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*The Blue Marble*, a photograph of the planet Earth made on 7 December 1972 by the crew of theApollo 17 spacecraft.

Theworld is the totality of entities, the whole ofreality, or everything thatexists. The nature of the world has beenconceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the world as unique, while others talk of a "plurality of worlds". Some treat the world asone simple object, while others analyze the world as a complex made up of parts.

Inscientific cosmology, the world or universe is commonly defined as "the totality of all space and time; all that is, has been, and will be".Theories of modality talk of possible worlds as complete and consistent ways how things could have been.Phenomenology, starting from the horizon of co-given objects present in the periphery of every experience, defines the world as the biggest horizon, or the "horizon of all horizons". Inphilosophy of mind, the world is contrasted with the mind as that which is represented by the mind.

Theology conceptualizes the world in relation to God, for example, as God's creation, as identical to God, or as the two being interdependent. Inreligions, there is a tendency to downgrade the material or sensory world in favor of a spiritual world to be sought through religious practice. A comprehensive representation of the world and our place in it, as is found in religions, is known as aworldview.Cosmogony is the field that studies the origin or creation of the world, whileeschatology refers to the science or doctrine of the last things or of the end of the world.

In various contexts, the term "world" takes a more restricted meaning associated, for example, with theEarth and all life on it, with humanity as a whole, or with an international or intercontinental scope. In this sense,world history refers to the history of humanity as a whole, andworld politics is the discipline of political science studying issues that transcend nations and continents. Other examples include terms such as "world religion", "world language", "world government", "world war", "world population", "world economy", or "world championship". (Full article...)

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World Englishes is a term for emerging localized orindigenized varieties of English, especially varieties that have developed in territories influenced by theUnited Kingdom or theUnited States. The study of World Englishes consists of identifying varieties of English used in diverse sociolinguistic contexts globally and analyzing how sociolinguistic histories, multicultural backgrounds and contexts of function influence the use of English in different regions of the world.

The issue of World Englishes was first raised in 1978 to examine concepts of regional Englishes globally. Pragmatic factors such as appropriateness, comprehensibility and interpretability justified the use of English as an international and intra-national language. In 1988, at aTeachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) conference inHonolulu,Hawaii, the International Committee of the Study of World Englishes (ICWE) was formed. In 1992, the ICWE formally launched the International Association for World Englishes (IAWE) at a conference of "World Englishes Today", at theUniversity of Illinois, USA. There are two academic journals devoted to the study of this topic, titledEnglish World-Wide (since 1980) andWorld Englishes (since 1982). There are a number of published handbooks and textbooks on the subject. (Full article...)
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TheEgyptian–Hittite peace treaty, on display at theIstanbul Archaeology Museum, was for a long time believed to be the earliest example of any written international agreement of any kind.

Atreaty is a recorded international agreement betweensovereign states or other subjects of international law (includinginternational organizations) that is governed byinternational law. A treaty may also be known as aninternational agreement,protocol,covenant,convention,pact, orexchange of letters, among other terms; however, only documents that are legally binding on the parties are considered treaties under international law. Treaties may be bilateral (between two countries) or multilateral (involving more than two countries).

International agreements were used in some form by most major civilizations and became increasingly common and more sophisticated during theearly modern era. The early 19th century saw developments in diplomacy, foreign policy, and international law reflected by the widespread use of treaties. The 1969Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT) codified these practices and established rules and guidelines for creating, amending, interpreting, and terminating treaties, and for resolving disputes and alleged breaches. (Full article...)
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TheInternational Telecommunication Union (ITU) is aspecialized agency of the United Nations responsible for many matters related toinformation and communication technologies. It was established on 17 May 1865 as theInternational Telegraph Union, the first formal and permanent international organization. The organization significantly predates the UN, making it the oldest UN agency.Doreen Bogdan-Martin is the Secretary-General of ITU, the first woman to serve as its head.

The ITU was initially aimed at helping connecttelegraphic networks between countries, with its mandate consistently broadening with the advent of new communications technologies; it adopted its current name in 1932 to reflect its expanded responsibilities over radio and the telephone. On 15 November 1947, the ITU entered into an agreement with the newly createdUnited Nations to become a specialized agency within theUN system, which formally entered into force on 1 January 1949. (Full article...)
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Aworld language (sometimes called aglobal language or, rarely, aninternational language) is alanguage that is geographically widespread and makes it possible for members of different language communities to communicate. The term may also be used to refer toconstructed international auxiliary languages.

English is the foremost world language and, by some accounts, the only one. Other languages that can be considered world languages includeArabic,French,Russian, andSpanish, although there is no clear academic consensus on the subject. Some writers considerLatin to have formerly been a world language. (Full article...)
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The Seal of the International Monetary Fund

TheInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) is aninternational financial institution and aspecialized agency of theUnited Nations, headquartered inWashington, D.C. It consists of 191 member countries, and its stated mission is "working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitateinternational trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, andreduce poverty around the world." The IMF acts as alender of last resort to its members experiencing actual or potentialbalance of payments crises.

Established in July 1944 at theBretton Woods Conference based on the ideas ofHarry Dexter White andJohn Maynard Keynes, the IMF came into formal existence in 1945 with 29 member countries and the goal of reconstructing theinternational monetary system. For its first three decades, the IMF oversaw theBretton Woods system offixed exchange rate arrangements. Following the collapse of this system in 1971, the Fund's role shifted to managing balance-of-payments difficulties and international financial crises, becoming a key institution in the era ofglobalization. (Full article...)
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Great powers are recognized in several international structures, including theUnited Nations Security Council.

Agreat power is asovereign state that is recognized as having the ability and expertise to exert its influence on a global scale. Great powers characteristically possessmilitary andeconomic strength, as well asdiplomatic andsoft power influence, which may causemiddle orsmall powers to consider the great powers' opinions before taking actions of their own.International relations theorists have posited that great power status can be characterized into power capabilities, spatial aspects, and status dimensions.

