The European theater
Phase 1: Axis expansion (1939-1941)
Phase 2: The turning points (1941-1943)
Phase 3: Allied victory (1943-1945)
The Pacific theater
Japanese expansion (1937-1942)
The Allied counteroffensive (1942-1945)
Total war intensified
Civilian targeting
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Economic mobilization
Women and the war effort
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Colonial participation
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Technology and warfare
The end of the war and its consequences
Conferences shaping the postwar world
Consequences of WWII
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Primary sources
Winston Churchill, "We shall fight on the beaches" (June 1940)
Harry Truman on the atomic bomb (August 6, 1945)
A Hiroshima survivor (hibakusha) account
Key figures
Key events summary
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