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Third Balkan War
Part of the Balkan Wars

Serbian infantry positioned at Ada Ciganlija.
Date28 July 1914 – 24 November 1915
(1 year, 3 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)
Location
Result

Central Powers victory

Territorial
changes
Serbia partitioned between Austria and Bulgaria
Belligerents
Central Powers:
Balkan League:
Commanders and leaders
Strength
  • 662,000
  • 100,000
  • 300,000
  • 680,000
  • 98,000
  • 115,000
Casualties and losses
  • : 289,855
    • 67,855 killed and missing
    • 222,000 wounded or sick
  • : 10,538
    • 3,161 killed and missing
    • 7,377 wounded or sick
  • : 37,390
    • 13,460 killed and missing
    • 23,930 wounded or sick
Total:
337,783 killed, wounded or died of disease
  • : 257,557
    • 126,203 killed and missing
    • 131,354 wounded or sick
    • : 23,325
    • 13,325 killed and missing
    • 10,000 wounded or sick
  • : 27,159
    • 6,159 killed and missing
    • 21,000 wounded or sick
Total:
308,041 killed, wounded or died of disease
150,000 to 450,000 Serbian civilians died of war-related causes from 1914 to 1915
Austrian Civil War
Part of the Hungarian Question
Date12 April 1928 – 26 May 1932
(4 years, 1 month and 2 weeks)
Location
Result Austrian victory
Belligerents
Austria Hungary
Croatia (1928-30)
Commanders and leaders
Strength
2,200,000 (total)
700,000 (peak)
1,000,000 (total)
360,000 (peak)
Casualties and losses
371,193 killed and missing
285,000+ wounded
  • :
    • 168,872 killed and missing
    • 340,000+ wounded
  • :
    • 83,484 killed and missing
    • 160,000+ wounded
Around 130,000 civilians dead of war-related causes
Louisiana Annexation
Part of the Bonapartist Wars

British infantry at the Battle of New Orleans.
Date18 June 1805 – 17 February 1808
(2 years, 7 months, 4 weeks and 2 days)
Location
Result

Anglo-American victory

Territorial
changes
Louisiana annexed by the United States
Belligerents
Commanders and leaders
Strength
  • 9,200
  • 480,000
  • 1,000
  • 125
  • 280
  • 4,000
  • 600
Casualties and losses
  • 2,000
  • 13,000
  • Native allies: 1,500 dead across all nations
Name Portrait Birth Marriage(s) Death Claim
House of Stuart
Anne
(Queen of England and Scotland from
8 March 1702)
(12 years, 147 days)
6 February 1665[a]
St James's Palace
Daughter of James VII and II
and Anne Hyde
George of Denmark
St James's Palace
28 July 1683
5 children
1 August 1714
Kensington Palace
Aged 49
Daughter of James VII and II
Bill of Rights 1689
House of Hanover
George I
George Louis
1 August 1714

11 June 1727
(12 years, 315 days)
28 May 1660
Leineschloss
Son of Sophia of the Palatinate,
and Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover
Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Celle
21 November 1682
2 children
div. 28 December 1694
11 June 1727
Osnabrück
Aged 67
Great-grandson of James VI and I
Act of Settlement 1701
George II
George Augustus
11 June 1727

25 October 1760
(33 years, 137 days)
30 October 1683
Herrenhausen Palace
Son of George I,
and Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Celle
Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach
22 August 1705
8 children
25 October 1760
Kensington Palace
Aged 76
Son of George I
George III
George William Frederick
25 October 1760

5 February 1789
(28 years, 104 days)
24 May 1738
Norfolk House
Son of Frederick, Prince of Wales,
and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
8 September 1761
15 children
5 February 1789
Windsor Castle
Aged 50
Grandson of George II
George IV
George Augustus Frederick
5 February 1789

26 June 1830
(41 years, 142 days)
12 August 1762
St James's Palace
Son of George III,
and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
8 April 1795
1 daughter
26 June 1830
Windsor Castle
Aged 67
Son of George III
Charlotte
Charlotte Augusta
26 June 1830

