5 misconceptions about World War 2 ⚠️❗️

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World War II

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Clockwise from top left:
German Stuka dive bombers on the Eastern Front, 1943 British Matilda II tanks during the North African campaign, 1941 Soviet troops at the Battle of Stalingrad, 1942–1943 U.S. warships in Lingayen Gulf in the Philippines, 1945 Soviet soldier raising a flag over the Reichstag after the Battle of Berlin, 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki in Japan, 1945
Date 1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945[a]
(6 years, 1 day) Location
Major theaters:
Europe Pacific Atlantic Indian Ocean South-East Asia China Japan Middle East Mediterranean North Africa Horn of Africa Central Africa Australia Caribbean North and South America
Result
Allied victory
Fall of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan
Allied military occupations of Germany, Japan, Austria, and Korea
Beginning of the Nuclear Age
Dissolution of the League of Nations and creation of the United Nations
Decolonisation of Asia and Africa and decline of European international influence
Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as rival superpowers and beginning of the Cold War (see Aftermath of World War II)
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