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*The Allied Nations defeat the Axis Powers.
*The first use of [[human]] nuclear weapons.{{Ref/Reuse|encyctimeline}}
*The [[United Nations]] is formed.
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*The [[United States]] and the Soviet Union become military superpowers which leads to the [[wikipedia:Cold War|Cold War]]
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'''World War II''', or abbreviated as '''WWII''', was an international [[human]] conflict that occurred on [[Earth]] between 1939 and [[1945]].


==History==
'''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}}{{Ref/NoteReuse|glasslands}} was a [[war|conflict]] on [[Earth]].<ref name="famousshipp260">''Halo: Encyclopedia'', Famous UNSC Ships, p. 260-261 (2009)</ref>
World War II was the largest conflict in human history at the time. It was fought between the Axis Pact and the Allied Powers.
[[File:WWIISoldier.jpg|thumb|left|A soldier dying in battle.]]
The war started in 1939 when Adolf Hitler, Führer of Nazi Germany, invaded Poland. Britain and France, both having defense pacts with Poland, declared war on Nazi Germany. In 1940, German forces attacked western Europe and quickly routed the Allies. The British expeditionary force and the French army retreated to a small pocket around Calais and Dunkirk and would be evacuated by the Royal Navy.


In 1941 German forces invaded the Soviet Union and began an offensive toward Moscow. The Red Army was forced back into Russia, suffering heavy casualties and by the winter of 1941 the Germans had accomplished most of their goals. However the Werhmacht advance was stopped when they failed to capture Stalingrad in late 1942. This would result in the Wehrmacht being on the retreat until the battle of Kursk in 1943, where they attempted to halt the Soviet advance, but it too failed and Germany would be on the defense for the remainder of the war.  
==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 name="ilbenigma">''[[I love bees]]'', [[Axon Clips]], [[Axon Clips Chapter 4|Chapter 4]] - Herzog: "Enigma"</ref> [[Wikipedia:Isoroku Yamamoto|Isoroku Yamamoto]] crippled the [[United States|US]] [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] [[Fleet]] at [[Wikipedia:Pearl Harbor|Pearl Harbor]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=hsschapter4|[[Halo: Silent Storm]]|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}}


Meanwhile on December 7, 1941 a Japanese carrier task force initiated a huge aerial assault on the US naval base of Pearl Harbor. It caused serious damage to the US Navy, and resulted in the USA entering the war. At the same time Japan began attacking Allied colonies in South-East Asia.
===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>


In 1942 the American and British armies pushed the German Afrika Corps out of North Africa and into Italy. Italy was invaded through Sicily in 1943 and fighting would last until 1945.
==Aftermath==
[[File:American_landing_at_Omaha_Beach.PNG|thumb|left|American troops landing at Omaha Beach.]]
===Shortly after the war===
In 1944 Allied troops landed on five separate beaches and paratroopers dropped into three separate landing zones in Normandy. The Germans were forced back and by early 1945, the Allies had invaded Germany from the east and west.
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}}{{Ref/NoteReuse|glasslands}}


In the Pacific, American forces had successfully captured many Japanese territories. The British had also began a large offensive in Burma, and were pushing the Japanese back into China.
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>


In April 1945, after beating back the German forces through occupied Soviet territory and Eastern Europe, the Red Army surrounded the German capital of Berlin. Hitler committed suicide in a bunker, and on May 8 Germany surrendered unconditionally.
===Distant affects of the war===
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|ilbenigma}} 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}}


In the Pacific, the Americans had managed to take control of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. The Japanese Navy, now reduced to a defensive force, were launching ''kamikaze'' suicide aircraft at the advancing Allied forces.
==Gallery==
<gallery>
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:HINF MarketingAriane.png|A [[civilian]] [[Ariane|woman]] taking up arms during the conflict.
</gallery>


Allied generals knew that an invasion of Japan would be costly. The planned invasion would land millions of Allied troops onto the Japanese islands. The atomic bombs negated the need for the plan. On August 6, the city of Hiroshima was bombed, and was followed three days later with Nagasaki being bombed as well.  
==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}}
*''[[Become]]''
**''[[Forever We Fight]]''


On September 2, the Japanese formally surrendered aboard the battleship, USS ''Missouri'', ending the war.
==Notes==
{{Ref/Notes}}


==Legacy==
==Sources==
===The United Nations===
{{Ref/Sources}}
{{main|United Nations}}
As a result of the Allied victory (the United States of America, Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and others) over the Axis Nations (Nazi Germany, Italy, Japan and others), the [[Wikipedia:United Nations Charter|United Nations Charter]] was signed on June 26, [[1945]], marking the replacement of the defunct ''League of Nations'' and the creation of the [[United Nations]]. The United Nations Organization was formed with a goal of international peacekeeping by means of collective security.
 