While some nations are widely considered to be great powers, there is considerable debate on the exact criteria for great power status. Historically, great powers have been formally recognized as members of organizations such as theCongress of Vienna of 1814–1815 or theUnited Nations Security Council, of which the permanent members areChina,France,Russia, theUnited Kingdom, and theUnited States. The United Nations Security Council,NATO Quint, theG7,BRICS, and theContact Group have all been described as great power concerts. (Full article...)
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Sand dunes in theRub' al Khali ("Empty quarter") ofArabia

Adesert is alandscape where littleprecipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions create unique biomes and ecosystems. The lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the ground todenudation. About one-third of the land surface of the Earth isarid orsemi-arid. This includes much of thepolar regions, where little precipitation occurs, and which are sometimes calledpolar deserts or "cold deserts". Deserts can be classified by the amount of precipitation that falls, by the temperature that prevails, by the causes ofdesertification or by their geographical location.

Deserts are formed byweathering processes as large variations in temperature between day and night strain therocks, which consequently break in pieces. Although rain seldom occurs in deserts, there are occasional downpours that can result in flash floods. Rain falling on hot rocks can cause them to shatter, and the resulting fragments and rubble strewn over the desert floor are further eroded by the wind. This picks up particles of sand and dust, which can remain airborne for extended periods – sometimes causing the formation of sand storms ordust storms. Wind-blown sand grains striking any solid object in their path can abrade the surface. Rocks are smoothed down, and the wind sorts sand into uniform deposits. The grains end up as level sheets of sand or are piled high in billowingdunes. Other deserts are flat, stonyplains where all the fine material has been blown away and the surface consists of amosaic of smooth stones, often formingdesert pavements, and little furthererosion occurs. Other desert features includerock outcrops, exposed bedrock and clays once deposited by flowing water. Temporary lakes may form andsalt pans may be left when waters evaporate. There may be underground water sources in the form of springs and seepages fromaquifers. Where these are found,oases can occur. (Full article...)

