NES Physical Education Practice Test

World War II is defined by a specific global time span, and identifying that window helps you place events in history. The war began in 1939 when Germany invaded Poland, which pulled in many nations into a broader conflict, and it ended in 1945 with Japan’s formal surrender, after Europe had already seen Germany’s defeat earlier that year. So the years to remember are 1939 to 1945. The other date ranges point to different conflicts: 1914-1918 is World War I, 1775-1783 is the American Revolution, and 1804-1806 relates to early Napoleonic campaigns.