World War II

World War II
    n 1: a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia,
         Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
         Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia,
         France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran,
         Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand,
         Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South
         Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia)
         and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary,
         Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to
         1945 [syn: {World War II}, {World War 2}, {Second World
         War}]