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Definition of Second world war
1. Noun. A war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945.
Generic synonyms: World War
Terms within: Bataan, Corregidor, Battle Of Britain, Ardennes Counteroffensive, Battle Of The Ardennes Bulge, Battle Of The Bulge, Battle Of The Bismarck Sea, Bismarck Sea, Battle Of The Coral Sea, Coral Sea, Dunkerque, Dunkirk, Al Alamayn, Battle Of El Alamein, El Alamein, Eniwetok, Battle Of Guadalcanal, Guadalcanal, Invasion Of Iwo, Iwo, Iwo Jima, Kwajalein, Leyte, Leyte Invasion, Leyte Island, Battle Of Midway, Midway, Okinawa, Okinawa Campaign, Battle Of The Philippine Sea, Philippine Sea, Saipan, Salerno, Battle Of The Somme, Somme, Somme River, Makin, Tarawa, Tarawa-makin, Battle Of Wake, Battle Of Wake Island
Examples of category: Fighting French, Free French
Definition of Second world war
1. Proper noun. Another name of World War II. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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Literary usage of Second world war
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1. The Eizenstat Report and Related Issues Concerning United States and Allied edited by James A. Leach (1999)
"Until the outbreak of the second world war, wealthy Jewish families, comprising
approximately 2 to 5 percent of Europe's Jewish population, ..."
2. Europe: Dimensions of Peace by Björn Hettne (1988)
"This is one reason why the imaginary war bears a :lose resemblance to the Second
World War. Moreover, military nstitutions, with institutionally determined ..."
3. Global Employment: An International Investigation Into the Future of Work by Mihály Simai (1995)
"The fourth period started after the second world war and could be characterized
as the increasing globalization of international migration. ..."
4. The Culture of Violence by Kumar Rupesinghe (1994)
"Americans saw themselves after the second world war as the "policemen" of the
globe, obliged to take action wherever the forces of trouble and disorder made ..."
5. Russia, Ukraine, and the Breakup of the Soviet Union by Roman Szporluk (2000)
"Urbanization in Ukraine since the second world war The second world war marked a
... The second world war also witnessed a profound ethno-demo- graphic ..."
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