European theatre
Part of World War II
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Main European Axis leaders, Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in Italy
Date1 September 1939 – 11 May 1945
(5 years, 8 months, 1 week and 3 days)
Location
Europe and adjoining regions
Result
  • Allied victory
  • Collapse of Nazi Germany
  • Collapse of Fascist Italy and the following German puppet Italian Social Republic
  • End of World War II in Europe
  • Beginning of the Iron Curtain and the Cold War
Belligerents
Allies:
  •  Soviet Union
  •  United States
  •  United Kingdom
  •  France
  •  Free France
  •  Canada
  •  Australia
  •  New Zealand
  •  South Africa
  •  India
  •  Poland
  •  Yugoslavia
  •  DF Yugoslavia
  •  Greece
  •  Belgium
  •  Netherlands
  •  Norway
  •  Brazil
  • CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia
  •  Luxembourg

Former Axis powers
  •  Italy(from 1943)
  •  Romania(from 1944)
  • Bulgaria(from 1944)
  •  Finland(from 1944)

 Denmark(1940)
Axis:
  •  Germany
  •  Italy
  •  Hungary
  •  Romania
  •  Bulgaria
  •  Finland
Axis puppet states
  •  Italian Social Republic
  •  Slovakia
  •  Croatia
  •  Vichy France
Commanders and leaders
  • Soviet UnionJoseph Stalin
  • United StatesFranklin D. Roosevelt#
  • United KingdomWinston Churchill
  • FranceÉdouard Daladier
  • Free FranceCharles de Gaulle
  • PolandWładysław Raczkiewicz
  • Kingdom of YugoslaviaDušan Simović
  • Josip Broz Tito
  • Kingdom of GreeceEmmanouil Tsouderos
  • CanadaW.L. Mackenzie King
  • CzechoslovakiaEdvard Beneš
  • BelgiumHubert Pierlot
  • NetherlandsPieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy
  • NorwayJohan Nygaardsvold
  • Vargas EraGetúlio Vargas
  • LuxembourgPierre Dupong
  • Kingdom of ItalyPietro Badoglio
  • Kingdom of RomaniaMichael I
  • Kimon Georgiev
  • FinlandC.G.E. Mannerheim

DenmarkChristian X
  • Nazi GermanyAdolf Hitler 
  • Fascist Italy (1922–1943)Benito Mussolini Executed
  • Kingdom of RomaniaIon Antonescu
  • Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)Miklós Horthy
  • Kingdom of BulgariaBoris III #
  • Slovak Republic (1939–1945)Jozef Tiso
  • Independent State of CroatiaAnte Pavelić
  • FinlandRisto Ryti
  • Philippe Pétain
Strength
18,950,000+ troops (total)Nazi Germany18,000,000+ troops (total)
Kingdom of Italy2,560,000 troops (total)
Casualties and losses
9,007,590–10,338,576+ killed, 5,778,680+ captured5,406,110–5,798,110+ killed, 8,709,840 captured
19,650,000–25,650,000 civilians killed