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ID: 901001492
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001492
Record Type: Event/Narrative

World War II (global war, 1939-1945)

Note: International conflict that involved much of the world; the principal belligerents were the Axis powers, Germany, Italy, and Japan, and the Allies, France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and China.

Display Date: 1939-1945

Names:
World War II (global war, 1939-1945) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
Second World War (global war, 1939-1945) (English,U,P)
WW II (global war, 1939-1945) (b,English,U,P)
World War Two (global war, 1939-1945) (English,U,P)
World War, 1939-1945 (global war, 1939-1945) (English,U,P)

Hierarchical Position:
Named Events (P)
....<Global historical events> (P)
........World War II (global war, 1939-1945) (P)
Related Iconography:
associated with .... Sino-Japanese War
..........(Named Events, Asian history, Chinese history, Sino-Japanese War (Chinese-Japanese history, 1937-1945)) [901001525]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... war
.....(armed conflicts, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
World War II (global war, 1939-1945)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Second World War (global war, 1939-1945)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
WW II (global war, 1939-1945)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
World War Two (global war, 1939-1945)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
World War, 1939-1945 (global war, 1939-1945)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 85148273
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II#/media/File:Maginot_Line_ln-en_svg.svg
................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 42026883; https://lccn.loc.gov/n42026883

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