6 November 1877
(47 years, 134 days)
7 January 1796
Carlton House
Daughter of George IV,
and Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
2 May 1816
9 children
6 November 1877
Windsor Castle
Aged 81
Daughter of George IV
George V
George Louis Phillip
6 November 1877

Abdicated 15 November 1904
(27 years, 10 days)
9 April 1835
Buckingham Palace
Son of Charlotte,
and Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Alexandra of Denmark
22 August 1853
4 children
div. 25 August 1905
Alice Keppel
26 August 1905
17 December 1909
Claremont House
Aged 74
Son of Charlotte
Albert I
Albert Victor Christian Edward
15 November 1904

17 February 1934
(29 years, 95 days)
8 January 1864
Frogmore House
Son of George V,
and Alexandra of Denmark
Mary of Teck
6 July 1893
6 children
17 February 1934
Sandringham House
Aged 70
Son of George V
George VI
George Edward Alexander
17 February 1934

25 September 1983
(49 years, 221 days)
3 November 1901
Sandringham House
Son of Albert I,
and Mary of Teck
Astrid of Sweden
10 November 1926
3 children
Olivia de Havilland
6 December 1941
3 children
25 September 1983
Thatched House Lodge
Aged 81
Son of Albert I
George VII
George Nicholas Paul Patrick
25 September 1983

31 July 1993
(9 years, 310 days)
7 September 1930
Sandringham House
Son of George VI,
and Astrid of Sweden
Ragnhild of Norway
15 December 1960
No children
31 July 1993
Sagana Lodge
Aged 62
Son of George VI
Albert II
Albert George Charles Franklin
31 July 1993

Abdicated 31 July 2013
(20 years, 1 day)
6 June 1934
White Lodge
Son of George VI,
and Astrid of Sweden
Birgitte van Deurs Henriksen
2 July 1959
3 children
Living
Age 89
Brother of George VII
Philip
Philip George Louis
31 July 2013

present
(11 years, 124 days)
15 April 1960
Buckingham Palace
Son of Albert II,
and Birgitte van Deurs Henriksen
Laura Parker Bowles
4 December 1999
4 children
Living
63
Son of Albert II


