World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks and aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the deadliest conflict in history, causing the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea were occupied, and German and Japanese leaders were tried for war crimes.

Headlines from July 6, 1941

MISS LANE BREAKS U.S. SPRINT RECORD; She and Miss Walsh Register Doubles at A.A.U. Games -- Tuskegee Keeps Title MISS LANE BREAKS U.S. SPRINT RECORD

EXPORTERS CHARGE BRITISH RE-SALES; Assert English Sell Steel and Other Lend-lease Goods to Latin America

SOVIET CLAIMS GAIN; Hundreds of Nazi Tanks Reported Destroyed in Ostrov Fight

SEATTLE ON HER SEVEN HILLS; Archie Binns Tells the Picturesque Story of Her Birth and Growth

Dizzy Dean to Quit Cubs For St. Louis Radio Job

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