Era-human.png
Halopedia Era UNSC.png

World War II

From Halopedia, the Halo wiki

Revision as of 23:30, April 14, 2021 by PorpleBot (talk | contribs) (Text replacement - "<references group="note" />" to "{{Ref/Notes}}")
Wikipedia.png
There is more information available on this subject at World War II on the English Wikipedia.

Previous:

World War I

Next:

Jovian Moons Campaign

World War II
Two WWII-era human soldiers from Origins II.

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

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]

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

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

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

List of appearances

Notes

Sources

  1. ^ a b c Halo: Glasslands, chapter 1
  2. ^ a b c Halo Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Halo Universe, 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


Cite error: <ref> tags exist for a group named "note", but no corresponding <references group="note"/> tag was found