List of prime ministers of Great Britain since 1721
Portrait Prime minister
(Lifespan)
Term of office Elections Office Party Monarch
Reign
Start End Duration
Robert Walpole Robert Walpole
(1676–1745)
3 April
1721
11 February
1742
20 years, 315 days 1722 MP for King's Lynn Whig George I
George I of Great Britain
r. 1714–1727
1727 George II
George I of Great Britain
r. 1727–1760
1734
1741
Robert Walpole Spencer Compton
1st Earl of Wilmington
(1674–1743)
16 February
1742
2 July
1743
1 year, 137 days - House of Lords Whig
Robert Walpole Henry Pelham
(1694–1754)
27 August
1743
6 March
1754
10 years, 192 days - MP for Sussex Whig
1747
Robert Walpole Thomas Pelham-Holles
1st Duke of Newcastle
(1693–1768)
16 March
1754
11 November
1756
2 years, 241 days 1754 House of Lords Whig
Robert Walpole William Cavendish
4th Duke of Devonshire
(1720–1764)
16 November
1756
29 June
1757
226 days - House of Lords Whig
Robert Walpole Thomas Pelham-Holles
1st Duke of Newcastle
(1693–1768)
29 June
1757
26 May
1762
5 years, 72 days - House of Lords Whig
1760 George III
George III of Great Britain
r. 1760–1789
Robert Walpole John Stuart
3rd Earl of Bute
(1713–1792)
26 May
1762
8 April
1763
318 days - House of Lords Tory
Robert Walpole George Grenville
(1712–1770)
16 April
1763
10 July
1765
2 years, 86 days - MP for Buckingham Whig
Robert Walpole Charles Watson-Wentworth
2nd Marquess of Rockingham
(1730–1782)
13 July
1765
30 July
1766
1 year, 18 days - House of Lords Whig
Robert Walpole William Pitt
(1708–1778)
30 July
1766
14 October
1768
2 years, 77 days (1767) MP for Bath Whig
Robert Walpole Augustus FitzRoy
3rd Duke of Grafton
(1735–1811)
14 October
1768
28 January
1770
1 year, 107 days (-) House of Lords Whig
Robert Walpole Lord Frederick North
(1732–1792)
28 January
1770
27 March
1782
12 years, 59 days 1774 MP for Banbury Tory
1780
Robert Walpole Charles Watson-Wentworth
2nd Marquess of Rockingham
(1730–1782)
27 March
1782
1 July
1782
97 days (-) House of Lords Whig
Robert Walpole William Petty
2nd Earl of Shelburne
(1737–1805)
4 July
1782
18 December
1783
266 days (-) House of Lords Whig
Robert Walpole Marquess of Carmarthen
(1751–1799)
2 April
1783
18 December
1789
6 years, 261 days (-) MP for Helston
(1783-1789)
House of Lords
(1789)
Tory
1786
Robert Walpole Frederick Howard
5th Earl of Carlisle
(1748–1825)
19 December
1789
12 March
1815
25 years, 84 days (-) House of Lords Whig George IV
George III of Great Britain
r. 1789–1830
1790
1796
1802
1807
1812
Robert Walpole George Leveson-Gower
2nd Marquess of Stafford
(1758–1833)
12 March
1815
8 January
1828
12 years, 303 days 1806 House of Lords Whig
1819
1826
Robert Walpole Charles Gordon-Lennox
5th Duke of Richmond
(1762-1812)
22 January
1828
16 November
1830
2 years, 299 days (-) House of Lords Tory
Robert Walpole Charles Grey
2nd Earl Grey
(1764-1845)
22 November
1830
30 August
1841
10 years, 282 days 1830 House of Lords Whig Charlotte
r. 1830–1877
1832
1837
Robert Walpole Sir Robert Peel
(1788–1850)
30 August
1841
29 June
1846
4 years, 304 days (1841) MP for Tamworth Conservative
Robert Walpole Henry John Temple
3rd Viscount Palmerston
(1784-1865)
30 June
1846
18 October
1865
19 years, 111 days 1847 House of Lords Conservative
1852
1857
1862
Robert Walpole William Ewart Gladstone
(1809-1898)
29 October
1865
17 February
1876
10 years, 112 days 1868 MP for Midlothian Conservative
1870
Robert Walpole Sir William Molesworth
(1810-1885)
20 February
1876
21 April
1882
6 years, 61 days (1876) MP for Southwark Radical
George V
r. 1877–1904
Robert Walpole Spencer Cavendish
Marquess of Hartington
(1833-1908)
23 April
1882
11 August
1891
8 years, 354 days 1882 MP for North East Lancashire
(1882-1887)
MP for Rossendale
(1887-1891)
Conservative
(1887)
Robert Walpole Joseph Chamberlain
(1836-1914)
11 August
1891
2 March
1894
2 years, 204 days (-) MP for Birmingham West Radical
Robert Walpole Archibald Primrose
5th Earl of Rosebery
(1847-1929)
5 March
1894
4 December
1906
12 years, 275 days 1894 House of Lords Conservative
1900
Albert I
r. 1904–1934
Robert Walpole Sidney Webb
(1859-1947)
5 December
1906
25 May
1914
7 years, 172 days 1906 MP for South East Durham Radical
1910
Robert Walpole Richard Haldane
(1856-1928)
30 May
1914
05 August
1928
14 years, 68 days 1914 MP for Haddingtonshire Conservative
1918
1923
1928
Robert Walpole Neville Chamberlain
(1869-1940)
05 August
1928
30 October
1940
12 years, 87 days - MP for Birmingham West Conservative
1932 George VI
r. 1934–1983
1937
Robert Walpole Sir Archibald Sinclair
(1890-1970)
31 October
1940
16 April
1952
11 years, 169 days 1942 MP for Caithness Conservative
1947
1952
John Bannerman
(1901-1969)
17 April
1952
16 October
1961
9 years, 183 days - MP for Argyllshire Conservative
1955
Robert Walpole Richard Crossman
(1907-1974)
16 October
1961
4 March
1972
10 years, 141 days (1961) MP for Coventry East Radical
1966
Charles Byers
(1915-1984)
4 March
1972
6 June
1980
8 years, 95 days 1972 MP for North Dorset Conservative
1978
Robert Walpole Eric Lubbock
4th Baron Avebury
(1928-2016)
7 June
1980
9 April
1992
11 years, 308 days - House of Lords Conservative
1985 George VII
r. 1983–1993
Robert Walpole Ben Pimlott
(1945-2004)
9 April
1992
2 May
1998
6 years, 24 days 1992 MP for Cleveland Radical
Albert II
r. 1993–2013
Robert Walpole Sir Menzies Campbell
(born 1941)
2 May
1998
11 May
2008
10 years, 10 days 1998 MP for East Fife Conservative
2003
Robert Walpole Colin Crouch
(born 1944)
11 May
2008
13 July
2013
5 years, 64 days (2008) MP for Oxford University Radical
Robert Walpole Vincent Cable
(born 1943)
13 July
2013
24 July
2016
3 years, 12 days (2013) MP for Brentford Conservative Philip
r. 2013–present
Robert Walpole Edward Miliband
(born 1969)
24 July
2016
6 October
2021
5 years, 75 days (2016) MP for Islington North Radical
Robert Walpole David Runciman
4th Viscount Runciman
(born 1969)
6 October
2021
Incumbent 3 years, 57 days 2021 House of Lords Conservative


