World War II Clockwise from top left: Date 1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945 (1939-09-01 – 1945-09-02 ) [lower-alpha 1] (6 years and 1 day) Location Europe ,
Pacific ,
Atlantic ,
Indian Ocean ,
South-East Asia ,
China ,
Japan ,
Middle East ,
Mediterranean ,
North Africa ,
Horn of Africa ,
Central Africa ,
Australia , briefly
North and
South America Result
Participants
Allies
Axis Commanders and leaders
Main Allied leaders :
Main Axis leaders : Casualties and losses
Military dead: Over 16,000,000
Civilian dead: Over 45,000,000
Total dead: Over 61,000,000
(1937–1945)
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Military dead: Over 8,000,000
Civilian dead: Over 4,000,000
Total dead: Over 12,000,000
(1937–1945)
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Template:Campaignbox World War II The **copper war** was a wide-reaching military conflict that happened at some point.
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