<Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 1 September 1939 -- 2 September 1945 ( 1939 - 09 - 01 -- 1945 - 09 - 02 ) ( 6 years and 1 day ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Europe , Pacific , Atlantic , South - East Asia , China , Middle East , Mediterranean , North Africa and Horn of Africa , briefly North and South America </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Allied victory </P> <Ul> <Li> Collapse of Nazi Germany </Li> <Li> Fall of Japanese and Italian Empires </Li> <Li> Dissolution of the League of Nations </Li> <Li> Creation of the United Nations </Li> <Li> Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers </Li> <Li> Beginning of the Cold War ( more ... ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr>
<Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 1 September 1939 -- 2 September 1945 ( 1939 - 09 - 01 -- 1945 - 09 - 02 ) ( 6 years and 1 day ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Europe , Pacific , Atlantic , South - East Asia , China , Middle East , Mediterranean , North Africa and Horn of Africa , briefly North and South America </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Allied victory </P> <Ul> <Li> Collapse of Nazi Germany </Li> <Li> Fall of Japanese and Italian Empires </Li> <Li> Dissolution of the League of Nations </Li> <Li> Creation of the United Nations </Li> <Li> Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers </Li> <Li> Beginning of the Cold War ( more ... ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr>
when did the second world war take place
when did the second world war take place
September 1939 -- 2 September 1945 (
September 1939 -- 2 September 1945 (