Chancellors of the German Empire
Portrait Chancellor
(Lifespan)
Term of office Elections Party Emperor
Reign
Start End Duration
Robert Walpole Otto von Bismarck
(1815-1898)
21 March
1871
20 December
1889
18 years, 275 days 1871 Non-partisan Wilhelm
George I of Great Britain
r. 1871–1888
1874
1877
1878
1881
1884
1887
Robert Walpole Eugen Richter
(1838-1906)
20 December
1889
11 April
1902
12 years, 113 days - Radical Friedrich
George I of Great Britain
r. 1888–1918
1890
1895
1900
Robert Walpole Friedrich von Payer
(1847-1931)
12 April
1902
5 September
1916
14 years, 147 days - Radical
1905
1910
1915
Robert Walpole Friedrich Naumann
(1860-1937)
5 September
1916
19 October
1922
6 years, 30 days - Liberal Union
1919 Heinrich
George I of Great Britain
r. 1918–1930
Robert Walpole Hugo Preuß
(1860-1925)
23 October
1922
6 December
1924
2 years, 45 days - Liberal Union
1924
Robert Walpole Otto Fischbeck
(1865-1939)
6 December
1924
4 June
1929
4 years, 181 days - Liberal Union
Robert Walpole Friedrich Ebert
(1871-1945)
5 June
1929
10 May
1934
4 years, 340 days 1929 Social Democrat Sigismund
George I of Great Britain
r. 1930–1978
Robert Walpole Otto Fischbeck
(1865-1939)
11 May
1934
10 November
1938
4 years, 184 days 1934 Liberal Union
Robert Walpole Waldemar Koch
(1880-1963)
10 November
1938
26 April
1946
7 years, 168 days - Liberal Union
1939
1941
Robert Walpole Kurt Schumacher
(1895-1982)
26 April
1946
27 May
1955
9 years, 32 days 1946 Social Democrat
1950
Robert Walpole Adam von Trott zu Solz
(1909-1984)
27 May
1955
28 July
1964
9 years, 63 days 1955 Liberal Union
1959
Robert Walpole Herbert Frahm
(1913-1992)
28 July
1964
19 April
1970
5 years, 266 days 1964 Social Democrat
1965
Robert Walpole Kai-Uwe von Hassel
(1913-1997)
19 April
1970
4 September
1974
4 years, 139 days 1970 Liberal Union
Robert Walpole Helmut Schmidt
(1918-2015)
4 September
1974
6 October
1979
5 years, 33 days 1974 Social Democrat
Alfred
George I of Great Britain
r. 1978–2013
Robert Walpole Otto von Lambsdorff
(1926-2009)
6 October
1979
9 April
1986
6 years, 186 days 1979 Liberal Union
1983
Robert Walpole Hans-Dietrich Genscher
(1927-2016)
9 April
1986
2 October
1997
11 years, 177 days - Liberal Union
1987
1992
Robert Walpole Andreas von Bülow
(born 1937)
2 October
1997
11 April
2012
14 years, 193 days 1997 Social Democrat
2001
2005
2010 National
Robert Walpole Ursula Von der Leyen
(born 1937)
11 April
2012
Incumbent 12 years, 235 days - National
2014 Liberal Union Oskar
George I of Great Britain
r. 2013–present
2018
2023
List of presidents of the United States from 1789 – till date.
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term Party Election(s)
1 Painting of George Washington George Washington
(1732–1799)
April 30, 1789

