World War II

Bedeutung (Englisch)

The war from 1939 to 1945 of the Allied forces, including the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, the United States, France, and China, against the Axis Powers, including Germany, Italy, and Japan.

Übersetzungen

Segona Guerra Mundial

Seconda guerra mondiale

II. Dünya Savaşı

Β΄ Παγκόσμιος Πόλεμος

seconda guerra mondiale

Şerê cîhanî yê duyemîn

حرب عالمية ثانية

B' Pankósmios Pólemos

Σοβιετική Ένωση

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/wɜː(ɹ)ld wɔː(ɹ)tuː/
Etymologie (Englisch)

From world war + two. The term was used for a hypothetical future war as early as 1819. It was first applied to the war in 1939-45 in an article in Time, dated September 11, 1939.

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