WW2
Axis versus Allies
WW2 is an abbreviation for World War Two, the global conflict of 1939–1945 fought primarily between the Allied powers (including the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union) and the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan).
Also written WWII or World War II.
My grandfather served in WW2.
Systematic annihilation of a people
- concentration campsFacilities for mass detention
- AuschwitzNazi extermination camp
- exterminationComplete destruction of a group
- NazisGerman totalitarian party members
persecution · deportation · ghettos · liberation · survivors · atrocities · antisemitism · Nuremberg Trials
1944 Normandy invasion
- StalingradRenamed Soviet industrial city
- Pearl HarborHawaiian military port attacked 1941
- MidwayFair's entertainment corridor
- NormandyNorthern French coastal region
Kursk · Battle of Britain · Iwo Jima · Okinawa · Dunkirk · Guadalcanal · Berlin · Leningrad
North American federal republic
- United KingdomAtlantic archipelago nation
- Soviet UnionFormer communist superstate
- FranceWestern European republic
- ChinaEast Asian superpower
Canada · Australia · New Zealand · India · Poland · Netherlands · Norway · Greece
Defeating an opponent
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- Nuremberg TrialsPostwar tribunal for Nazi leaders
United Nations · Cold War · decolonization · Iron Curtain · Marshall Plan · refugees · displaced persons · reparations
Central European nation
- JapanEast Asian archipelago nation
- ItalyBoot-shaped European nation
- NaziGerman fascist party member
- fascismUltranationalist dictatorial political system
Hitler · Mussolini · Hirohito · Third Reich · Wehrmacht · Luftwaffe · Imperial Japan · panzer
Limiting distribution during scarcity
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- war bondsGovernment debt for combat
- factoriesIndustrial production facilities
- mobilizationOrganizing for action
blackouts · evacuation · internment · women workers · Rosie the Riveter · civil defense · air raids · shelters
Armed hostile engagement
- infantryGround combat troops
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
- tanksStorage vessels for liquids
- aircraftAirborne transportation vehicle
navy · soldiers · bombing · submarines · carriers · destroyers · fighters · bombers
Clandestine atomic weapons program
- atomic bombFission-triggered mass destruction device
- EnigmaGerman encryption apparatus
- Bletchley ParkWWII British cryptanalysis site
- radarRadio-wave object detection
sonar · jet engine · V-2 rocket · codebreaking · Turing · penicillin · nuclear · Hiroshima
genocide
Systematic annihilation of a people
- concentration campsFacilities for mass detention
- AuschwitzNazi extermination camp
- exterminationComplete destruction of a group
Nazis · persecution · deportation · ghettos · liberation · survivors · atrocities · antisemitism · Nuremberg Trials · Anne Frank
D-Day
1944 Normandy invasion
- StalingradRenamed Soviet industrial city
- Pearl HarborHawaiian military port attacked 1941
- MidwayFair's entertainment corridor
Normandy · Kursk · Battle of Britain · Iwo Jima · Okinawa · Dunkirk · Guadalcanal · Berlin · Leningrad · Operation Barbarossa
United States
North American federal republic
- United KingdomAtlantic archipelago nation
- Soviet UnionFormer communist superstate
- FranceWestern European republic
China · Canada · Australia · New Zealand · India · Poland · Netherlands · Norway · Greece · Yugoslavia
victory
Defeating an opponent
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
- occupationOne's regular paid work
Nuremberg Trials · United Nations · Cold War · decolonization · Iron Curtain · Marshall Plan · refugees · displaced persons · reparations · partition
Germany
Central European nation
fascism · Hitler · Mussolini · Hirohito · Third Reich · Wehrmacht · Luftwaffe · Imperial Japan · panzer · U-boat
rationing
Limiting distribution during scarcity
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- war bondsGovernment debt for combat
- factoriesIndustrial production facilities
mobilization · blackouts · evacuation · internment · women workers · Rosie the Riveter · civil defense · air raids · shelters · curfews
combat
Armed hostile engagement
- infantryGround combat troops
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
- tanksStorage vessels for liquids
aircraft · navy · soldiers · bombing · submarines · carriers · destroyers · fighters · bombers · paratroopers
Manhattan Project
Clandestine atomic weapons program
- atomic bombFission-triggered mass destruction device
- EnigmaGerman encryption apparatus
- Bletchley ParkWWII British cryptanalysis site
radar · sonar · jet engine · V-2 rocket · codebreaking · Turing · penicillin · nuclear · Hiroshima · Nagasaki
casualties
Those killed or wounded
bravery · mourning · grief · loss · endurance · resilience · widows · orphans · memorials · remembrance
WW2WW1
First global military conflict
World War I · First World War · WWI · WW3
WW2peace
Freedom from disturbance
peacetime · armistice · détente · Pax Americana · interwar period
Postwar American economic assistance
international cooperation · humanitarian aid · reconstruction