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World War II
A major global military conflict involving most countries in the world which began in 1939 and ended in 1945. With about 70 million in fatalities, World War II is the most widespread and deadliest conflict in human history. The war was marked by significant events that saw unprecedented mass killing of civilians including the Holocaust, the Nanjing Massacre and the only use of nuclear weapons in warfare.
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Unit 731
Military; World War II
Unit 731 (731部隊 Nana-san-ichi butai, Chinese: 731部队) was a covert biological and chemical warfare R&D unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that undertook lethal human experimentation ( vivisection, ...
military personnel
Military; World War II
Military personnel is a blanket term used to refer to members of the armed forces. Usually, personnel are divided into military branches roughly defined by certain circumstances of their deployment. ...
civilian casualties
Military; World War II
Civilian casualties is a military term describing civilians killed, injured, or imprisoned by military action. Civilian casualties can be associated with the outcome of any form of military action ...
war reparations
Military; World War II
War reparations are payments intended to cover damage or injury inflicted during a war. Generally, the term war reparations refers to money or goods changing hands, rather than such property ...
forced migration
Military; World War II
Forced migration (also called deracination — originally a French word meaning uprooting) refers to the coerced movement of a person or persons away from their home or home region. It often connotes ...
asymmetric warfare
Military; World War II
Asymmetric warfare is war between belligerents whose relative military power differs significantly, or whose strategy or tactics differs significantly. Asymmetric warfare can describe a conflict in ...
chemical warfare
Military; World War II
Chemical warfare (CW) involves using the toxic properties of chemical substances as weapons. This type of warfare is distinct from nuclear warfare and biological warfare, which together make up NBC, ...
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