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| {{Battle infobox | | {{SeeWikipedia|World War II}} |
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| |name=World War II | | |name=World War II |
| |prev=[[World War I]] | | |image=[[Image:American_landing_at_Omaha_Beach.PNG|300px]] |
| |conc= | | |begin=1939 |
| |next=[[Jovian Moons Campaign]] | | |end=[[1945]] |
| |image=[[File:HINF MarketingWWII.png|300px]] | | |place=[[Earth]] |
| |date=[[1939]]{{Ref/Reuse|glaslandchapt1}}{{Ref/Note|Id=glasslands|Given the known scale of the war, on top of the known end date of the conflict as well as the character making the comments knowing about World War II, it is almost certain that the 6 year Great Patriotic War is World War II.}}-[[1945]]{{Ref/Reuse|encyctimeline}} | | |result=*The Allied Nations defeat the Axis Powers. |
| |place=[[Earth]]{{Ref/Reuse|famousshipp260}} | | *The [[United Nations]] is formed. |
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| | *The United States and the Soviet Union become military superpowers, being the least damaged infrastructurally. |
| *The first use of [[human]] nuclear weapons.{{Ref/Reuse|encyctimeline}} | | |battles= |
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| | |side1=Allied Nations (also operating under the name of "[[United Nations]]"<ref>United Nations [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_by_United_Nations]</ref>) |
| |side2= | | |side2=Axis Nations |
| |side3= | | |commanders1=*[[United States of America]] |
| |side4= | | *[[United Kingdom|British Empire]] |
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| | *France |
| |commanders2=
| | *Poland |
| |commanders3=
| | *[[Canada]] |
| |commanders4=
| | *[[Australia]] |
| |forces1= | | *USSR |
| |forces2= | | * And many more Earth nations |
| |forces3=
| | |commanders2=*[[Germany|Nazi Germany]] |
| |forces4=
| | *[[Japan|Japanese Empire]] |
| |casual1= | | *Italy |
| |casual2= | | *Hungary |
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| | *Finland (Co-Belligerent) |
| |casual4=
| | * And many more Earth nations |
| | |forces1=Joint Navy, Army, Air Force and [[Marine]] forces. |
| | |forces2=Joint Navy, Army, Air Force and [[Marine]] forces. |
| | |casual1=*Around 50,000,000 total (mostly Soviet and Chinese civilians) |
| | |casual2=*Around 12,000,000 total |
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| | '''World War II''', or abbreviated as '''WWII''', was an international [[human]] conflict that occurred on [[Earth]] between 1939 and [[1945]]. |
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| '''World War II''',{{Ref/Reuse|forerunnerintro}}{{Ref/Reuse|glasslandsp321}} also known as the '''Second World War'''{{Ref/Reuse|famousshipp260}} and the '''[[Wikipedia:Great Patriotic War (term)|Great Patriotic War]]''',{{Ref/Novel|Id=glaslandchapt1|Halo: Glasslands|Chapter=1}}{{Ref/NoteReuse|glasslands}} was a [[war|conflict]] on [[Earth]].<ref name="famousshipp260">''Halo: Encyclopedia'', Famous UNSC Ships, p. 260-261 (2009)</ref>
| | ==The [[United Nations]]== |
| | | As a result of the Allied victory (British Empire, America, and Russia and others) over the Axis Nations (Nazi Germany, Italy, and Japan and others), the [[United Nations Charter]] was signed on June 26, [[1945]], marking the replacement of the defunct ''League of Nations'' and the creation of the [[United Nations]]. The United Nations was formed with a goal of international peacekeeping by means of collective security. |
| ==War==
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| ===Details===
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| [[John Forge]]'s [[Forge family|family]] had members fight in World War II.<ref>''[[Halo Wars: Official Strategy Guide]]'', Factions: UNSC Leaders, [[Spirit of Bloody Fire. Cutter. Bloody hell.]], p. 22-23</ref> During the war, the [[Britain|British]] cracked a [[Germany|German]] encryption scheme.<ref name="ilbenigma">''[[I love bees]]'', [[Axon Clips]], [[Axon Clips Chapter 4|Chapter 4]] - Herzog: "Enigma"</ref> [[Wikipedia:Isoroku Yamamoto|Isoroku Yamamoto]] crippled the [[United States|US]] [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] [[Fleet]] at [[Wikipedia:Pearl Harbor|Pearl Harbor]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=hsschapter4|[[Halo: Silent Storm]]|Chapter=4}} Also during the war, [[France]] created the [[Wikipedia:Maginot Line|Maginot Line]].<ref name="forerunnerintro">''Halo Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Halo Universe'', The Forerunners Introduction, p. 175</ref> One of the bloodiest [[battle]]s in the war was the [[Wikipedia:Battle of Stalingrad|Battle of Stalingrad]].{{Ref/Reuse|famousshipp260}}
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| ===End of the war===
