Second World War

American  

noun

1. World War II.

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Second World War British  

noun

1. another name for World War II

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Example Sentences

The figure is higher than any time since the Second World War, at the same time as governments across the world are cutting international aid.

From BBC

The 1948 UN Genocide Convention, which The Gambia accuses Myanmar of breaching in its treatment of the Rohingya, was adopted following the mass murder of Jews by Nazi Germany during the Second World War.

From BBC

Washington first got a real taste of Greenland's strategic value during the Second World War.

From BBC

Pizza then exploded in popularity after the Second World War when returning servicemen brought home a seemingly universal passion for the tasty comestible.

From The Wall Street Journal

He added: "So I worry that the precious inheritance that came to our generation from the suffering of the Second World War, is now in jeopardy for future generations."

From BBC