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Image 1Vitruvian Man, c. 1490 byLeonardo da Vinci, epitomizes the advances in art and science seen during the Renaissance. (fromHistory of Earth)
Image 2Notre-Dame de Paris, France
Image 3Earth and the Moon as seen fromMars by theMars Reconnaissance Orbiter (fromEarth)
Image 4James Watt'ssteam engine powered theIndustrial Revolution.
Image 5Angkor Wat temple complex, Cambodia, early 12th century
Image 6A reconstruction of Pannotia (550 Ma). (fromHistory of Earth)
Image 7Yggdrasil, an attempt to reconstruct the Norseworld tree which connects theheavens, the world, and theunderworld. (fromWorld)
Image 8Machu Picchu,Inca Empire, Peru
Image 913th-century Frenchhistoriated initial with the three classes of medieval society: those who prayed (theclergy), those who fought (theknights), and those who worked (thepeasantry)
Image 10Scientificworldview. (fromWorld)
Image 11Exaggerated illustration of Earth's elliptical orbit around the Sun, marking that the orbital extreme points (apoapsis andperiapsis) are not the same as the four seasonal extreme points, theequinox andsolstice (fromEarth)
Image 12A conception of the scorched Earth after theSun has entered thered giant phase, about 5–7 billion years in the future (fromEarth)
Image 13Empires of the world in 1898
Image 14Battle during the1281 Mongol invasion of Japan
Image 15A map ofheat flow from Earth's interior to the surface of Earth's crust, mostly along theoceanic ridges (fromEarth)
Image 16Artist's conception ofDevonian flora (fromHistory of Earth)
Image 17Earth's major plates, which are:
(fromEarth)
Image 18Successive dispersals of Homo erectus (yellow), Homo neanderthalensis (ochre) duringOut of Africa I and Homo sapiens (red,Out of Africa II), with the numbers of years since they appearedbefore present. (fromHuman history)
Image 19Portrait ofAlfraganus in theCompilatio astronomica, 1493.Islamic astronomers began just before the 9th century to collect and translateIndian,Persian andGreek astronomical texts, adding their own astronomy and enabling later, particularly European astronomy to build on. Symbolic for the post-classical period, a period of an increasing trans-regional literary culture, particularly in the sciences, spreading and building on methods of science. (fromHuman history)
Image 20Cuneiform inscription, eastern Turkey
Image 21Carving of Persian and Median soldiers,Persepolis,Achaemenid Empire, 5th century BCE
Image 22Tracy Caldwell Dyson, aNASA astronaut, observing Earth from theCupola module at theInternational Space Station on 11 September 2010 (fromEarth)
Image 23The first airplane, theWright Flyer, flew on 17 December 1903.
Image 24Geologic map of North America, color-coded by age. From most recent to oldest, age is indicated by yellow, green, blue, and red. The reds and pinks indicate rock from theArchean.
Image 25Earth's western hemisphere showing topography relative to Earth's center instead of tomean sea level, as in common topographic maps (fromEarth)
Image 26Lithified stromatolites on the shores ofLake Thetis,Western Australia. Archean stromatolites are the first direct fossil traces of life on Earth. (fromHistory of Earth)
Image 27Taj Mahal,Mughal Empire, India
Image 28A schematic view of Earth's magnetosphere withsolar wind flowing from left to right (fromEarth)
Image 29A view of Earth with itsglobal ocean andcloud cover, which dominate Earth's surface andhydrosphere; at Earth'spolar regions, its hydrosphere forms larger areas of ice cover. (fromEarth)
Image 30Maya observatory,Chichen Itza, Mexico
Image 31Earth's night-side upper atmosphere appearing from the bottom as bands ofafterglow illuminating thetroposphere in orange with silhouettes of clouds, and thestratosphere in white and blue. Next themesosphere (pink area) extends to the orange and faintly green line of the lowestairglow, at about one hundred kilometers at theedge of space and the lower edge of thethermosphere (invisible). Continuing with green and red bands ofaurorae stretching over several hundred kilometers. (fromEarth)
Image 32A reconstruction of human history based on fossil data. (fromHistory of Earth)
Image 33Olmec colossal head, now at the Museo de Antropología de Xalapa
Image 34Earth's history with time-spans of theeons to scale.Ma means "million years ago". (fromHistory of Earth)
Image 35Great Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
Image 36An artist's rendering of aprotoplanetary disk (fromHistory of Earth)
Image 37Umayyad Mosque inDamascus (fromHuman history)
Image 38The replicator in virtually all known life isdeoxyribonucleic acid. DNA is far more complex than the original replicator and its replication systems are highly elaborate. (fromHistory of Earth)
Image 39Obelisk of Axum, Ethiopia
Image 40Artist's impression of Earth during the later Archean, the largely cooledplanetary crust and water-rich barrensurface, marked byvolcanoes andcontinents, features alreadyround microbialites. The Moon, still orbiting Earth much closer than today and still dominating Earth's sky, produced strongtides. (fromHistory of Earth)
Image 41Abanded iron formation from the 3.15 GaMoodies Group,Barberton Greenstone Belt,South Africa. Red layers represent the times when oxygen was available; gray layers were formed in anoxic circumstances. (fromHistory of Earth)
Image 42Earth's axial tilt causing different angles of seasonal illumination at different orbital positions around the Sun (fromEarth)
Image 43Artist's impression of the enormous collision that probably formed the Moon (fromHistory of Earth)
Image 44Satellitetime lapse imagery of Earth's rotation showing axis tilt (fromEarth)
Image 45Image of the physical world, captured by theHubble Space Telescope (fromWorld)
Image 46Earth's land use for human agriculture in 2019 (fromEarth)
Image 47Artist's impression of a Hadean landscape with the relatively newly formed Moon still looming closely over Earth and both bodies sustaining strongvolcanism. (fromHistory of Earth)
Image 48Ming dynasty section,Great Wall of China
Image 49European migrations by mostlyGermanic peoples, 2nd–6th centuries (fromHuman history)
Image 50Japanese depiction of a Portuguesecarrack, a result of globalizing maritime trade
Image 51Trilobites first appeared during the Cambrian period and were among the most widespread and diverse groups of Paleozoic organisms. (fromHistory of Earth)
Image 52Artist's conception ofHadean Eon Earth, when it was much hotter and inhospitable to all forms of life. (fromHistory of Earth)
Image 53A pillar at NeolithicGöbekli Tepe
Image 54COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 (fromHuman history)
Image 55Cross-section through aliposome (fromHistory of Earth)
Image 56Florence, birthplace of theItalian Renaissance
Image 57Pillar erected by Ashoka, aMauryan Emperor in India
Image 58A computer-generated image mapping the prevalence ofartificial satellites andspace debris around Earth ingeosynchronous andlow Earth orbit (fromEarth)
Image 59Benin Bronze head from Nigeria
Image 60Moai,Easter Island (fromHuman history)
Image 61Pangaea was asupercontinent that existed from about 300 to 180 Ma. The outlines of the modern continents and other landmasses are indicated on this map. (fromHistory of Earth)
Image 62Fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989
Image 63Shanghai. China urbanized rapidly in the 21st century.
Image 64An animation of the changing density ofproductive vegetation on land (low in brown; heavy in dark green) and phytoplankton at theocean surface (low in purple; high in yellow) (fromEarth)
Image 65Standing Buddha from Gandhara, 2nd century CE
Image 66Acomposite image of Earth, with its different types of surface discernible: Earth's surface dominating Ocean (blue), Africa with lush (green) to dry (brown) land and Earth's polar ice in the form ofAntarctic sea ice (grey) covering theAntarctic or Southern Ocean and theAntarctic ice sheet (white) coveringAntarctica. (fromEarth)
Image 67Wittenberg, birthplace ofProtestantism (fromHuman history)
Image 68Tiktaalik, a fish with limb-like fins and a predecessor of tetrapods. Reconstruction from fossils about 375 million years old. (fromHistory of Earth)
Image 69A depiction of the earlySolar System'sprotoplanetary disk from which Earth and other Solar System bodies were formed (fromEarth)
Image 70Artist's rendition of an oxinated fully-frozenSnowball Earth with no remaining liquid surface water. (fromHistory of Earth)
Image 71Chennakesava Temple,Belur, India
Image 72A composite image ofartificial light emissions at night on a map of Earth (fromEarth)
Image 73Dinosaurs were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates throughout most of theMesozoic (fromHistory of Earth)
Image 74Chloroplasts in the cells of a moss (fromHistory of Earth)
Image 75An impression of theArchean, theeon after Earth's formation, featuring roundstromatolites, which are early oxygen-producing forms of life from billions of years ago. After theLate Heavy Bombardment,Earth's crust had cooled, its water-rich barrensurface is marked bycontinents andvolcanoes, with the Moon still orbiting Earth half as far as it is today, appearing 2.8 times larger and producing strongtides. (fromEarth)
Image 76One of the elevenRock-hewn Churches of Lalibela constructed during theZagwe dynasty in Ethiopia (fromHuman history)
Image 77Change in average surface air temperature and drivers for that change. Human activity has caused increased temperatures, with natural forces adding some variability. (fromEarth)
Image 78Relief ofEarth's crust (fromEarth)
Image 79Atomic bombing of Nagasaki, 1945
Image 80A view of Earth with different layers of its atmosphere visible: thetroposphere with its clouds casting shadows, a band ofstratospheric blue sky at the horizon, and a line of greenairglow of the lowerthermosphere around analtitude of 100 km, at the edge of space (fromEarth)
Image 81Pale orange dot, an impression ofEarly Earth, featuring its tinted orangemethane-richearly atmosphere (fromEarth)
Image 82The pale orange dot, an artist's impression of theearly Earth which might have appeared orange through itshazy methane richprebiotic second atmosphere. Earth's atmosphere at this stage was somewhat comparable to today'satmosphere of Titan. (fromHistory of Earth)
Image 83An artist's impression of ice age Earth at glacial maximum. (fromHistory of Earth)
Image 84TheColosseum in Rome (fromHuman history)
Image 85Graph showing range of estimatedpartial pressure of atmospheric oxygen through geologic time (fromHistory of Earth)
Image 86Last Moon landing:Apollo 17 (1972)
Image 87A 580 million year old fossil ofSpriggina floundensi, an animal from theEdiacaran period. Such life forms could have been ancestors to the many new forms that originated in theCambrian Explosion. (fromHistory of Earth)