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| The war came to a close with the first usage of [[human]] [[nuclear weapon]]s at [[Japan|Nagasaki and Hiroshima]].<ref name="encyctimeline">''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'', Timeline, p. 31</ref> The bomb at Hiroshima left a [[Wikipedia:Hiroshima Peace Memorial|domed structure]] still standing.<ref name="hlegorigins">''[[Halo Legends]]'', [[Origins]]</ref>
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| ==Aftermath==
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| ===Shortly after the war===
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| With the war's close in 1945, people danced in the streets and climbed lampposts to hoist flags, which were all recorded.{{Ref/Reuse|glaslandchapt1}}{{Ref/NoteReuse|glasslands}}
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| Following the Second World War, war photography was commonplace.<ref name="jakecouragexbox">''Xbox.com'': Jake Courage (defunct, [https://archives.halopedia.org/halo3/jakecourage/ Archived])</ref>
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| ===Distant affects of the war===
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| Some in the 26th-century confused World War II with other wars, like the [[Wikipedia:Hundred Years War|Hundred Years War]], and the [[Wikipedia:Thirty Years War|Thirty Years War]].{{Ref/Reuse|ilbenigma}} World War II is taught in [[Russia]]n schools in the 26th-century.{{Ref/Novel|Id=glasslandsp321|[[Halo: Glasslands]]|Page=321}} The attack on Pearl Harbor was compared to the 26th-century [[Fall of Reach]] by [[Chief Petty Officer]] [[McRobb]].{{Ref/Novel|[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]|Page=283}} France's Maginot Line became idiomatically associated with a [[Forerunner]] [[Jat-Krula|defensive strategy]] through Forerunner translation software, after this strategy was discovered by [[humans]].{{Ref/Reuse|forerunnerintro}}
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Calibers still in use in the [[Covenant]]-[[UNSC]] war== |
| <gallery>
| | *.30 caliber (confetti maker) |
| File:Hiroshima.png|A [[Wikipedia:Hiroshima Peace Memorial|building]] in Hiroshima, Japan that managed to remain standing in spite of the atomic bomb's blast.
| | *.50 caliber (M41 LAAG) |
| File:HL OriginsII WWIIsoldiers.png|Two soldiers amid the ruins of a city.
| | *7.62mm Ammunition. (MA5B AR, MA5C AR, M808B Scorpion MBT Coaxial machine gun) |
| File:HINF MarketingAriane.png|A [[civilian]] [[Ariane|woman]] taking up arms during the conflict.
| | *90mm gun (M808B Scorpion) |
| </gallery>
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| ==List of appearances== | | ==References in Halo== |
| *''[[Halo Wars: Official Strategy Guide]]'' | | * [[Colonel]] [[Herzog]] apparently researched World War II extensively.<ref>[[I Love Bees]] [http://transmit.ilovebees.com/surveillance_archive/week4_subject5.wav]</ref> |
| **''[[Spirit of Bloody Fire. Cutter. Bloody hell.]]'' {{Fm}}
| | * The war has been analyzed in comparison to the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref>''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''</ref> |
| *''[[Halo Legends]]''
| | *The Maginot Sphere mentioned by the [[Forerunner]] in the Terminals is inspired by the Maginot Line, the French defensive fortifications along the Franco-German border stretching from the Ardennes to the Franco-Swiss border before the war. |
| **''[[Origins]]'' {{1st}}
| | *On the UNSC Frigate Gettysburg they showed holographic displays of WWII. |
| *''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'' {{Mo}}
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| *''[[Halo: Tales from Slipspace]] | |
| **''[[Undefeated]]'' {{Mo}}
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| *''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'' {{Mo}}
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| *''[[Become]]'' | |
| **''[[Forever We Fight]]'' | |
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| ==Notes== | | ==Trivia== |
| {{Ref/Notes}}
| | *The [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust Holocaust] in World War II by the Nazis would remain the largest genocide in human history until the alien species of the [[Covenant]] murdered billions, in the most massive instance of genocide ever seen in the galaxy during the [[Human-Covenant War]]. |
| | *The paratroopers dropped behind enemy lines on D-Day inspired the UNSC's ODST troopers. |
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| | ==Related Pages== |
| | *[[United Nations]] |
| | *[[UN Charter]] |
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| | [[Category:Wars]] |
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