This article is about a World War II geographical area. For any of the wikiarticles on the European history of World War II, see Category:World War II. For the respective U.S. military command, see European Theater of Operations United States Army.
European War
Part of World War II
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in Italy.
Date
1939–1945
Location
Europe and adjoining regions.
Result
Allied victory
Collapse of Fascist Italy
Collapse of Nazi Germany
End of World War II in Europe
Belligerents
United States of America
Soviet Union
United Kingdom British Empire
Other allies
Nazi Germany
Fascist Italy
Other allies
Commanders and leaders
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
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Campaigns of World War II
The European Theatre of World War II, also known as the European War, was a huge area of heavy fighting across Europe from Germany's invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939 until the end of the war with the German unconditional surrender on May 8, 1945 (V-E Day). The Allied forces fought the Axis powers on two fronts (the Eastern Front and Western Front) as well as in the adjoining Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre.(wiki)