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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

Belligerents

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

France France

 Poland

 Yugoslavia

 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)
Kingdom of Hungary (1920–46) Hungary (from 1945)
 Finland (1939-40)

Axis
 Germany
 Italy (until 1943)

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


Axis puppet states
 Italian Social Republic (from 1943)
Kingdom of Hungary (1920–46) Hungary (from 1944)
 Slovakia
 Croatia
Albanian Kingdom (1928–39) Albania (1943-44)
Co-belligerents
 Finland (1941-44)
Chetniks (1943-45)

Supported by
 Francoist Spain (1941-44)


 Vichy France


 Soviet Union (1939-40)
Commanders and leaders
Soviet Union Joseph Stalin
United States Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States Harry S. Truman
United Kingdom Winston Churchill
France Albert Lebrun
Poland Władysław Raczkiewicz
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Slobodan Jovanović
Kingdom of Greece Emmanouil Tsouderos
Australia John Curtin
Canada W.L. Mackenzie King
British Raj Victor Hope
New Zealand Peter Fraser
Union of South Africa Jan Smuts
Czechoslovakia Edvard Beneš

Belgium Hubert Pierlot
Netherlands Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy
Free France Charles de Gaulle
Norway Johan Nygaardsvold
Brazil Getúlio Vargas
Denmark Christian X of Denmark
Luxembourg Pierre Dupong
Kingdom of Italy Pietro Badoglio
Kingdom of Romania Constantin Sănătescu
Kimon Georgiev
Finland Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Kingdom of Hungary (1920–46) Béla Miklós
Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler
Kingdom of Italy Benito Mussolini
Albanian Kingdom (1939–43) Mustafa Merlika-Kruja
Kingdom of Hungary (1920–46) Miklós Horthy
Kingdom of Romania Ion Antonescu
Kingdom of Bulgaria Bogdan Filov
Vichy France Philippe Pétain
Italian Social Republic Benito Mussolini
Kingdom of Hungary (1920–46) Ferenc Szálasi
Slovak Republic (1939–45) Jozef Tiso
Independent State of Croatia Ante Pavelić
Albanian Kingdom (1928–39)Wikipedia

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