World War II

was one of the last major offensives of the European theatre of World War II

Part of the Eastern Front of World War II

Part of the Eastern Front of World War II

a German Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal) during World War II

During the Normandy campaign, he was in command of all Allied ground forces from 6 June 1944 until 1 September 1944.

he led the Allied Expeditionary Force during the Second World War

Philippine-American War, Banana Wars, World War I, World War II, Korean War

Operation Overlord and the Western Front of the Second World War

Part of the Pacific War and World War II

Part of the Western Front of World War II

Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign of the Pacific War (World War II)

Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign of the Pacific Theater (World War II)

Western Front (World War II) of World War II

Western Desert campaign of the Second World War

Nuclear weapons have been used twice in war, in the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that killed between 150,000 and 246,000 people.

the world's first practical, modern ballistic missile and suborbital launch vehicle

Part of the Pacific War, World War II

German maneuver operations were successful during the campaigns of 1939-1941, involving the invasions of Belgium, the Netherlands, and France and, by 1940, the term blitzkrieg was being extensively used in Western media.

The Second World War was the quintessential total war of modernity.

The Comet tank or Tank, Cruiser, Comet I (A34) was a British cruiser tank that first saw use near the end of the Second World War, during the Western Allied invasion of Germany.

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were involved in global conflicts including World War I, World War II, the Cold War, and the war on terror

Since its formation it has seen action in the Napoleonic Wars, the Crimean War, the Russo-Japanese War, the First and Second World Wars

Canadian Forces entered the Second World War in September 1939, after the Canadian Crown-in-Council declared war on Nazi Germany.

When the Soviets invaded in November 1939, the Finns, led by Marshal Mannerheim, defeated the Red Army on numerous occasions

The three services saw action around the world during World War I and World War II

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was the aerial-warfare branch of the Wehrmacht before and during World War II

During World War II, 314 submarines served in the US Navy, of which nearly 260 were deployed to the Pacific.

A fast and high-flying bomber used primarily in the European Theater of Operations, the B-17 dropped more bombs than any other aircraft during World War II.

The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts.

The Ju 87 made its combat debut in 1937 with the Luftwaffe's Condor Legion during the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939 and served the Axis in World War II from beginning to end (1939-1945).

The "Lanc", as it was known colloquially, became one of the most heavily used of the Second World War night bombers, delivering of bombs in 156,000 sorties.

The Zero is considered to have been the most capable carrier-based fighter in the world when it was introduced early in World War II, combining excellent maneuverability, high airspeed, strong firepower and very long range.

During the Second World War, the naval version was also mounted on power-operated turrets in smaller watercraft, such as Motor Gun Boats and Motor Torpedo Boats.

They were the first modern fragmentation grenades used by the British Army and saw widespread use in the First and Second World Wars.

The Focke-Wulf Fw 190, nicknamed () is a German single-seat, single-engined, fighter aircraft designed by Kurt Tank at Focke-Wulf in the late 1930s; it was widely used during World War II.

In the Pacific Theater of World War II, although designed for surface action, they served primarily as fast escorts for s of the Fast Carrier Task Force and also shelled Japanese positions.

It was the world's first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft and one of two jet fighter aircraft types to see air-to-air combat in World War II, the other being the Heinkel He 162.

Most torpedoes used in World War I and World War II were wet heaters.

lays naval mines in the Gulf of Finland during the Continuation War The Allies and Germany deployed acoustic mines in World War II, against which even wooden-hulled ships (in particular minesweepers) remained vulnerable.

They were widely used in World War I and World War II, and remained part of the anti-submarine arsenals of many navies during the Cold War, during which they were supplemented, and later largely replaced, by anti-submarine homing torpedoes.

While best known for its role as the British and British Empire forces' primary infantry LMG in World War II, it was also used in the Korean War and saw service throughout the latter half of the 20th century, including the 1982 Falklands War.

It performed well, was easy to fly, and was a stable gun platform, but what I really remember most was that it was rugged and easy to maintain." During the course of World War II, 2,462 F6F Hellcats were lost to all causes, 270 in aerial combat, 553 to antiaircraft ground and shipboard fire, and

The landing craft, vehicle, personnel (LCVP) or Higgins boat was a landing craft used extensively by the Allied forces in amphibious landings in World War II.