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Tehran skyline and theAlborz

Tehran is thecapital and largest city ofIran. It is also the capital ofTehran province and the administrative center forTehran County and itsCentral District. With a population of around 9 million in the city, and 15 million in the metropolitan area, Tehran is themost populous city in Iran andWest Asia, thesecond largest metropolitan area in theMiddle East afterCairo, and the 24th-most-populous metropolitan area in the world.Greater Tehran includes several municipalities, including but not limited toKaraj,Eslamshahr,Shahriar,Qods,Malard,Golestan,Pakdasht,Qarchak,Nasimshahr,Parand,Pardis,Andisheh andFardis.

Inclassical antiquity, part of the territory of present-day Tehran was controlled byRhages/Rey/Ray). Modern Ray was absorbed into the metropolitan area of Greater Tehran. Tehran was 1st chosen as the capital of Iran in 1786 byAgha Mohammad Khan of theQajar dynasty, because of its proximity to Iran's territories in theCaucasus—which were contested in theRusso-Iranian Wars—and to avoid the vying factions of prior ruling Iranian dynasties; thecapital of Iran had been moved several times throughout its long history, with Tehran becoming the 32nd. Under (1848-1896), Tehran witnessed Iran's firstinstitute of higher learning,bank,railway line, and museum. Large-scale construction works began in the 1920s, and Tehran became a destination for mass migrations from all over Iran especially in the 20th century. (Full article...)

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... that when visiting Britain during World War II, naval officerKalyani Sen reported that Indian women were breaking down prejudices against men and women working together by joining the military?
... thatWilliam J. Murphy's presidency ofBoston College began 16 days before the start ofWorld War II and concluded five days after hostilities ended?
... that "Logical" was performed on a crescent moon suspended from the ceiling on Olivia Rodrigo'sGuts World Tour?
... thatTurkey is the world's largest grower of hazelnuts, apricots, and oregano?
... that at the 1965 World Pentathlon Championships,Herbert Polzhuber was said to have drunk ten beers and a bottle ofcognac before firing his pistol at the ground and passing out?
... that the urban legendHerobrine was ranked on aGuinness World Records poll of the best video game villains, despite never existing?
... thatGiant Digger opened in an area ofLotte World Adventure Busan designed as a mining town inhabited by ogres?
... thatChronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth wasWole Soyinka's first novel in nearly fifty years?

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Cameroon, officially theRepublic of Cameroon, is a country inCentral Africa. It shares boundaries withNigeria to the west and north,Chad to the northeast, theCentral African Republic to the east, andEquatorial Guinea,Gabon, and theRepublic of the Congo to the south. Its coastline lies on theBight of Biafra, part of theGulf of Guinea, and the Atlantic Ocean. Due to its strategic position at the crossroads betweenWest Africa andCentral Africa, it has been categorized as being in both geostrategic locations. Cameroon's population of nearly 31 million people speak 250 native languages, in addition to the national tongues of English and French. The capital city of the country isYaoundé.

Early inhabitants of the territory included theSao civilisation aroundLake Chad and theBaka hunter-gatherers in the southeastern rainforest.Portuguese explorers reached the coast in the 15th century.Fulani soldiers founded theAdamawa Emirate in the north in the 19th century, and various ethnic groups of the west and northwest established powerful chiefdoms andfondoms. (Full article...)

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From left to right, top to bottom:Chichen Itza,*Christ the Redeemer*, theGreat Wall of China,Machu Picchu,Petra, theTaj Mahal, and theColosseum

TheNew 7 Wonders of the World was a campaign started in 2001 to chooseWonders of the World from a selection of 200 existing monuments. The popularity poll via free web-based voting and telephone voting was led by Canadian-Swiss Bernard Weber and organized by the New 7 Wonders Foundation (N7W) based in Zurich, Switzerland, with winners announced on 7 July 2007 atEstádio da Luz inLisbon. The poll was considered unscientific partly because it was possible for people to cast multiple votes. According toJohn Zogby, founder and current President/CEO of the US polling organizationZogby International, New 7 Wonders Foundation drove "the largest poll on record".

The program drew a wide range of official reactions. Some countries touted their finalist and tried to get more votes cast for it, while others downplayed or criticized the contest. After supporting the New 7 Wonders Foundation at the beginning of the campaign by providing advice on nominee selection, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), bound by its bylaws to record and give equal status to allWorld Heritage Sites, distanced itself from the undertaking in 2001 and again in 2007. (Full article...)

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Protected areas of Tamil Nadu cover an area of 3,305 km² (1,276 sq mi), constituting 2.54% of the geographic area and 15% of the 22,643 km² (8,743 sq mi) recorded forest area of the state ofTamil Nadu inSouth India. It ranks 14th among all thestates and union territories of India in terms of total protected area.

Protected areas inSouth India were created fromprivate hunting grounds of the erstwhile Maharajas of the princely states.Mudumalai National Park was established in 1940 and was the first modernwildlife sanctuary in South India. The protected areas are administered by theMinistry of Environment and Forests ofGovernment of India and theTamil Nadu Forest Department. (Full article...)
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This is a list ofprotected areas inThailand: (Full article...)
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Protected areas of Australia include Commonwealth and off-shoreprotected areas managed by the Australian government, as well as protected areas within each of the six states of Australia and two self-governing territories, theAustralian Capital Territory and theNorthern Territory, which are managed by the eight state and territory governments.

