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* The war has been analyzed in comparison to the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref>''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]''</ref> | * 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. | *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. | ||
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Template:Ratings Template:SeeWikipedia Template:Infobox Military Conflicts World War II, or abbreviated as WWII, was an international human conflict that occurred on Earth between 1939 and 1945.
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.
Calibers still in use in the Covenant-UNSC war
- .30 caliber (confetti maker)
- .50 caliber (M41 LAAG)
- 7.62mm Ammunition. (MA5B AR, MA5C AR, M808B Scorpion MBT Coaxial machine gun)
- 90mm gun (M808B Scorpion)
References in Halo
- Colonel Herzog apparently researched World War II extensively.[1]
- The war has been analyzed in comparison to the Human-Covenant War.[2]
- 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.
Trivia
- The 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 and during Operation Market Garden inspired the UNSC's ODST troopers.