===Miscellaneous===
*By the 26th century, several types of ammunition used during World War II are still in use. These include the [[12.7x99mm Armor-Piercing|12.7x99mm ammunition]] used by the [[M41 Light Anti-Aircraft Gun|M41 LAAG]], the [[14.5x114mm]] caliber rounds used in the [[Sniper Rifle System 99 Anti-Matériel|SRS99]] series of sniper rifles, and the [[M512 smooth-bore high-velocity cannon|90mm shells]] used by the [[M808B Main Battle Tank]].
*The term "frag" when used to describe a human fragmentation grenade originated in this frame of time.
*[[Colonel]] [[Herzog]] apparently researched World War II extensively.<ref>[[I Love Bees]] [http://transmit.ilovebees.com/surveillance_archive/week4_subject5.wav week4_subject5.wav]</ref>
*The war has been analyzed in comparison to the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref>'''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]'''</ref>
*The translated name of a [[Forerunner]] defensive installation mentioned in the [[terminal]]s was [[Maginot Line]]. The name is a reference to the Maginot Line, the French defensive fortifications along the Franco-German border stretching from the Ardennes to the Franco-Swiss border before the war.
*[[John Forge]]'s family has had a military tradition dating back to this time.
*[[Vasily Beloi]] references the Nuremburg Trials<ref>'''[[Halo: Glasslands]]''', ''page 216''</ref>, one of the major events that took place after the Allied victory.
*[[Roland (AI)|Roland]]'s name and [[avatar]] are based on [[wikipedia:Roland Beamont|Roland Beamont]], a British fighter and test pilot for the [[wikipedia:Royal Air Force|Royal Air Force]] during this war.


==Trivia==
{{Human wars}}
It may be possible that the concept for the [[Brute]] [[Spike Grenade]] was inspired by a German hand grenade known as the "the Potato Masher" or more specifically the [[Wikipedia:Model 24 grenade|Model 24 ''Stielhandgranate'']].


==List of appearances==
[[Category:Human]]
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''
**''[[Terminal/Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary|Terminals]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{First mentioned}}
*''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[i love bees]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo Legends]]''
**''[[Origins]]''
 
==Sources==
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{{Humanwars}}

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World War II
A civilian farmer carrying a wounded soldier through a World War II battlefield. From Forever We Fight.

Date:

1939[1][Note 1]-1945[2]

Location:

Earth[3]

Outcome:

  • The first use of human nuclear weapons.[2]
 

World War II,[4][5] also known as the Second World War[3] and the Great Patriotic War,[1][Note 1] was a conflict on Earth.[3]

War[edit]

Details[edit]

John Forge's family had members fight in World War II.[6] During the war, the British cracked a German encryption scheme.[7] Isoroku Yamamoto crippled the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor.[8] Also during the war, France created the Maginot Line.[4] One of the bloodiest battles in the war was the Battle of Stalingrad.[3]

End of the war[edit]

The war came to a close with the first usage of human nuclear weapons at Nagasaki and Hiroshima.[2] The bomb at Hiroshima left a domed structure still standing.[9]

Aftermath[edit]

Shortly after the war[edit]

With the war's close in 1945, people danced in the streets and climbed lampposts to hoist flags, which were all recorded.[1][Note 1]

Following the Second World War, war photography was commonplace.[10]

Distant affects of the war[edit]

Some in the 26th-century confused World War II with other wars, like the Hundred Years War, and the Thirty Years War.[7] World War II is taught in Russian schools in the 26th-century.[5] The attack on Pearl Harbor was compared to the 26th-century Fall of Reach by Chief Petty Officer McRobb.[11] France's Maginot Line became idiomatically associated with a Forerunner defensive strategy through Forerunner translation software, after this strategy was discovered by humans.[4]

Gallery[edit]

  • A building in Hiroshima, Japan that managed to remain standing in spite of the atomic bomb's blast.

    A building in Hiroshima, Japan that managed to remain standing in spite of the atomic bomb's blast.

  • Two soldiers amid the ruins of a city.

    Two soldiers amid the ruins of a city.

  • A civilian woman taking up arms during the conflict.

    A civilian woman taking up arms during the conflict.

List of appearances[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Given the known scale of the war, on top of the known end date of the conflict as well as the character making the comments knowing about World War II, it is almost certain that the 6 year Great Patriotic War is World War II.

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Halo: Glasslands, chapter 1
  2. ^ a b c Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition), Timeline, p. 31
  3. ^ a b c d Halo: Encyclopedia, Famous UNSC Ships, p. 260-261 (2009)
  4. ^ a b c Halo Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Halo Universe, The Forerunners Introduction, p. 175
  5. ^ a b Halo: Glasslands, page 321
  6. ^ Halo Wars: Official Strategy Guide, Factions: UNSC Leaders, Spirit of Bloody Fire. Cutter. Bloody hell., p. 22-23
  7. ^ a b I love bees, Axon Clips, Chapter 4 - Herzog: "Enigma"
  8. ^ Halo: Silent Storm, chapter 4
  9. ^ Halo Legends, Origins
  10. ^ Xbox.com: Jake Courage (defunct, Archived)
  11. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 283

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