Second World War

noun

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

Examples of Second World War in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web His government has set out to rewrite school history textbooks to portray Russia as perpetually defending itself against outside enemies and to link the war in Ukraine to the Soviet Union’s victory in the Second World War. Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2024 The history of the Harlem Renaissance didn’t end with the Second World War, and while this show hints at how it was processed during the Civil Rights era, that could be its own show, eagerly anticipated. Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024 Fear and hunger Established in the Spring of 1942, three years into the Second World War, Stalag Luft III was a camp run by the German air force, the Luftwaffe, around 130 miles (209 kilometers) southeast of Berlin near the town of Zagan, in what is now Poland. Jack Bantock, CNN, 9 Mar. 2024 Founded by three veterans of the Second World War with zero journalistic or publishing experience, this paper would conjure its authority by other than the usual means. Michelle Orange, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024 Gaza war protests at the Berlinale this year were especially controversial as Germany continues to deal with the Second World War Holocaust as a reminder of the horrific atrocities of the country’s Nazi past, which literally was led from Berlin. Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2024 The couple divorced in 1941, after McCullers caught Reeves forging a check in her name, and then, incredibly, remarried in 1945, after Reeves finished serving in the Second World War. Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024 In the Second World War, Hollywood cranked out pro-government films including specific tributes to Franklin Roosevelt. Doug McIntyre, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024 What was her life actually like during the Second World War? Radhika Seth, Vogue, 15 Feb. 2024

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“Second World War.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Second%20World%20War. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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