakvierling | 3.7 cm FlaK 36/37/43 | 8.8 cm FlaK 18/36/37/41 | 10.5 cm FlaK 38 | 12.8 cm FlaK 40

[edit] Italy

Italian armoured fighting vehicles of World War II
Light Tanks and Tankettes
L3/35 \| Fiat L6/40
Medium Tanks
Fiat M11/39 \| Fiat M13/40 \| Fiat M14/41 \| M15/42
Heavy Tanks
P40
Armoured Cars
AB 40 \| AB 41 \| Lince scout car
Self propelled guns
Semovente 47/32 \| Semovente 75/18 \| Semovente 75/34 \| Semovente 90/53 \| Semovente 105/25 \| Semovente 149/40
Italian armoured fighting vehicle production during World War II

Italian firearms and light weapons of World War II
Side arms
Beretta M1934 \| Beretta M1935 \| Glisente M1910
Rifles & carbines
Fucile di Fanteria Mo.1891 Moschetto Mo.91 da Cavalleria \| Moschetto per Truppe Speciali Mo.91 \| Mo. 1938
Submachine guns
Beretta 1918 \| MAB 38 \| OVP \| FNAB-43 \| TZ-45
Machine guns & other larger weapons
Fiat-Revelli M1914 \| Fiat Revelli M1935 \| Breda M1930 \| Breda M1937 Breda M1938 \| Brixia M1935
Cartridges used by the Italian Army during World War II
.32 ACP \| .380 ACP \| 6.5 x 52 Mannlicher-Carcano \| 7.92x57 mm Mauser \| 9 mm

v • d • e Italian naval ship classes of World War II

Battleships	Conte di Cavour • Andrea Doria • Littorio / Vittorio Veneto

Heavy cruisers	Trento • Zara

Light cruisers	Condottieri • Capitani Romani

Destroyers	Leone • Mirabello • Sella • Sauro • Turbine • Navigatori • Freccia • Folgore • Maestrale • Oriani • Soldati

Torpedo boats	Spica • Orsa • Ciclone • Ariete

Submarines	Marcello • Marconi • X • Balilla • Mameli • Pisani • Fieramosca • Bandiera • Squalo • Bragadin • Argonauta • Settembrini • Sirena • Archimede • Glauco • Pietro Micca • Calvi • Perla • Adua • Foca • Argo • Brin • Liuzzi • Cagni • Acciaio • Flutto • R • CA • CB • CM • CC

Other	San Marco (armoured cruiser) — Taranto (single ship; German cruiser from World War I)

Cancelled	Aquila (aircraft carrier)

[edit] Minor Powers of the Axis

Norway and World War II

Key events

Weserübung · Norwegian Campaign
Elverum Authorization
Midtskogen · Vinjesvingen
Occupation and Resistance
Camps · Holocaust · Telavåg
Martial law: Trondheim
Festung Norwegen
Heavy water sabotage
Post-war purge

People

Haakon VII · Nygaardsvold · CJ Hambro
CG Fleischer · Otto Ruge
Jens Chr. Hauge

Quisling · Jonas Lie · Riisnæs
Josef Terboven · Wilhelm Rediess
von Falkenhorst

Organizations

Milorg · XU · Linge · Nortraship

Nasjonal Samling

Supported the
exiled legitimate
government

Supported the
German occupiers
and Nazi party

v • d • e Finnish infantry weapons of World War II

Side-arms	Lahti L-35

Rifles & submachine guns	M/27 Pystykorva · M/39 Ukko-Pekka · Suomi M-31 SMG

Machine-guns & other larger weapons	Maxim M/32-33 · Lahti-Saloranta M/26 LMG · Lahti L-39 AT-rifle

Other	Molotov cocktail · Panssarimiina m/39 · Panssarimiina m/44

Hungarian armored fighting vehicles of World War II
Tanks
Toldi \| Turan
Assault guns
Zrinyi
Armored cars
Csaba
Self propelled anti-aircraft
Nimrod
Hungarian armored fighting vehicle production during World War II

Swedish armoured fighting vehicles of World War II
Light Tanks and Tankettes
Strv m/37 \| Strv m/38-39-40
Medium Tanks
Strv m/41 \| Strv m/42
Armoured Cars
L-180/181 \| Pbil m/40
Self propelled guns
Sav m/43
Armoured Personnel Carrier
SKP m/42
Swedish armoured fighting vehicle production during World War II

[edit] Battles and Campaigns

v • d • e

Campaigns of World War II

Europe
Poland – Phoney War – Finland – Denmark & Norway
France & Benelux – Britain – Eastern Front – North West Europe (1944–45) – Mediterranean, Middle East and Africa

Asia & The Pacific
China – Pacific Ocean – South-East Asia
South West Pacific – Japan – Manchuria

