Timeline of World War II (1939)

Timeline of World War II in 1939 - list of significant events occurring during World War II in 1939. Article “Timeline of World War II (1939)” in English Wikipedia has 78.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 205 references and 7 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2025 the article “Timeline of World War II (1939)” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Timeline of World War II (1939)”, its content was written by 230 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 479 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 974 times in English Wikipedia and cited 3044 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #8221 in September 2023
• Global: #27788 in September 2023

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #47544 in May 2025
• Global: #69581 in February 2022

There are 15 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Timeline of World War II (1939)		78.5714
2	Basque (eu) Bigarren Mundu Gerraren kronologia (1939)		72.4503
3	Italian (it) Cronologia della seconda guerra mondiale (1939)		52.357
4	Russian (ru) Хроника Второй мировой войны (1939 год)		39.8561
5	Dutch (nl) Lijst van gebeurtenissen tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog: 1939		31.4488
6	Japanese (ja) 第二次世界大戦の年表 (1939年)		29.33
7	Chinese (zh) 第二次世界大战年表 (1939年)		27.2518
8	Indonesian (id) Urutan waktu Perang Dunia II (1939)		18.6837
9	Portuguese (pt) Cronologia da Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939)		18.5563
10	Vietnamese (vi) Niên biểu Chiến tranh thế giới thứ hai (1939)		17.9265

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Timeline of World War II (1939)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Timeline of World War II (1939)		1 921 724
2	Italian (it) Cronologia della seconda guerra mondiale (1939)		285 886
3	Dutch (nl) Lijst van gebeurtenissen tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog: 1939		181 264
4	Japanese (ja) 第二次世界大戦の年表 (1939年)		175 971
5	Thai (th) ลำดับเหตุการณ์สงครามโลกครั้งที่สอง (1939)		109 199
6	Indonesian (id) Urutan waktu Perang Dunia II (1939)		93 507
7	Russian (ru) Хроника Второй мировой войны (1939 год)		55 576
8	Chinese (zh) 第二次世界大战年表 (1939年)		36 333
9	Korean (ko) 제2차 세계 대전 연표 (1939년)		25 265
10	Vietnamese (vi) Niên biểu Chiến tranh thế giới thứ hai (1939)		18 813

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Timeline of World War II (1939)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Timeline of World War II (1939)		13 727
2	Japanese (ja) 第二次世界大戦の年表 (1939年)		1 060
3	Italian (it) Cronologia della seconda guerra mondiale (1939)		385
4	Dutch (nl) Lijst van gebeurtenissen tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog: 1939		239
5	Chinese (zh) 第二次世界大战年表 (1939年)		237
6	Persian (fa) جدول زمانی جنگ جهانی دوم (۱۹۳۹)		234
7	Russian (ru) Хроника Второй мировой войны (1939 год)		197
8	Thai (th) ลำดับเหตุการณ์สงครามโลกครั้งที่สอง (1939)		129
9	Arabic (ar) تسلسل أحداث الحرب العالمية الثانية في عام (1939)		90
10	Indonesian (id) Urutan waktu Perang Dunia II (1939)		46

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Timeline of World War II (1939)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Timeline of World War II (1939)		230
2	Dutch (nl) Lijst van gebeurtenissen tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog: 1939		111
3	Italian (it) Cronologia della seconda guerra mondiale (1939)		42
4	Russian (ru) Хроника Второй мировой войны (1939 год)		27
5	Japanese (ja) 第二次世界大戦の年表 (1939年)		15
6	Chinese (zh) 第二次世界大战年表 (1939年)		12
7	Korean (ko) 제2차 세계 대전 연표 (1939년)		8
8	Thai (th) ลำดับเหตุการณ์สงครามโลกครั้งที่สอง (1939)		6
9	Vietnamese (vi) Niên biểu Chiến tranh thế giới thứ hai (1939)		6
10	Indonesian (id) Urutan waktu Perang Dunia II (1939)		5

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Timeline of World War II (1939)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Timeline of World War II (1939)		2
2	Dutch (nl) Lijst van gebeurtenissen tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog: 1939		1
3	Arabic (ar) تسلسل أحداث الحرب العالمية الثانية في عام (1939)		0
4	Esperanto (eo) Tempolinio de la Dua Mondmilito (1939)		0
5	Basque (eu) Bigarren Mundu Gerraren kronologia (1939)		0
6	Persian (fa) جدول زمانی جنگ جهانی دوم (۱۹۳۹)		0
7	Indonesian (id) Urutan waktu Perang Dunia II (1939)		0
8	Italian (it) Cronologia della seconda guerra mondiale (1939)		0
9	Japanese (ja) 第二次世界大戦の年表 (1939年)		0
10	Korean (ko) 제2차 세계 대전 연표 (1939년)		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Timeline of World War II (1939)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Timeline of World War II (1939)		974
2	Italian (it) Cronologia della seconda guerra mondiale (1939)		419
3	Chinese (zh) 第二次世界大战年表 (1939年)		347
4	Korean (ko) 제2차 세계 대전 연표 (1939년)		249
5	Vietnamese (vi) Niên biểu Chiến tranh thế giới thứ hai (1939)		249
6	Portuguese (pt) Cronologia da Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939)		248
7	Persian (fa) جدول زمانی جنگ جهانی دوم (۱۹۳۹)		235
8	Thai (th) ลำดับเหตุการณ์สงครามโลกครั้งที่สอง (1939)		162
9	Indonesian (id) Urutan waktu Perang Dunia II (1939)		88
10	Japanese (ja) 第二次世界大戦の年表 (1939年)		20

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic تسلسل أحداث الحرب العالمية الثانية في عام (1939)
en	English Timeline of World War II (1939)
eo	Esperanto Tempolinio de la Dua Mondmilito (1939)
eu	Basque Bigarren Mundu Gerraren kronologia (1939)
fa	Persian جدول زمانی جنگ جهانی دوم (۱۹۳۹)
id	Indonesian Urutan waktu Perang Dunia II (1939)
it	Italian Cronologia della seconda guerra mondiale (1939)
ja	Japanese 第二次世界大戦の年表 (1939年)
ko	Korean 제2차 세계 대전 연표 (1939년)
nl	Dutch Lijst van gebeurtenissen tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog: 1939
pt	Portuguese Cronologia da Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939)
ru	Russian Хроника Второй мировой войны (1939 год)
th	Thai ลำดับเหตุการณ์สงครามโลกครั้งที่สอง (1939)
vi	Vietnamese Niên biểu Chiến tranh thế giới thứ hai (1939)
zh	Chinese 第二次世界大战年表 (1939年)

Best Rank

English: #47544 05.2025

Global: #69581 02.2022

Best Rank

English: #8221 09.2023

Global: #27788 09.2023

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