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category: "Major Conflicts"
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category: "Major Conflict"
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- WorldWarII
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- ColdWar
summary: "World War II (1939-1945) is the global conflict from which the modern American intelligence community was born: the OSS became the CIA, Nazi scientists and intelligence officers were recruited through Operation Paperclip and other stay-behind programs, and the organizational networks, personnel, and covert operational culture of the Cold War era were all shaped by wartime arrangements."
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World War II was the global conflict fought from September 1, 1939, to September 2, 1945, between the Allied powers (principally the United States, United Kingdom, [[Soviet Union]], France, China, and dozens of allied nations) and the Axis powers ([[Nazi Germany]], [[Japan]], and [[Italy]]). The war killed an estimated 70 to 85 million people, making it the deadliest conflict in human history. It reshaped the political map of [[Europe]] and [[Asia]], ended the European colonial empires, and established the post-war order - including the [[United Nations]], the [[Bretton Woods]] financial system, and the Cold War division of the world between U.S. and Soviet spheres.[^1]