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{{Infobox military conflict }}
 * conflict = World War II
 * partof   =
 * image    = Infobox collage for WWII.PNG
 * image_size = 300px
 * caption  = (clockwise from top left) {{flatlist|
 * 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 in December 1943
 * American naval force in the Lingayen Gulf
 * Wilhelm Keitel signing the German Instrument of Surrender
 * Soviet troops in the Battle of Stalingrad
 * date     = {{start date|df=yes|1939|9|1}} – {{End date|df=yes|1945|9|2}} {{nowrap|({{Age in years and days|1 Sep 1939|2 Sep 1945|sep=and}}){{efn| While various other dates have been proposed as the date on which World War II began or ended, this is the time span most frequently cited.}}}}
 * place    = Europe, Pacific, Atlantic, South-East Asia, China, Middle East, Mediterranean, North Africa and Horn of Africa, briefly North and South America
 * territory =
 * result   = Allied victory
 * Collapse of Nazi Germany
 * Fall of Japanese and Italian Empires
 * Dissolution of the League of Nations
 * Creation of the United Nations
 * Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers
 * Beginning of the Cold War (more...)


 * combatants_header = Participants
 * combatant1 =Allies
 * combatant2 =Axis

{{flagicon|Soviet Union|1923|size=22px}} Joseph Stalin {{flagicon|United States|1912|size=22px}} Franklin D. Roosevelt {{flagicon|United Kingdom|size=22px}} Winston Churchill {{flagicon|Republic of China (1912–1949)|size=22px}} Chiang Kai-shek {{flagicon|Nazi Germany|size=22px}} Adolf Hitler {{flagicon|Empire of Japan|size=22px}} Hirohito{{efn|Upon his death in 1989, Emperor Hirohito was posthumously proclaimed Emperor Shōwa. While either use is considered acceptable, his English name (Hirohito) is used here as it is this name by which he was known to most of the West during World War II.}} {{flagicon|Kingdom of Italy|size=22px}} Benito Mussolini Over 16,000,000 Civilian dead: Over 45,000,000 Total dead: Over 61,000,000 (1937–45) ...further details Over 8,000,000 Civilian dead: Over 4,000,000 Total dead: Over 12,000,000 (1937–45) ...further details {{Campaignbox World War II}}
 * commander1 = Main Allied leaders
 * commander2 = Main Axis leaders
 * casualties1 = Military dead:
 * casualties2 = Military dead:
 * campaignbox=