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{{SeeWikipedia|World War II}}
|name=World War II
{{Infobox Military Conflicts
|prev=[[World War I]]
|name        = World War II
|conc=
|image       = [[Image:American_landing_at_Omaha_Beach.PNG|300px]]
|next=[[Jovian Moons Campaign]]
|begin      = September 1, 1939
|image=[[File:HINF MarketingWWII.png|300px]]
|end        = September 2, [[1945]]
|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}}
|place       = [[Earth]]
|place=[[Earth]]{{Ref/Reuse|famousshipp260}}
|result     = *The Allied Nations defeat the Axis Powers.
|result=
*The [[United Nations]] is formed.
*The first use of [[human]] nuclear weapons.{{Ref/Reuse|encyctimeline}}
*The [[United States]] and the Soviet Union become military superpowers which led to the [[wikipedia:Cold War|Cold War]]
|side1=
|side1       = Allied Nations (also operating under the name of "[[United Nations]]"<ref>[[wikipedia:Declaration_by_United_Nations|Declaration by United Nations]]</ref>)
|side2=
|side2       = Axis Nations
|side3=
|commanders1 = *[[United States of America]]
|side4=
*[[United Kingdom|British Empire]]
|commanders1=
*France
|commanders2=
*Poland
|commanders3=
*[[Canada]]
|commanders4=
*[[Australia]]
|forces1=
*USSR
|forces2=
* And many more Earth nations
|forces3=
|commanders2 = *Nazi[[Germany| Germany]]
|forces4=
*Empire of [[Japan]]
|casual1=
*Italy
|casual2=
*Romania
|casual3=
*Hungary
|casual4=
*Finland (Co-Belligerent)
* 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 (mostly German and Japanese civilians)
}}
}}
'''World War II''', or abbreviated as '''WWII''', was an international [[human]] conflict that occurred on [[Earth]] between 1939 and [[1945]].


'''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>
==History==
World War II was the second global military conflict in human history. The war started when Adolf Hitler, Führer of Nazi Germany, invaded Poland. Britain and France were sworn to protect this country, and so war broke out. At this time, World War II wasn't a World War, merely a war in Europe. But Hitler had invaded many of the bordering countries beforehand such as Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Luxembourg.


==War==
Hitler and his Third Reich had efficiently recreated a new German "Reich" (empire). Soon, the Soviet Union, which had sided with Hitler before the war, tried to invade Finland. This war quickly became another World War. Soon, other nations began helping the Nazi War effort, including Italy and the Empire of Japan. However, other countries started to join the Allied war effort as well, with the Soviet Union and the United States entering the war in 1941.
===Details===
[[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}}


===End of the war===
The Allies won by the skin of their teeth, for if it wasn't for the overwhelming amount of soldiers with them, Germany and Italy would control Europe, Africa, and the Americas, while Japan would control Asia and Oceania. With the help of the two atomic bombs being dropped on Japan, nicknamed "Little Boy" and "Fat Man", the world was launched into the Atomic/Nuclear Age. Over seventy-two million people died on both sides in the six-year conflict, many being civilians from the Soviet Union, the People's Republic of China, and the Axis Powers.
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>


==Aftermath==
==The United Nations==
===Shortly after the war===
{{main|United Nations}}
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}}
As a result of the Allied victory (the United States of America, Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and others) over the Axis Nations (Nazi Germany, Italy, 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 were formed with a goal of international peacekeeping by means of collective security.


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>
==Types of ammunition still in use in the Human-Covenant War==
*.30 caliber (confetti maker)
*12.7x99mm (M41 LAAG)
*14.5x114mm (SRS99 series)
*90mm gun (M808B Scorpion)


===Distant affects of the war===
==Trivia ==
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}}
===Miscellaneous===
*The paratroopers dropped behind enemy lines on D-Day and during Operation Market Garden inspired the [[UNSC]]'s [[ODST]]s, although the concept had to be rethought for Zero-G.
*It may be possible that the concept for the [[Brute]] [[Spike Grenade]] was inspired by a German hand grenade known as the "the Potato Masher" or more specifically the "Stielhandgranate".


==Gallery==
===References in Halo===
<gallery>
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.
File:HL OriginsII WWIIsoldiers.png|Two soldiers amid the ruins of a city.
File:HINF MarketingAriane.png|A [[civilian]] [[Ariane|woman]] taking up arms during the conflict.
</gallery>


==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo Wars: Official Strategy Guide]]''
**''[[Spirit of Bloody Fire. Cutter. Bloody hell.]]'' {{Fm}}
*''[[Halo Legends]]''
**''[[Origins]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Tales from Slipspace]]
**''[[Undefeated]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Become]]''
**''[[Forever We Fight]]''


==Notes==
* [[Colonel]] [[Herzog]] apparently researched World War II extensively.<ref>[[I Love Bees]] [http://transmit.ilovebees.com/surveillance_archive/week4_subject5.wav]</ref>
{{Ref/Notes}}
*The war has been analyzed in comparison to the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref>'''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]'''</ref>
*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.
*[[John Forge]]'s family has had a military tradition dating back to this time.
*When the [[Honor Guards]] are charging at [[Jerome-092]], [[Alice-130]], and [[Douglas-042]], it bares a striking resemblance of the Japanese banzai attacks, where Japanese forces would charge at their enemies as a suicide attack to avoid surrender and dishonor or as a final attempt at maximizing the odds of success in the face of usually numerically superior Allied forces.


==Sources==
==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}
<references/>


{{Human wars}}
==Related Pages==
*[[United Nations]]
*[[UN Charter]]


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{{Humanwars}}
[[Category:Wars]]

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