March 4, 1797
Unaffiliated 1788–1789

1792

2 Painting of George Washington John Jay
(1745–1829)
March 4, 1797

March 4, 1813
Federalist 1796

1800


1804


1808

3 Painting of George Washington DeWitt Clinton
(1769–1828)
March 4, 1813

March 4, 1817
Federalist 1812
4 Painting of George Washington James Madison
(1751–1836)
March 4, 1817

March 4, 1825
Democratic-Republican 1816

1820

5 Painting of George Washington Rufus King
(1755–1827)
March 4, 1825

May 23, 1826
Resigned
Federalist 1824
6 Painting of George Washington John Quincy Adams
(1767–1848)
May 23, 1826

March 4, 1833
Federalist 1828
7 Painting of George Washington Lewis Cass
(1782–1866)
March 4, 1833

March 4, 1841
Democratic-Republican 1832

1836

8 Painting of George Washington Martin Van Buren
(1782–1862)
March 4, 1841

March 4, 1845
Federalist 1840
9 Painting of George Washington John C. Calhoun
(1782–1850)
March 4, 1845

March 31, 1850
Died in office
Democratic-Republican 1844

1848

10 Painting of George Washington James Buchanan
(1791–1868)
March 31, 1850

March 4, 1853
Democratic-Republican -
11 Painting of George Washington Stephen A. Douglas
(1813–1881)
March 4, 1853

March 4, 1857
Democratic-Republican 1852
12 Painting of George Washington John Bell
(1796-1869)
March 4, 1857

March 4, 1861
Federalist 1856
13 Painting of George Washington William H. Seward
(1801-1872)
March 4, 1861

March 4, 1865
Free Soil 1860
14 Painting of George Washington Stephen A. Douglas
(1813–1881)
March 4, 1865

March 4, 1869
Democratic-Republican 1864
15 Painting of George Washington Salmon P. Chase
(1808–1873)
March 4, 1869

March 4, 1873
Liberal 1868
16 Painting of George Washington George H. Pendleton
(1825–1889)
March 4, 1873

March 4, 1877
Democratic-Republican 1872
17 Painting of George Washington Roscoe Conkling
(1829–1882)
March 4, 1877

March 2, 1882
Assassinated
Liberal 1876

1880

18 Painting of George Washington James A. Garfield
(1831–1901)
March 2, 1882

March 4, 1889
Liberal 1884
19 Painting of George Washington James B. Weaver
(1833–1912)
March 4, 1889

March 4, 1893
People's 1888
20 Painting of George Washington Charles F. Adams, Jr.
(1835–1898)
March 4, 1893

July 1, 1898
Assassinated
Liberal 1892

1896

21 Painting of George Washington Grover Cleveland
(1837–1908)
July 1, 1898

March 4, 1901
Liberal -
22 Painting of George Washington William Collins Whitney
(1841–1914)
March 4, 1901

