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World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although related conflicts began earlier.

It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis.

It was the most widespread war in history, and directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries.

In a state of "total war", the major participants threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, erasing the distinction between civilian and military resources.

Marked by mass deaths of civilians, including the Holocaust (in which approximately 11 million people were killed) and the strategic bombing of industrial and population centres (in which approximately one million were killed, and which included the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki), it resulted in an estimated 50 million to 85 million fatalities.

These made World War II the deadliest conflict in human history.

The Allies of World War II, called the United Nations from the 1 January 1942 declaration, were the countries that together opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War (1939–1945).

The Allies promoted the alliance as seeking to stop German, Japanese and Italian aggression.

Nazi Germany is the common English name for the period in German history from 1933 to 1945, when Germany was governed by a dictatorship under the control of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP).

Under Hitler's rule, Germany was transformed into a fascist state in which the Nazi Party took totalitarian control over nearly all aspects of life.

The official name of the state was Deutsches Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Großdeutsches Reich ("Greater German Reich") from 1943 to 1945.

The period is also known under the names the Third Reich and the National Socialist Period (abbreviated as NS-Zeit).

The Nazi regime came to an end after the Allied Powers defeated Germany in May 1945, ending World War II in Europe.

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.

It was nominally a supranational union of national republics, but its government and economy were highly centralized in a state that was unitary in most respects.

The Union's capital was Moscow.

Militaria are artifacts or replicas of military, police, etc., collected for their historical significance.

Such antiques include firearms, swords, knives, and other equipment such as uniforms, military orders and decorations and insignia.

An alternate name, used by many dealers, for militaria is 'military antiquities' or 'military antiques'.