Commonwealth and off-shore protected areas in the Australian Capital Territory, theNorthern Territory, theChristmas Island Territory, theCocos (Keeling) Islands Territory, theNorfolk Island Territory and theAustralian Antarctic Territory are managed byDirector of National Parks, an agency within theDepartment of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, with the exception of theGreat Barrier Reef Marine Park, which is managed by theGreat Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, a separate body within the department. (Full article...)
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Heathland at theHoge Kempen National Park

There are numerousprotected areas in Belgium with a wide variety of types, protection levels and sizes. The below list gives an overview of the most important protected areas. (Full article...)
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Protected areas of the Caribbean are significant in a region of particular ecological vulnerability, including theimpact of climate change and theimpact of tourism.

TheUniversity of the West Indies' "Caribbean Protected Areas Gateway" supports informational resources for the 16 Caribbean member states of theOrganisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States. It forms the regional component of the ACP'sBiodiversity and Protected Areas Management program, building on theWorld Database on Protected Areas. (Full article...)
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This is a list ofprotected areas ofSaudi Arabia, some of which are managed by theSaudi Wildlife Authority.:
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Llyn y Fan Fach in theBrecon Beacons, one of Wales's three national parks

Wales, a country that is part of theUnited Kingdom, containsprotected areas under various designations. The largest designation by land area is Wales'sthree national parks, followed by thefive Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (sometimes collectively the "Designated Landscapes of Wales").

Among these protected areas isSnowdonia (Eryri), Wales's first and the UK's third designatednational park, and the Gower AONB covering parts of theGower Peninsula being both Wales's and the UK's firstArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), as well as smaller designations. (Full article...)
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Total size of protected area ofBosnia and Herzegovina amounts of 57.83694 hectares (142.9182 acres), which is 1,13% of its entire territory. This is a list of areas protected by corresponding levels of thegovernment of Bosnia and Herzegovina, namely at the entity's levels, and with various categorizations. (Full article...)
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Emerald Network of Ukraine [uk] in 2019, the Ukrainian equivalent ofNatura 2000, both part of theEmerald network of theBerne Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats.

Protected areas of Ukraine (Ukrainian:охоронні території) are special areas ofUkraine established with the goal of protecting thenatural andcultural heritage of the country from excessive changes as a result of human activity. The protection of the areas is the responsibility of the government of Ukraine, specifically theCabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

Ukraine has severalcategories of protected areas of Ukraine and the protected areas include: (Full article...)
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A list ofprotected areas ofOman:
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TheProtected areas ofKyrgyzstan are regulated by the law on specially protected natural areas of 2 May 2011, last modified on 2 June 2018. In total, they cover 14,761.216 km² (5,699.337 sq mi) and account for 7.38% of the country's total area (as of 2017). The first protected area in Kyrgyzstan (Issyk-Kul) was established in 1948. According to the Government Decree on Priorities of Conservation of Biological Diversity and the relevant Action Plan for 2014-2024 the target area for the protected areas in Kyrgyzstan is 10 percent of the country’s area by 2024.

The protected areas are subdivided into seven categories: (Full article...)
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Theprotected areas of South Africa includenational parks and marine protected areas managed by thenational government, publicnature reserves managed byprovincial andlocal governments, and private nature reserves managed by private landowners. Most protected areas are intended for theconservation of flora and fauna. National parks are maintained bySouth African National Parks (SANParks). A number of national parks have been incorporated intransfrontier conservation areas.

Protected areas may also be protected for their value and importance as historical, cultural heritage or scientific sites. More information on these can be found in thelist of heritage sites in South Africa. (Full article...)
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Protected areas of Turkmenistan include ninenature reserves (zapovednik) and 13sanctuaries (zakaznik) with a total area of 19,750 km² or more than 4% ofTurkmenistan's territory. (Full article...)
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Theprotected areas of Bhutan are itsnational parks,nature preserves, andwildlife sanctuaries. Most of theseprotected areas were first set aside in the 1960s, originally covering most of the northern and southern regions ofBhutan. Today, protected areas cover more than 42% of the kingdom, mostly in the northern regions. Protected areas also line most of Bhutan's international borders withChina andIndia. (Full article...)
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"Temple Gate" Rock formation atAlkhanay National Park

Protected areas of Russia, (official Russian title:Russian:Особо охраняемые природные территории, literally "Specially Protected Natural Areas"), is governed by the corresponding 1995 law of theRussian Federation. (Full article...)

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Selected world maps

Image 1United NationsHuman Development Index map by country (2016)
Image 2Aplate tectonics map with volcano locations indicated with red circles
Image 3The world map byGerardus Mercator (1569), the first map in the well-knownMercator projection
$Image 4Only a few of the largest large igneous provinces appear (coloured dark purple) on this geological map, which depicts crustal geologic provinces as seen in seismic refraction data$
Image 4Only a few of the largestlarge igneous provinces appear (coloured dark purple) on this geological map, which depicts crustal geologic provinces as seen inseismic refraction data
Image 5Index map from theInternational Map of the World (1:1,000,000 scale)
Image 6TheGoode homolosine projection is apseudocylindrical,equal-area, compositemap projection used for world maps.
Image 7Time zones of the world
Image 81516 map of the world byMartin Waldseemüller
Image 9Mollweide projection of the world

