second world war
31world war — attested by 1898 as a speculation. If through fear of entangling alliances the United States should return the Philippines to Spain, Mr. Page asserted that the predatory nations would swoop down upon them and a world war would result. [ New York… …
32world war — n a war involving many of the countries of the world ▪ fears of another world war ▪ Churchill was prime minister during the Second World War. ▪ the years after World War I …
33world war — ♦♦♦ world wars N VAR A world war is a war that involves countries all over the world. Many senior citizens have been though two world wars... At the end of the second world war he was working as a docker... There is a risk of world war …
34World War II — also the Second World War (1939 45) a war involving almost every major country in the world. On one side were the Allies (including the UK, France, and Poland, and after 1941 the US and the Soviet Union) and on the other side the Axis (including… …
35World War Two — ˌWorld ˌWar ˈTwo 7 [World War Two] (also ˌWorld ˌWar ˈII) noun = ↑Second World War …
36Second Schleswig War — Part of the wars of German unification The Battle of Dybbøl by Jørgen Valentin Sonne, 1871 …
37Second Matabele War — Part of the Matabele Wars Depiction of Burnham Armstrong after the assassination of Mlimo. Ndebele warriors in hot purs …
38World War II — WWII redirects here. For other uses, see WWII (disambiguation) …
39World War I — This article is about the major war of 1914–1918. For other uses, see World War One (disambiguation) and Great War (disambiguation). World War I …
40World War II — the war between the Axis and the Allies, beginning on September 1, 1939, with the German invasion of Poland and ending with the surrender of Germany on May 8, 1945, and of Japan on August 14, 1945. Abbr.: WWII * * * or Second World War (1939–45)… …
