World War II

World War II, also known as the Second World War and the Great Patriotic War, was a conflict on Earth.

War
John Forge's family had members fight in World War II. During the war, the British cracked a German encryption scheme. Isoroku Yamamoto crippled the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. Also during the war, France created the Maginot Line. One of the bloodiest battles in the war was the Battle of Stalingrad.

The war came to a close with the first usage of human Nuclear weapons at Nagasaki and Hirshima. The bomb at Hiroshima left a domed structure still standing.

Aftermath
With the war's close in 1945, people danced in the streets and climbed lampposts to hoist flags, which were all recorded.

Following the Second World War, war photography was commonplace.

Distant affects of the war
Some in the 26th-century confused World War II with other wars, like the Hundred Years War, and the Thirty Years War. World War II is taught in Russian schools in the 26th-century. The attack on Pearl Harbor was compared to the 26th-century Fall of Reach by Chief Petty Officer McRobb. France's Maginot Line became idiomatically associated with a Forerunner defensive strategy through Forerunner translation software, after this strategy was discovered by humans.

List of appearances

 * Halo Wars: Official Strategy Guide
 * Spirit of Bloody Fire. Cutter. Bloody hell.
 * Halo: Glasslands