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v t e Regions ofAfrica
Central	Guinea region Gulf of Guinea Cape Lopez Mayombe Igboland Mbaise Pool Malebo Congo Basin Chad Basin Cameroonian Highlands forests East Sudanian savanna Congolian rainforests Ouaddaï highlands Ennedi Plateau
East	African Great Lakes Albertine Rift East African Rift Great Rift Valley Gregory Rift Rift Valley lakes Virunga Mountains Kavirondo Zanj East African montane forests Eastern Arc Mountains Serengeti Horn of Africa Afar Triangle Al-Habash Barbaria Danakil Alps Danakil Desert Ethiopian Highlands Dahlak Archipelago Hanish Islands Gulf of Aden Gulf of Tadjoura Red Sea Indian Ocean islands Comoro Islands Lamu Archipelago Madagascar Central Highlands Northern Highlands Zanzibar Archipelago Swahili coast
North	Eastern Desert Maghreb Ancient Libya Atlas Mountains Barbary Coast Gibraltar Arc Ifriqiya Nile Valley Nile Delta Bashmur Cataracts of the Nile Darfur Lower Egypt Lower Nubia Middle Egypt Nile Delta Nuba Mountains Nubia The Sudans Upper Egypt Tibesti Mountains Western Sahara
South	Rhodesia North South Thembuland Succulent Karoo Nama Karoo Bushveld Maputaland Highveld Fynbos Indian Ocean coastal belt Albany thickets Cape Floristic Region Skeleton Coast Kalahari Desert Okavango Delta Cape Peninsula False Bay
West	Pepper Coast Gold Coast Slave Coast Ivory Coast Cape Palmas Cape Mesurado Guinea region Guinean Forests of West Africa Upper Guinean forests Lower Guinean forests Guinean forest-savanna mosaic Guinea Highlands Gulf of Guinea Dahomey Gap Niger Basin Niger Delta Inner Niger Delta West Sudanian savanna Yorubaland
Macro-regions	Aethiopia Afromontane Arab world Commonwealth realm Equatorial Africa Françafrique Greater Middle East Guineo-Congolian region Islands of Africa List of countries where Arabic is an official language Mediterranean basin MENASA Middle East Middle East and North Africa Miombo woodlands Mittelafrika Negroland Northeast Africa Portuguese-speaking African countries Sahara Sahel Southeast Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Sudan (region) Sudanian savanna Tropical Africa Zambezian region

v t e Regions ofAsia
Central (Turkestan)	Roof of the World Greater Middle East Aral Sea Aralkum Desert Caspian Sea Dead Sea Sea of Galilee Tartary Transoxiana Turan Greater Khorasan Ariana Arachosia Khwarazm Sistan Kazakhstania Kazakh Steppe Betpak-Dala Eurasian Steppe Kazakh Steppe Mongolian–Manchurian grassland Iranian plateau Altai Mountains Pamir Mountains Tian Shan Badakhshan Wakhan Corridor Wakhjir Pass Mount Imeon Mongolian Plateau Western Regions Taklamakan Desert Karakoram Trans-Karakoram Tract Siachen Glacier Tibetan Plateau
East (Northeast)	Orient Japanese Archipelago Northeastern Japan Arc Sakhalin Island Arc Korea Gobi Desert Taklamakan Desert Greater Khingan Mongolian Plateau Inner Asia Greater Central Asia Inner Mongolia Outer Mongolia China proper Manchuria Northeast China Northeast China Plain Outer Manchuria Mongolian–Manchurian grassland North China Plain Yan Mountains Liaodong Peninsula High-mountain Asia Himalayas Tibetan Plateau Karakoram Kunlun Mountains Qilian Mountains Hengduan Mountains Tarim Basin Qinling Mountains Sichuan Basin Northern Silk Road Hexi Corridor Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau Lingnan Liangguang Jiangnan Jianghuai Guanzhong Huizhou Wu Jiaozhou Zhongyuan Shaannan Ordos Loop Loess Plateau Shaanbei Hamgyong Mountains Central Mountain Range Japanese Alps Suzuka Mountains Leizhou Peninsula Gulf of Tonkin Yangtze Yangtze Delta Yellow River Pearl River Delta Yenisei Basin Altai Mountains Wakhan Corridor Wakhjir Pass Far East/Pacific Asia Ring of Fire Zomia Asia–Pacific Tropical Asia
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Southeast (East Indies)	Orient Sundaland Mainland/Indochina Northern Triangle temperate forests Maritime/Malay Archipelago Peninsular Malaysia Sunda Islands Greater Sunda Islands Lesser Sunda Islands Indonesian Archipelago/Nusantara Wallacea Timor Philippine Archipelago Luzon Mindanao Visayas Leyte Gulf Gulf of Thailand East Indies Nanyang Alpide belt Far East/Pacific Asia Ring of Fire Southeast Asian Massif Zomia Asia–Pacific Tropical Asia
South (Indian Subcontinent)	Subregions Eastern Northern Northwestern Southern Orient Greater India Indian subcontinent Himalayas Kangchenjunga Nanda Devi Hindu Kush Bactria Carnatic region Tamilakam Western Ghats Eastern Ghats Ganges Basin Ganges Delta Guzgan Pashtunistan Punjab Balochistan Gedrosia Makran Marathwada Kashmir Kashmir Valley Pir Panjal Range Thar Desert Indus Valley Indus River Delta Indus Valley Desert Indo-Gangetic Plain Eastern Coastal Plains Kalinga Western Coastal Plains Meghalaya subtropical forests Lower Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests Northwestern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows Doab Bagar tract Great Rann of Kutch Little Rann of Kutch Deccan Plateau Coromandel Coast Konkan False Divi Point Hindi Belt Ladakh Aksai Chin Gilgit-Baltistan Baltistan Shigar Valley High-mountain Asia Karakoram Saltoro Mountains Siachen Glacier Bengal Bay of Bengal Gulf of Khambhat Gulf of Kutch Halar Gulf of Mannar Palk Strait Trans-Karakoram Tract Wakhan Corridor Wakhjir Pass Lakshadweep Laccadive Islands Aminidivi Paropamisadae Andaman and Nicobar Islands Andaman Islands Nicobar Islands Maldives Alpide belt Zomia Asia–Pacific Tropical Asia Tibetan Plateau
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v t e Regions ofEurope
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East	Danubian countries Prussia Galicia Volhynia Dacia Wallachia Transylvania Moldavia Bukovina Bessarabia Livonia Ruthenia Carpathian Ruthenia Donbas Sloboda Ukraine Sambia Peninsula Amber Coast Curonian Spit Izium Trail Lithuania Minor Nemunas Delta Baltic Baltic Sea Vyborg Bay Karelia East Karelia Karelian Isthmus Lokhaniemi Southeastern Balkans Crimea Caucasus Greater Caucasus North Caucasus South Caucasus Kabardia European Russia Arctic Arctic Circle Taman Peninsula Southern Russia Kola Peninsula East European Plain Ryn Desert Cap of the North
Central	North European Plain Baltic Baltic Sea Alpine states Alpide belt Rhineland Eastphalia Westphalia Prussia Greater Poland Kuyavia Lesser Poland Lusatia Bohemia Mazovia Moravia Silesia Czech Silesia Pomerania Pomerelia Kashubia Bukovina Istria Transdanubia Polesia Germania Germania Slavica
West	Benelux Low Countries Northwest British Isles English Channel Channel Islands Cotentin Peninsula Doggerland Upper Rhine Plain Upper Rhine Gaul Gascony Normandy Brittany Septimania Batavia Gulf of Lion Iberia Al-Andalus Baetic System Meseta Central Pyrenees Alpide belt
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v t e Regions ofSouth America
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Others	Biodiversity loss Decline in amphibian populations Decline in insect populations Biotechnology risk Biological agent Biological warfare Bioterrorism Colony Collapse Disorder Defaunation Dysgenics Interplanetary contamination Pandemic Pollinator decline Overfishing

