By definition: A group of Soldiers fighting for their country in the largest war the planet has ever seen. (based on information you gave us about what you wanted to know, here is all we can give you)
It all depends what kind of troops you mean, America was in Germany and Japan, British troops were in Germany and other countries to protect the empire.
It was a world war because it involved all the worlds superpowers and was fought throughout the world eg. Western and Eastern European theater, North African theater, Pacific theater etc.
As the name "World War" suggests, it involved most of the world. Major areas of combat included Europe, Africa, Asia, with some combat in North and South America.
World War 2 started of because of the harshness that the allies had inflicted upon Germany forcing them into a recession. at this point Adolf Hitler took his opportunity to use propaganda to...