World War Two
noun/ˌwɜːld ˌwɔː ˈtuː/
/ˌwɜːrld ˌwɔːr ˈtuː/
(also World War II)
(also the Second World War)
[singular]- the second large international war, which was fought between 1939 and 1945
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