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Parent topics

• War [r]: A state of violent conflict which exists between two or more independent nations or groups, each seeking to impose its will on the others. ^[e]
• Military history [r]: The study of armed conflict between nations or other identifiable groups, and the many components, background factors, and implications and impact of those conflicts on nations, individuals and perceptions. ^[e]
• Military [r]: The standing armed forces of a country, that are directed by the national government and are tasked with that nation's defense. ^[e]

Subtopics

• World War II, Origins [r]: Details of the road to World War II. ^[e]
• World War II, air war [r]: Air operations in the Second World War ^[e]
• China-Burma-India theater [r]: (CBI), fought in China, Burma and India, created by the U.S., Britain and China and operated 1942 to 1944 with Chiang Kai-shek as nominal Supreme Commander; in practice with an overall British military commander and a U.S. subcommander in China ^[e]
• World War II, Europe [r]: Add brief definition or description
• World War Two in the Pacific [r]: The part of World War II (1937-45) fought in Asia and the Pacific Ocean between Japan and the U.S., China, Britain, Australia, and other Allies. ^[e]
• World War II, Russian Front [r]: Add brief definition or description
• World War II, Homefront [r]: The non-military activities of the nations involved in World War II, including politics, society, culture and the economy. ^[e]
• World War II, Homefront, U.S. [r]: A description of life in the U.S. during World War II. ^[e]
• Holocaust [r]: Nazi Germany's systematic economic exploitation, followed by killing, of European Jews and others deemed racial and ideological enemies ^[e]

Other related topics

• Joseph Stalin [r]: (1878 - 1953) The head of Russia's Communist ("Bolshevik") party and dictator of the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death. ^[e]
• Adolf Hitler [r]: (1889–1945) Politician in Germany; became 1921 Nazi Party leader, 1933 Reichskanzler (Chancellor), then 1934 as der Führer dictator before and during World War II. ^[e]
• Charles de Gaulle [r]: French military and political leader who died in 1970. ^[e]
• Hirohito [r]: The 124th and longest-reigning Emperor of Japan, 1926-89. ^[e]
• Chiang Kai-shek [r]: A Chinese revolutionary and Leader of the Republic of China and Kuomintang from 1928 until his death in 1975. ^[e]
• Mao Zedong [r]: (1893–1976) Former Chairman of the People's Republic of China; military theorist most associated with protracted war ^[e]
• Hideki Tojo [r]: General of the Imperial Japanese Army and Prime Minister of Japan 1941-1944; Chief of Staff (Imperial Japanese Army), (21 Feb 1944 - 18 Jul 1944); executed for war crimes in 1948 by order of the International Military Tribunal (Tokyo) ^[e]
• Benito Mussolini [r]: (1883-1945) The Fascist dictator of Italy from 1922 until 1943; as part of the Axis alliance, he led his country into war against France and Britain in 1940, and against the United States in 1941. ^[e]
• Winston Churchill [r]: British Prime Minister and war leader during the Second World War from 1940 to 1945; second term from 1951 to 1955. Won the Nobel Prize for Literature as a historian. ^[e]
• Franklin D. Roosevelt [r]: (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often called FDR, the President of the United States 1933 to 1945. ^[e]
• National Socialism [r]: Add brief definition or description