Editing World War II

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'''World War II''',{{Ref/Reuse|forerunnerintro}}{{Ref/Reuse|glasslandsp321}} also known as the '''Second World War'''{{Ref/Reuse|famousshipp260}} and the '''[[Wikipedia:Great Patriotic War (term)|Great Patriotic War]]''',{{Ref/Novel|Id=glaslandchapt1|Halo: Glasslands|Chapter=1}} was a [[war|conflict]] on [[Earth]].{{Ref/Book|Id=famousshipp260|Enc09|Section=Famous UNSC Ships|Page=260-261}}

==War==
===Details===
[[John Forge]]'s [[Forge family|family]] had members fight in World War II.<ref>''[[Halo Wars: Official Strategy Guide]]'', Factions: UNSC Leaders, [[Spirit of Bloody Fire. Cutter. Bloody hell.]], p. 22-23</ref> During the war, the [[Britain|British]] cracked a [[Germany|German]] encryption scheme.{{Ref/Audio|Id=4Herzog|ILB|Axon=4|Detail=Herzog: "Enigma"}} [[Wikipedia:Isoroku Yamamoto|Isoroku Yamamoto]] crippled the [[United States|US]] [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] [[Fleet]] at [[Wikipedia:Pearl Harbor|Pearl Harbor]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=hsschapter4|HSS|Chapter=4}} Also during the war, [[France]] created the [[Wikipedia:Maginot Line|Maginot Line]].<ref name="forerunnerintro">''Halo Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Halo Universe'', The Forerunners Introduction, p. 175</ref> One of the bloodiest [[battle]]s in the war was the [[Wikipedia:Battle of Stalingrad|Battle of Stalingrad]].{{Ref/Reuse|famousshipp260}}

During the war, [[Wikipedia:Jimmy Doolittle|Jimmy Doolittle]] flew a [[Wikipedia:North American B-25 Mitchell|B-25]] off an aircraft carrier [[Wikipedia:Doolittle Raid|to bomb]] [[Japan|Tokyo]]. [[Wikipedia:Lydia Litvyak|Lilya Litvyak]] would become the first [[Wikipedia:Soviet Air Forces|Soviet Air Force]] female ace.{{Ref/Novel|Id=oblv|Oblv|Chapter=Epilogue}}

===End of the war===
The war came to a close with the first usage of [[human]] [[nuclear weapon]]s at [[Japan|Nagasaki and Hiroshima]].<ref name="encyctimeline">''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'', Timeline, p. 31</ref> The bomb at Hiroshima left a [[Wikipedia:Hiroshima Peace Memorial|domed structure]] still standing.<ref name="hlegorigins">''[[Halo Legends]]'', [[Origins]]</ref>

==Aftermath==
===Shortly after the war===
With the war's close in 1945, people danced in the streets and climbed lampposts to hoist flags, which were all recorded.{{Ref/Reuse|glaslandchapt1}}

Following the Second World War, war photography was commonplace.<ref name="jakecouragexbox">''Xbox.com'': Jake Courage (defunct, [https://archives.halopedia.org/halo3/jakecourage/ Archived])</ref>

===Legacy===
Some in the 26th-century confused World War II with other wars, like the [[Wikipedia:Hundred Years War|Hundred Years War]], and the [[Wikipedia:Thirty Years War|Thirty Years War]].{{Ref/Reuse|4Herzog}} World War II is taught in [[Russia]]n schools in the 26th-century.{{Ref/Novel|Id=glasslandsp321|[[Halo: Glasslands]]|Page=321}} The attack on Pearl Harbor was compared to the 26th-century [[Fall of Reach]] by [[Chief Petty Officer]] [[McRobb]].{{Ref/Novel|[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]|Page=283}} France's Maginot Line became idiomatically associated with a [[Forerunner]] [[Jat-Krula|defensive strategy]] through Forerunner translation software, after this strategy was discovered by [[humans]].{{Ref/Reuse|forerunnerintro}} The [[Wikipedia:Chester W. Nimitz|Chester W. Nimitz]] conference suite on the {{UNSCShip|Everest}} contained some holographs of World War II figures.{{Ref/Reuse|hsschapter4}}{{Ref/Reuse|oblv}}

==Gallery==
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File:Hiroshima.png|A [[Wikipedia:Hiroshima Peace Memorial|building]] in Hiroshima, Japan that managed to remain standing in spite of the atomic bomb's blast. 
File:HL OriginsII WWIIsoldiers.png|Two soldiers amid the ruins of a city.
File:FWF WWIIFieldSurgery.png|A [[United States of America|United States]] infantryman receives field treatment for a wound in France.
File:HINF MarketingAriane.png|A [[civilian]] [[Ariane|woman]] taking up arms during the conflict.
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==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo Wars: Official Strategy Guide]]''
**''[[Spirit of Bloody Fire. Cutter. Bloody hell.]]'' {{Fm}}
*''[[Halo Legends]]''
**''[[Origins]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Tales from Slipspace]]
**''[[Undefeated]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Oblivion]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Become]]''
**''[[Forever We Fight]]''

==Sources==
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