Second World War

noun

: the war that was fought mainly in Europe and Asia from 1939 to 1945

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In Germany and France, support for right-wing extremist groups surged to levels unseen since the Second World War, sending establishment parties scrambling to put together new coalitions that would keep them from power. The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024 The field was at Manzanar, one of 10 camps where more than 120,000 Japanese Americans — the vast majority U.S. citizens born and raised in this country — were imprisoned during the Second World War. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024 In his remarks, FDR addressed the Great Depression and the Second World War taking place in Europe and his increase in defense spending amid threats from abroad. Louis Casiano, Fox News, 27 Oct. 2024 His bitter resentment at this upheaval is startling, even in the annals of Second World War cinema, where fraught farewells in crowded train stations abound. Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for Second World War 

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