Austria's Freedom Party secures first far-right election win since World War II
A projection for ORF public television, based on counting of over 90% of the vote, showed the Freedom Party finishing first with..
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all the world's countries—including all the great powers—participated, with many investing all available economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities in pursuit of total war, blurring the distinction between military and civilian resources. Tanks and aircraft played major roles, with the latter enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and delivery of the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was the deadliest conflict in history, resulting in 70 to 85 million fatalities, more than half of which were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust of European Jews, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. Following the Allied powers' victory, Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea were occupied, and war crimes tribunals were conducted against German and Japanese leaders.
A projection for ORF public television, based on counting of over 90% of the vote, showed the Freedom Party finishing first with..
In more than five years of World War II and brutal German occupation, Poland lost 6 million citizens, or a sixth of its population,..