March 4, 1905
Liberal 1900
23 Painting of George Washington William Jennings Bryan
(1860–1925)
March 4, 1905

March 4, 1913
People's 1904

1908

24 Painting of George Washington William Howard Taft
(1857–1930)
March 4, 1913

March 3, 1923
Resigned
Liberal 1912

1916


1920

25 Painting of George Washington Charles F. Adams III
(1866–1954)
March 3, 1923

March 4, 1925
Liberal -
26 Painting of George Washington George W. Norris
(1861–1944)
March 4, 1925

March 4, 1933
People's 1924

1928

27 Painting of George Washington Herbert Hoover
(1874–1964)
March 4, 1933

June 18, 1940
Impeached
Liberal 1932

1936

28 Painting of George Washington George C. Marshall
(1880–1959)
June 18, 1940

January 20, 1949
Unaffiliated 1940

1944

29 Painting of George Washington Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
(1902–1985)
January 20, 1949

January 20, 1957
National Union 1948

1952

30 Painting of George Washington W. Averell Harriman
(1891–1986)
January 20, 1957

January 20, 1961
National Union 1956
31 Painting of George Washington Prescott Bush
(1895–1972)
January 20, 1961

January 20, 1965
National Union 1960
32 Painting of George Washington Hubert Humphrey
(1911–1979)
January 20, 1965

January 20, 1969
National Union 1964
33 Painting of George Washington Henry M. Jackson
(1912–1983)
January 20, 1969

January 20, 1973
National Union 1968
34 Painting of George Washington Hubert Humphrey
(1911–1979)
January 20, 1973

January 20, 1977
National Union 1972
35 Painting of George Washington George H.W. Bush
(1924–2018)
January 20, 1977

January 20, 1981
National Union 1976
36 Painting of George Washington Arlen Specter
(1930–2012)
January 20, 1981

January 20, 1985
National Union 1980
37 Painting of George Washington Jerry Brown
born 1938
January 20, 1985

January 20, 1989
National Union 1984
38 Painting of George Washington George H.W. Bush
(1924–2018)
January 20, 1989

January 20, 1993
National Union 1988
39 Painting of George Washington Joeseph R. Biden
(born 1942)
January 20, 1993

January 20, 2001
Renewal 1992

1996

40 Painting of George Washington Donald Trump
(born 1946)
January 20, 2001

November 16, 2011
Impeached
America First 2000

2004


2008

41 Painting of George Washington Robert Gates
(born 1943)
November 16, 2011

January 20, 2013
Unaffiliated -
42 Painting of George Washington Jared Polis
(born 1975)
January 20, 2013

January 20, 2017
New Democrats 2012
43 Painting of George Washington Al Franken
(born 1951)
January 20, 2017

January 20, 2021
Progressive 2016
44 Painting of George Washington Nancy Mace
(born 1977)
January 20, 2021

Incumbent
Brothers of America 2020
Presidency President Party Election
1 February 18, 1861

February 22, 1868
John C. Breckinridge
(1821–1875)
Democratic-Republican Elected by the
Provisional
Confederate
Congress
1861
2 February 22, 1868

February 22, 1874
Judah P. Benjamin
(1811–1884)
Democratic-Republican 1867
3 February 22, 1874

February 22, 1880
Wade Hampton III
(1818–1902)
Republican 1873
4 February 22, 1880

April 28, 1884
Died in office
Henry M. Mathews
(1834–1884)
Republican 1879
5 April 28, 1884

February 22, 1886
Isham Harris
(1818–1897)
Republican -
6 February 22, 1886

February 22, 1892
John G. Carlisle
(1834–1910)
Republican 1885
7 February 22, 1892

February 22, 1898
Murphy J. Foster
(1849–1921)
Republican 1891
8 February 22, 1898

February 22, 1904
Benjamin Tillman
(1847–1918)
Democratic 1897
9 February 22, 1904

February 22, 1910
John G. Evans
(1863–1942)
Democratic 1903
10 February 22, 1910

June 28, 1914
Assassinated
John S. Williams
(1854–1914)
Democratic 1909
11 June 28, 1914

