World War II

noun

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

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Recent Examples on the Web The Blue Star Memorial Program of the National Garden Club began in 1945 to honor the men and women serving in the armed forces in World War II. Deb Harvell, arkansasonline.com, 27 Oct. 2024 The trail links Rocky Flats with the Rocky Mountain Arsenal, land outside of downtown Denver that also was cleaned up after contamination from the manufacture of chemical warfare agents, including mustard gas, for World War II. Gary Stoller, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024 For the better part of a decade, Call of Duty was more or less a World War II anthology series. Cade Onder, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024 Sympathetic to European democracies opposing Germany’s Adolf Hitler, Roosevelt slowly re-entered the world stage, until the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and subsequent German declaration of war brought the United States into World War II. Carl Leubsdorf, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for World War II 

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“World War II.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/World%20War%20II. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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