Other Campaigns
Atlantic – Strategic Bombing – North America
Contemporaneous Wars
Chinese Civil – Soviet-Japanese Border – French-Thai – Ecuadorian-Peruvian

v • d • e

Scandinavia in World War II

Altmark Incident - Denmark - Operation Weserubung - Norwegian Campaign - Allied campaign in Norway - Occupation of the Faroe Islands - Invasion of Iceland - Lofoten Islands - Tirpitz - Heavy water sabotage - Swedish iron ore - Operation Silver Fox - Petsamo-Kirkenes Operation
Occupation of Denmark - Rescue of the Danish Jews - Occupation of Norway - Norwegian resistance movement - Nazi concentration camps in Norway

v • d • e Pacific War

China – Pacific Ocean – South-East Asia – South West Pacific – Japan – Manchuria (1945)

v • d • e Home Front (World War II)

Battle of Britain - Coventry Blitz - The Blitz - Southampton Blitz - Birmingham Blitz - Liverpool Blitz - Clydebank Blitz - Bristol Blitz - Swindon Blitz - Plymouth Blitz - Cardiff Blitz - Manchester Blitz - Sheffield Blitz - Portsmouth Blitz - Avonmouth Blitz - Belfast blitz - Baedeker Blitz - Baby Blitz - V-1 Offensive - V-2 Attacks

v • d • e Landing points during the D-day invasion of Normandy

Utah Beach · Omaha Beach · Gold Beach Juno Beach · Sword Beach · Pointe du Hoc

v • d • e Pearl Harbor attack

Attack on Pearl Harbor · Events leading to the attack on Pearl Harbor · Results of the attack on Pearl Harbor

v • d • e World War II city bombing

Area bombardment · Aerial bombing of cities · Terror bombing · V-Weapons

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World War II Portal

v • d • e

World War II

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Major participants

Timeline

Aspects

To 1945 unless otherwise indicated.
Principal co-belligerents in italics.

Prelude
• Causes
• in Asia
• in Europe

1939
• Invasion of Poland
• Phoney War
• Winter War
• Battle of the Atlantic⁵

1940
• Denmark and Norway
• Battle of France
• Battle of Britain
• Libya and Egypt
• British Somaliland
• Baltic Occupation
• Bessarabia and Bukovina
• Invasion of Indochina
• Invasion of Greece

1941
• East Africa Campaign
• Invasion of Yugoslavia
• Invasion of the USSR
• Middle East campaign
• Siege of Leningrad
• Battle of Moscow
• Attack on Pearl Harbor

1942
• Battle of Midway
• Battle of Stalingrad
• 2nd Battle of El Alamein
• Operation Torch
• Guadalcanal Campaign

1943
• End in Africa
• Battle of Kursk
• Solomon Islands
• Invasion of Sicily
• Invasion of Italy⁵
• Gilbert and Marshall Islands

1944
• Cassino and Anzio
• Invasion of Normandy
• Mariana and Palau Islands
• Operation Bagration
• Battle of the Dnieper
• Warsaw Uprising
• Iassy-Kishinev Operation
• Liberation of Paris
• Operation Market Garden
• Operation Crossbow
• Operation Pointblank
• Battle of Leyte Gulf

1945
• Battle of Iwo Jima
• Battle of Okinawa
• Battle of Berlin
• Germany surrenders
• Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• Japan surrenders

• List of military engagements

• Attacks on North America
• Blitzkrieg
• Comparative military ranks
• Cryptography
• Home front
• Military awards
• Military equipment
• Military production
• Nazi plunder
• Resistance
• Technology
• Total war

Aftermath /consequences
• Effects/Casualties
• Expulsion of Germans
• Operation Paperclip
• Occupation of Germany
• Morgenthau plan
• Territorial changes
• Occupation of Japan
• Franco-Vietnamese War
• Cold War
• in contemporary culture

Civilian impact / atrocities
• Allied war crimes
• German war crimes
• Italian war crimes
• Japanese war crimes
• Soviet war crimes
• The Holocaust
• Bombing of civilians

Allies

Axis

at war from 1937
China

entered 1939
Czechoslovakia
Poland
UK
India
France
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Canada

entered 1940
Norway
Belgium
Netherlands
Greece

entered 1941
Yugoslavia
USSR
USA

entered 1942
Mexico
Brazil

entered 1943
Italy

entered 1944
Romania
Bulgaria
Finland

• others

at war from 1937
Japan

entered 1939
Germany
Slovakia

entered 1940
Italy to 1943

entered 1941
Bulgaria to 1944
Croatia
Finland to 1944
Hungary
Iraq to 1941
Romania to 1944

entered 1942
Thailand

entered 1943
RSI

• others

• Allied Leaders
• Axis Leaders
• Commanders

Resistance movements

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France · Germany² · Greece · Italy
Jewish² · Korea · Netherlands · Moldavia²
Norway · Poland · Thailand · Soviet Union
Slovakia⁴ · Ukraine³ · Vietnam
Yugoslavia · others

Lists

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¹ Anti-Soviet.
² Anti-Soviet and anti-Nazi.
³ Anti-Nazi, anti-Polish, and anti-Soviet.
⁴ Anti-Magyar, anti-Nazi, and anti-Soviet.
⁵ Lasted to May 1945.

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