Japanese-American infantrymen of the 442nd Combat Team hike up a muddy French road to their new bivouac area, October 14, 1944.

Minidoka War Relocation CenterHigh angle view of the huts of the Minidoka War Relocation Center in the Magic Valley, Jerome County, Idaho, 4th November 1942. Approximately 9,000 Japanese Americans were detained at Minidoka, one of ten American internment camps during World War II. (Photo by UPI/Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)s)

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<p>World War II was the biggest and deadliest war in history, involving more than 30 countries. Sparked by the 1939 Nazi invasion of Poland, the war dragged on for six bloody years until the Allies defeated the Axis powers of Nazi Germany, Japan and Italy in 1945. Explore the battles, leaders and atrocities from the war and its impact on geopolitics and humankind.</p>


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