Second World War

noun

: the war that was fought mainly in Europe and Asia from 1939 to 1945

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Crown Copyright Such reductions have been a regular occurrence ever since the end of the Second World War. David Szondy, New Atlas, 12 Dec. 2024 Hoover’s earliest targets, in the run-up to the Second World War, were alleged Nazis and communists. Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024 The last time government institutions demonstrated such rapid mobilization was during the Second World War. Greg Orme, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024 The Anne Frank Haus museum is a poignant reminder of what happened there during the Second World War, told through the eyes of one girl, while the brand new National Holocaust Museum tells the wider story. Jaymi McCann, theweek, 9 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for Second World War 

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