February 22, 1916
Ellison D. Smith
(1864–1944)
Democratic -
12 February 22, 1916

November 9, 1918
Resigned
James K. Vardaman
(1861–1937)
Democratic 1915
13 November 9, 1918

February 22, 1922
Mason M. Patrick
(1863–1942)
Unaffiliated -
14 February 22, 1922

February 28, 1925
Assassinated
William Gibbs McAdoo
(1863–1925)
Progressive 1921
15 February 28, 1925

February 22, 1928
Carter Glass
(1858–1946)
Progressive -
16 February 22, 1928

February 22, 1934
Robert L. Bullard
(1861–1935)
Unaffiliated 1927
17 February 22, 1934

May 23, 1943
Removed from office
Theodore Bilbo
(1877–1944)
National Anti-Zionist Institute 1933
1939
18 May 23, 1943

October 11, 1946
Chester W. Nimitz
(1885–1966)
Unaffiliated -
Franco-German War
Clockwise from top left:
Date7 July 1937 – 2 September 1945
(8 years, 1 month, 3 weeks and 5 days)
Location
Result German victory
Belligerents
Germany France
Commanders and leaders
Sigismund
Otto Fischbeck
Waldemar Koch
Ludwig Beck
others
Jean III
Henri VI
Phillippe Petain
Duc de Montpensier
Charles de Gaulle
others
Strength
2,340,000 (1937)
6,900,000 (1945)
14,000,000 (total)
600,000 (1937)
2,131,000 (1945)
4,100,000 (total)
Casualties and losses
  • Official data:
    • 1,480,561 killed
    • 2,051,802 wounded
    • 217,324 missing
    • Total: 3,749,687
  • French medical data:
    • 743,840 killed
    • 2,676,820 wounded and missing
    • Total: 3,420,640
Civilian casualties:
1.4 million due to military action, 2 million due to famine
Anglo-Japanese War
Clockwise from top left:
Date7 December 1941 – 11 May 1946
(4 years, 5 months and 4 days)
Location
Result Armistice of Fukuoka
British strategic victory
Territorial
changes
Belligerents
British Empire Japan
Commanders and leaders
Louis Mountbatten
Tomas Blamey
William Slim
Andrew Cunningham
Charles Portal
Hajime Sugiyama
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Osami Nagano
Isoroku Yamamoto
Jisaburō Ozawa
Strength
6,021,383 (1946) 7,900,000 (1946)
Casualties and losses
Military
12 aircraft carriers
4 battleships
25 cruisers
84 destroyers
63 submarines
25,000+ aircraft
122,367 killed and missing
233,561 wounded

Civilian deaths
c.350,000
Military
25 aircraft carriers
11 battleships
39 cruisers
135 destroyers
131 submarines
50,000+ aircraft
1.1 million killed and missing

Civilian deaths
c.700,000
London
London skyline, facing west
Map of London in south-east England
Map
Coordinates: 51°30′N 0°08′W / 51.500°N 0.133°W / 51.500; -0.133
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
CountryEngland
RegionLondon
Settled by RomansAD 47; 1977 years ago (47), as Londinium
Administrative HQCounty Hall, Lambeth
Local government103 London boroughs and the City of London
Government
 • TypeMetropolitan County
 • BodyLondon County Council
 • MayorSadiq Khan (L)
 • London County Council42 constituencies
 • UK Parliament131 constituencies
Area
 • Total
3,443 sq mi (8,917 km2)
Population
 (2024)
 • Total
24,874,333
 • Rank
 • Density7,224.9/sq mi (2,789.54/km2)
DemonymsLondoner
Ethnicity (2021)
 • Ethnic groups59.79% White British
10.23% Indian
10.07% West Indian
5.71% Mixed
5.40% White Irish
8.80% Others
Religion (2021)
 • Religion66.86% Christianity
15.77% no religion
6.88% Islam
6.23% Hinduism
1.66% Sikhism
1.16% Judaism
0.01% Buddhism
1.43% other
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (BST)


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