European Theatre

Second European War

Part of World War II

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Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in Italy.

Date

September 1, 1939 – May 15, 1945

Location

Europe and adjoining regions.

Result

Decisive Allied victory

Collapse of Nazi Germany
Collapse of Fascist Italy
End of World War II in Europe
Beginning of the Iron Curtain and the Cold War.

Belligerents

Allies
Soviet Union (from 1941)
United States (from 1941)
British Commonwealth

Free France

Polish Forces in the East

Liberation Army

Greece
Czechoslovakia
Belgium
Netherlands
Norway
Brazil (from 1944)
Denmark
Luxembourg

Former Axis powers or co-belligerents

Italy (from 1943)

Romania (from 1944)

Bulgaria (from 1944)

Finland (from 1944)

Hungary (from 1945)

Finland (1939-40)

Axis
Germany
Italy (until 1943)

Albania (until 1943)

Hungary (until 1944)
Romania (until 1944)
Bulgaria (until 1944)

Axis puppet states

Italian Social Republic (from 1943)

Hungary (from 1944)

Albania (1943-44)

Co-belligerents

Finland (1941-44)

Chetniks (1943-45)

Supported by
Francoist Spain (1941-44)

Blue Division

Soviet Union (1939-40)

Commanders and leaders

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Harry S. Truman

Winston Churchill

Władysław Raczkiewicz

Slobodan Jovanović

Emmanouil Tsouderos

W.L. Mackenzie King

Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy

Charles de Gaulle

Johan Nygaardsvold

Getúlio Vargas

Christian X of Denmark

Pietro Badoglio

Constantin Sănătescu

Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim

Benito Mussolini

Mustafa Merlika-Kruja

Philippe Pétain

Benito Mussolini

Ferenc Szálasi

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