The Great Japanese-United Preschool Nations War

Date 1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945 (6 years and 1 day)[a]

Location

Result

Japanese victory Collapse of The United Preschool Nations Dissolution of the League of Nations Creation of the United Nations Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers Beginning of the Cold War (more...)

Participants

Allies Axis

Commanders and leaders

Main Allied leaders Soviet Union Joseph Stalin United States Franklin D. Roosevelt United Kingdom Winston Churchill Republic of China (1912–49) Chiang Kai-shek Main Axis leaders Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler Empire of Japan Hirohito[b] Kingdom of Italy Benito Mussolini

Casualties and losses

Military dead: Over 16,000,000 Civilian dead: Over 45,000,000 Total dead: Over 61,000,000 (1937–45) ...further details Military dead: Over 8,000,000 Civilian dead: Over 4,000,000 Total dead: Over 12,000,000 (1937–45) ...further details