With the exception of the Balkans Campaign, were used in every campaign of the German Army during World War II.

The B-24 was used extensively in World War II, where it served in every branch of the American armed forces, as well as several Allied air forces and navies.

Fourteen saw combat during World War II; none were lost to enemy action, although a few sustained crippling damage due to aerial attacks.

In total, there were 336 F4U-1s and 41 F4U-1Ds used by the RNZAF during the Second World War.

The Warhawk was used by most Allied powers during World War II, and remained in frontline service until the end of the war.

; * Luftwaffe ; * Royal Hungarian Air Force ; * Royal Romanian Air Force ; * Slovak Air Force ; * Soviet Air Forces operated several captured He 111s during World War II.

It was used extensively during the Second World War by the Luftwaffe and became one of the most versatile combat aircraft of the conflict.

The Grumman TBF Avenger (designated TBM for aircraft manufactured by General Motors) is an American World War II-era torpedo bomber developed initially for the United States Navy and Marine Corps and also eventually used by several air and naval aviation services around the world.

Even though Raeder and other senior naval officers envisioned using and as commerce raiders against first French and later British shipping in the Atlantic, and in fact used them in that role during World War II, the ships were not designed for that mission.

All five ships saw combat during World War II, with King George V and Prince of Wales being involved in the action on 24 May to 27 May 1941 that resulted in the German battleship being sunk.

Before the outbreak of World War II, and were deployed to the Atlantic to put them in position to attack Allied merchant traffic once war was declared.

Cluster munitions were used in World War II to attack both civilian and military targets, including Tokyo and Kyushu.

It was widely deployed on the beaches of southern England, eastern England and South West England during the British anti-invasion preparations of World War II, though scaffolding was also used, but more sparingly, inland.

During the Second World War, large caltrop-shaped objects made from reinforced concrete were used as anti-tank devices, although it seems that these were rare.

The Cointet-element, also known as a Belgian Gate or C-element, was a heavy steel fence about wide and high, typically mounted on concrete rollers, used as a mobile anti-tank obstacle during World War II.

Of immediate first interest was its viability as an incendiary device to be used in American fire-bombing campaigns during World War II; its potential to be coherently projected into a solid stream that would carry for distance (instead of as a bloomy fireball of pure gasoline) resulted in

It saw service by Soviet forces in many conflicts during the 1930s and 1940s, including World War II.

During the early part of the Second World War, apart from some older British ships, it was used with the old US (destroyers-for-bases deal) s provided to the UK.

The MG 08 also saw service during World War II in the infantry divisions of the German Army, although by the end of the war it had mostly been relegated to second-rate "fortress" units.

was an deployed by Japan against the United States during World War II.

In 1934 the Japanese government issued a military specification for the shin guntō (new army sword), the first version of which was the Type 94 Katana, and many machine- and hand-crafted swords used in World War II conformed to this and later shin guntō specifications.

The SU-76 (Samokhodnaya Ustanovka 76) was a Soviet light self-propelled gun used during and after World War II.

The ISU-122 (acronym of Istrebitelnaja - or Iosif Stalin-based - Samokhodnaya Ustanovka 122) was a Soviet assault gun used during World War II, mostly in the anti-tank role.

Prior to and during World War II, over 670,000 Pattern 1914 Enfields were used, after undergoing modification ("Weedon Repair Standard", formally the Mk II standard) in the UK, mainly as a rearguard rifle.

During World War II, stocks of Mark I knives were released for issue to army units with a need for a close-combat fighting knife, though the number of Mark I used was limited.

Finland, a successor state to the Russian Empire, inherited a number of 6-pounders and used them throughout the Winter War and World War II in the coastal artillery role.

When improvements in torpedo range made them obsolete in this role, they continued to be used as small-craft armament up to and including World War II.

RS-82 and RS-132 (Russian: Реактивный Снаряд, Reaktivny Snaryad; rocket-powered projectile) were unguided rockets used by Soviet military during World War II.

At the beginning of World War II, only eight Type VIIB were commissioned, a total of twenty-four Type VIIB entered service between 1938 and 1941: twenty were lost at sea and the remaining four were scuttled at the end of the war.