Second World War

Definition: Second World War

Second World War

Noun

1. A war between the Allies (Australia Belgium Bolivia Brazil Canada China Colombia Costa-Rico Cuba Czechoslovakia Dominican-Republic El-Salvador Ethiopia Greece Guatemala Haiti Honduras India Iran Iraq Luxembourg Mexico Netherlands New-Zealand Nicaragua Norway Panama Philippines Poland South-Africa United-Kingdom US USSR Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania Bulgaria Finland Germany Hungary Italy Japan Rumania Slovakia Thailand) from 1939 to 1945.

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Synonyms: Second World War

Crosswords: Second World War

Well our fathers fought the Second World War ("Allentown"; performing artist: Billy Joel)

The Second World War in Colour (1999)

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Books

• Memoirs of the Second World War [ABRIDGED] (reference)

• The Cassell Atlas of the Second World War (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Committee For History Of Second World War Membership (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Music

• The Italian Melody During The Second World War (1940-1944) (reference)

• The Second World War Years : 1939-1945 (reference)

• Wagner: The Ring In The U.S. At The End Of The Second World War (reference)

• Walter Gieseking on Radio Before the Second World War (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Village of Attu on Attu Island. Attu was one of two Aleutian islands captured by Japanese forces during the Second World War. A tragedy occurred here as the Weather Bureau observer and his wife attempted suicide during the Japanese invasion. The observer succeeded but his wife survived and was incarcerated for the duration of the war. F&WS B-50338.Credit: America's Coastlines.

Possibly the earliest 3-D image of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. This model was made from observations on board the German research vessel METEOR between 1925 and 1927. The model resided in the German Museum of the Sea in Berlin prior to the Second World War. In: Bessmertny, Alexander, 1932. "Das Atlantis Ratsel," plate 7, p. 72. Leipzig, R. Voightlander, Publisher. 572.4 B559a.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Middlesex Hospital, London, England. : The underground operating theatre prepared for use during the second world war for the treatment of air raid casualties.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Radar in operation in the second World War / Signal Corps photo.Credit: Library of Congress.

Glasgow, Scotland. Painting the stern of the S.S. Athenia. This liner was the first ship sunk in the Second World War.Credit: Library of Congress.

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Business

The benefits, which the Second World War and the First Chechen War veterans are given is still not sufficient to cover the real needs that are required. (references)

Veterans of the second Chechen war still do not have the same privileges as the First Chechen War (1994) veterans who have the same status as the Second World War veterans. (references)

Economic History

Finland

There have been no cases of expropriation or nationalization since the Second World War. (references)

Thailand

As with the rest of Southeast Asia, Thailand was occupied by the Japanese during the Second World War. (references)

Fiji

Fiji soldiers fought alongside the Allies in the Second World War, gaining a fine reputation in the tough Solomon Islands campaign. (references)

Political Economy

GERMANY

Since the end of the Second World War, German economic policy has been based on a "social-market" model which is characterized by a substantially higher level of direct government participation in the economy than in the United States. (references)

Travel

Taiwan

Moreover, many people, especially those educated before the Second World War, can also speak Japanese. (references)

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Dutch

straf voor indignité nationale,d.i.samenwerking met het Duits militair gezag gedurende de tweede wereldoorlog,inhoudend het verlies van bepaalde rechten voor een termijn van hoogstens 20 jaar (involving loss of civil rights up to 20 years, penalty for indignité nationale i.e.for collaboration with the Germans during the second world war). (various references)

Finnish

Ranskassa enintään 20 vuoden rangaistus,jonka perusteena on "indignité nationale",ts.yhteistyö saksalaisten kanssa toisen maailmansodan aikana. (various references)

French

dégradation nationale (penalty for "indignité nationale" i.e.for collaboration with the Germans during the second world war). (various references)

German

in Frankreich seit 1944 strafweise Entziehung bestimmter bürgerlicher Ehrenrechte für höchstens 20 Jahre wegen "indignité nationale",das heißt Einverständnis mit der deutschen Militärverwaltung im zweiten Weltkrieg. (various references)

Hungarian

második világháború. (various references)

Italian

seconda guerra mondiale. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

第二次大戦 (WWII). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

� いにじたいせ�" (WWII). (various references)

Pig Latin

econdsay orldway arway

Portuguese

sanção por "indignidade nacional",i.e.por colaboração com os alemães durante a segunda guerra mundial,comportando a perda dos direitos civis até 20 anos. (various references)

Swedish

dégradation nationale (involving loss of civil rights up to 20 years, penalty for "indignité nationale" i.e.for collaboration with the Germans during the second world war). (various references)

Misspellings

"Second World War" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: second worl war. (additional references)

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