World War II saw 25 million military and 55 million civilian fatalities, and the numbers of prisonersof war and genocide victims are staggering. With over 25 nations fighting on four continents and in the Atlantic and Pacifics oceans, it was a truly global conflict. On land, fuel availability and the extension of supply lines were paramount, at sea, the world's navies battled to protect civilian supply routes, in the skies, air superiority was key, and in the field of technology, the fight to produce the fastest aircraft, the most efficient tanks and deadliest bombs was fierce
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