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World War I

Theatres

European	Balkans Serbia Western Front Eastern Front Romania Italian Front
Middle Eastern	Gallipoli Sinai and Palestine Caucasus Persia Mesopotamia South Arabia
African	South West East Kamerun Togoland North
Asian and Pacific	Tsingtao German Samoa German New Guinea
Naval warfare	U-boat campaign North Atlantic Mediterranean

Principal
participants

Entente powers	Leaders Belgium Brazil China France French Empire Greece Italy Japan Montenegro Portuguese Empire Romania Russia Russian Empire Russian Republic Serbia Siam United Kingdom British Empire United States
Central Powers	Leaders Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria

Timeline

Pre-War conflicts	Franco-Prussian War Scramble for Africa (1880–1914) Russo-Japanese War (1905) Tangier Crisis (1905–06) Bosnian Crisis (1908–09) Agadir Crisis (1911) Italo-Turkish War (1911–12) First Balkan War (1912–13) Second Balkan War (1913)
Prelude	Origins Sarajevo assassination Anti-Serb riots in Sarajevo July Crisis
Autumn 1914	Battle of the Frontiers Battle of Cer First Battle of the Marne Siege of Tsingtao Battle of Tannenberg Battle of Galicia First Battle of the Masurian Lakes Battle of Kolubara Battle of Sarikamish Race to the Sea First Battle of Ypres
1915	Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes Second Battle of Ypres Sinking of the RMSLusitania Battle of Gallipoli Second Battle of Artois Battles of the Isonzo Gorlice–Tarnów offensive Great Retreat Second Battle of Champagne Kosovo offensive Siege of Kut Battle of Loos
1916	Erzurum offensive Battle of Verdun Lake Naroch offensive Battle of Asiago Battle of Jutland Battle of the Somme first day Brusilov offensive Baranovichi offensive Battle of Romani Monastir offensive Battle of Transylvania
1917	Capture of Baghdad February Revolution Zimmermann telegram Second Battle of Arras Second Battle of the Aisne Kerensky offensive Battle of Mărăști Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) Battle of Mărășești Third Battle of Oituz Battle of Caporetto Southern Palestine offensive October Revolution Battle of Cambrai Armistice of Focșani Armistice between Russia and the Central Powers
1918	Operation Faustschlag Treaty of Brest-Litovsk German spring offensive Zeebrugge Raid Treaty of Bucharest of 1918 Battle of Goychay Second Battle of the Piave River Second Battle of the Marne Hundred Days Offensive Vardar offensive Battle of Megiddo Third Transjordan attack Meuse–Argonne offensive Battle of Vittorio Veneto Armistice of Salonica Armistice of Mudros Armistice of Villa Giusti Second Romanian campaign Armistice with Germany Armistice of Belgrade
Other conflicts	Somaliland campaign (1900–1920) Mexican Revolution (1910–1920) Libyan resistance (1911–1932) Muscat rebellion (1913–1920) Maritz rebellion (1914–15) Zaian War (1914–1921) Kurdish rebellions (1914–1917) Kelantan rebellion (1915) Senussi campaign (1915–16) Volta-Bani War (1915–1917) Easter Rising (1916) Darfur Expedition (1916) Kaocen revolt (1916–17) Central Asian Revolt (1916-17) Russian Revolution (1917) Manchu Restoration (1917) Finnish Civil War (1918)
Post-War conflicts	Russian Civil War (1917–1921) Soviet–Ukrainian War (1917–1921) Armenian–Azerbaijani War (1918–1920) Armeno-Georgian War (1918) German Revolution (1918–19) Revolutions and interventions in Hungary (1918–1920) Hungarian–Romanian War (1918–19) Greater Poland Uprising (1918–19) Estonian War of Independence (1918–1920) Latvian War of Independence (1918–1920) Lithuanian Wars of Independence (1918–1920) Polish–Ukrainian War (1918–19) Third Anglo-Afghan War (1919) Egyptian Revolution (1919) Polish–Soviet War (1919–1921) Irish War of Independence (1919–1921) Turkish War of Independence Franco-Turkish War (1918-1921) Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) Turkish–Armenian War (1920) Iraqi revolt (1920) Polish–Lithuanian War (1920) Vlora War (1920) Franco-Syrian War (1920) Soviet–Georgian War (1921)

