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Second World War

Clockwise from the top left: Tank Commander of the 6th Afrika Panzer Division during the Egypt Campaign; The Japanese carrier Hiryū; Australian guerrillas, approximately 3 weeks before the 4th Army arrived in Australia to crush resistance; Italian P.108 bomber over the Atlantic on a bombing run on Norfolk; US soldiers as part of the Allied Africa Expeditionary Force; Trapped Indian soldiers 104 days into the Siege of Dacca
Date16 May 1937 – 7 November 1951 (1937-05-16 – 1951-11-07)
(14 years, 5 months, 3 weeks and 1 day)
Location
Result

Axis victory

Belligerents

Allies
 United States
 United Kingdom

France France
 Soviet Union
 Poland
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
 Belgium
 Netherlands
 Austria
 Finland
 Norway
 South Africa

Minor Allied powers

Axis
 Germany
 Japan
 Italy
 Romania
 Hungary
 France Vichy France
 Bulgaria
Union of South Africa Nationalist South Africa

Minor Tripartite powers
Commanders and leaders

Main Allied leaders
United States Franklin D. Roosevelt (-1945) Harry S. Truman (1945-)
United Kingdom Winston Churchill

France Charles de Gaulle

Main Tripartite and Comintern leaders
German Empire Wilhelm II (-1942) Wilhelm III (1942-)
Japan Hirihito
Kingdom of Italy Benito Mussolini

Soviet Union Josef Stalin
Strength

United States 36,400,000
United Kingdom 9,900,000

  • additional 7,200,000 from empire

France 3,400,000
Poland 970,000
Kingdom of Yugoslavia 680,000
'Minor Allied Powers:' 5,000,000

Total: 67,040,000

German Empire 18,600,000
Japan 11,000,000

  • additional 9,000,000 from sphere

Kingdom of Italy 7,200,000
Soviet Union 13,900,000

  • 1,400,000 fought

Kingdom of Romania 1,900,000
Kingdom of Hungary 1,300,000
Kingdom of France 900,000
Union of South Africa 510,000
Bulgaria 490,000

Total: 64,640,000
Casualties and losses

{United States 20,160,000
United Kingdom 5,030,000

France 1,200,000
Poland 119,000
Kingdom of Yugoslavia 178,000
'Minor Allied Powers:' 2,630,000

Total: 33,660,000

German Empire 2,050,000
Japan 3,290,000

Kingdom of Italy 1,640,000
Soviet Union 552,000
Kingdom of Romania 220,000
Kingdom of Hungary 160,000
Kingdom of France 485,000
Union of South Africa 108,000
Bulgaria 135,000

Total: 11,720,000


First Weltkreig

Clockwise from the top: Captured British soldiers after the Battle of Hull; German soldiers advancing during the Battle of Warsaw; The SMS Wein, 3 days before it is sunk in the Battle of the Channel; Japanese troops invading German Indochina; a Swiss trench, one of the most advanced designs of the war.
Date7 October 1900 – 5 May 1905 (1900-10-07 – 1905-05-05)
(4 years, 6 months and 4 weeks)
Location
Result

Inconclusive; overall German victory

Belligerents

Weimar Republic Germany

Kingdom of Hungary Hungary

Allied Powers

Commanders and leaders

Weimar Republic Authur Balfour

Kingdom of Hungary Kálmán Széll

Russia Sergey Murmotsev
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Victoria II (-1901)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Edward VII (1901-)
French Third Republic Émile Loubet
Kingdom of Italy Victor Emmanuel III
Empire of Japan Yoshihito
Switzerland Various

Denmark Christian IX
Strength

Weimar Republic 11,300,000

  • Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1,200,000
  • United Baltic Duchy 900,000

Kingdom of Hungary 1,000,000

Total: 14,400,000

Russia 11,150,000
British Empire 10,800,000
French Third Republic 8,000,000
Kingdom of Italy 4,700,000
Empire of Japan 530,000
Switzerland 300,000
Denmark 120,000

Total: 37,400,000
Casualties and losses

Weimar Republic 1,906,600

  • Kingdom of Yugoslavia 140,000
  • United Baltic Duchy 90,000
Kingdom of Hungary 170,000

British Empire 2,600,000
Russia 1,344,000
Kingdom of Italy 436,000
French Third Republic 302,000
Switzerland 64,800
Empire of Japan 32,000

Denmark 10,000