Second World War

noun

1. World War II.

Second World War

noun

1. another name for World War II

Example Sentences

In a message of reconciliation, there will be a visit to the ruins of Coventry Cathedral, bombed during the Second World War.

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Germany will return valuable artefacts looted during the Second World War to Poland, local media reported on Sunday.

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“I think we are in the most difficult and dangerous situation since the end of the Second World War,” Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said at a Copenhagen summit last month.

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After that, all references to the remains disappeared, and many experts believed they had been lost during the Second World War.

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While old varieties are flavoursome, most disappeared from markets and tables after the Second World War as Italy's agricultural system modernised.

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