Aspects

Warfare	Trench warfare Chemical weapons Naval warfare Convoy system Air warfare Strategic bombing Cryptography Horse use
Atrocities Civilian impact	Spanish flu Blockade of Germany Deportations from East Prussia Destruction of Kalisz Ottoman people Armenian genocide Assyrian genocide Pontic Greek genocide Rape of Belgium Urkun (Kyrgyzstan) Austro-Hungarian occupation of Serbia Bulgarian occupations Albania Serbia German occupations Belgium Luxembourg Northeastern France Ober Ost Russian occupations Eastern Galicia Western Armenia
Agreements	Constantinople Agreement Treaty of London Damascus Protocol Bulgaria–Germany treaty Sykes–Picot Agreement Sazonov–Paléologue Agreement Paris Economy Pact Treaty of Bucharest Agreement of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
Peace treaties	Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Treaty of Bucharest Paris Peace Conference Treaty of Versailles Treaty of St. Germain Treaty of Neuilly Treaty of Trianon Treaty of Sèvres Treaty of Lausanne

Category

World War II

Outline
Military engagements
- Battles
- Operations
Leaders
Casualties
Conferences

General

Topics	Air warfare of World War II In Europe Blitzkrieg Comparative military ranks Cryptography Declarations of war Diplomacy Governments in exile Home front Australian United Kingdom United States Lend-Lease Manhattan Project British contribution Military awards Military equipment Military production Naval history Nazi plunder Opposition Technology Allied cooperation Mulberry harbour Total war Strategic bombing Puppet states Women Art and World War II
Theaters	Asia and Pacific China South-East Asia Pacific North and Central Pacific South-West Pacific Indian Ocean Europe Western Front Eastern Front Mediterranean and Middle East North Africa East Africa Italy West Africa Atlantic timeline Americas
Aftermath	Chinese Civil War Cold War Decolonization Division of Korea First Indochina War Expulsion of Germans Greek Civil War Indonesian National Revolution Keelhaul Marshall Plan Occupation of Germany Occupation of Japan Osoaviakhim Paperclip Soviet occupations Baltic Hungary Poland Romania Territorial changes of Germany Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany United Nations
War crimes	Allied war crimes Soviet war crimes British war crimes United States war crimes German war crimes forced labour Wehrmacht war crimes The Holocaust Aftermath Response Nuremberg trials Italian war crimes Japanese war crimes Unit 731 Prosecution Croatian war crimes Genocide of Serbs Persecution of Jews Romanian war crimes Sexual violence German military brothels Camp brothels Rape during the occupation of Japan Sook Ching Comfort women Ianjo Rape of Nanking Rape of Manila Marocchinate Rape during the occupation of Germany Rape during the liberation of France Rape during the Soviet occupation of Poland

Participants

Allies	Australia Belgium Brazil Bulgaria (from September 1944) Canada China Cuba Czechoslovakia Denmark Ethiopia Eswatini (Swaziland) Finland (from September 1944) France Free France Greece India Italy (from September 1943) Luxembourg Mexico Netherlands Newfoundland New Zealand Norway Philippines Poland Romania (from August 1944) Sierra Leone South Africa Southern Rhodesia Soviet Union Tuva United Kingdom British Empire United States Puerto Rico Yugoslavia
Axis	Albania protectorate Bulgaria (until September 1944) Wang Jingwei regime Croatia Finland (until September 1944) Germany Hungary Free India Iraq Italy (until September 1943) Italian Social Republic Japan Manchukuo Philippines Romania (until August 1944) Slovakia Thailand Vichy France
Resistance	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czech lands Denmark Dutch East Indies Estonia Ethiopia France Germany Greece Hong Kong Italy Japan Jews Korea Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malaya Netherlands Northeast China Norway Philippines Poland Romania Thailand Soviet Union Slovakia Western Ukraine Vietnam Yugoslavia
POWs	Finnish prisoners in the Soviet Union German prisoners Soviet Union Azerbaijan United States United Kingdom Italian prisoners in the Soviet Union Japanese prisoners Soviet Union Soviet prisoners Finland mistreatment by Germans Polish prisoners in the Soviet Union Romanian prisoners in the Soviet Union

Timeline

Prelude	Africa Asia Europe
1939	Poland Phoney War Winter War Atlantic Changsha China
1940	Weserübung Netherlands Belgium France Armistice of 22 June 1940 Britain North Africa West Africa British Somaliland North China Baltic States Moldova Indochina Greece Compass
1941	East Africa Yugoslavia Shanggao Greece Crete Iraq Soviet Union Summer War Finland (Silver Fox) Lithuania Syria and Lebanon Kiev Iran Leningrad Gorky Moscow Sevastopol Pearl Harbor Hong Kong Philippines Changsha Malaya Borneo (1941–1942) Greek famine of 1941–1944
1942	Burma Changsha Java Sea Coral Sea Gazala Dutch Harbor Attu (occupation) Kiska Zhejiang-Jiangxi Midway Rzhev Blue Stalingrad Singapore St Nazaire Dieppe El Alamein Guadalcanal Torch Chinese famine of 1942–1943
1943	Tunisia Kursk Smolensk Gorky Solomon Islands Attu Sicily Cottage Lower Dnieper Italy Armistice of Cassibile Gilbert and Marshall Islands Burma Northern Burma and Western Yunnan Changde Bengal famine of 1943
1944	Monte Cassino /Anzio Narva Korsun–Cherkassy Tempest Ichi-Go Overlord Neptune Mariana and Palau Bagration Western Ukraine Tannenberg Line Warsaw Eastern Romania Belgrade Paris Dragoon Gothic Line Market Garden Estonia Crossbow Pointblank Lapland Hungary Leyte Ardennes Bodenplatte Philippines (1944–1945) Burma (1944–1945) Dutch famine of 1944–1945
1945	Vistula–Oder Iwo Jima Western invasion of Germany Okinawa Italy (Spring 1945) Borneo Syrmian Front Berlin Czechoslovakia Budapest West Hunan Guangxi Surrender of Germany document Project Hula Manchuria Manila Taipei Naval bombardment of Japan Atomic bombings Debate Kuril Islands Shumshu Vietnamese famine of 1945 Surrender of Japan document End of World War II in Asia