World War 2
The Second World War began in 1939 and ended in 1945 and engaged most of Europe and Asia into combat between the Allies and the Axis powers.
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Role? he was like Absolute authority over the German Reich, which spread over a territory from France to Russia, and from Finland...
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it literally means sharp and bold/brave It's also the motto of the 6th Field...
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AnswerThe Russians lost about 10 million soldiers on the eastern front, of which approx. 4 million died as pow's (almost all...
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it's tahi and heres the rest 1 tahi 2 rua 3 toru 4 wha 5 rima 6 ono 7 whitu 8 waru 9 iwa 10 tekau
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Penicillin helped fight the infections of the wounds of the soldiers, In the British Army it was normal for it to take up to...
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No Major League baseball players were killed in World War II. The only major league baseball player killed in warfare was Eddie...
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Before the war, Germany, Italy and Japan had formed a pact opposing the Communist International, which was Stalin's tool to...
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Hello Becky, My Dad (Arthur E. Metzler) was in the 472nd QM Truck Company "C" in India during World War II. If you want, you...
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Because,Germany invaded poland on Friday 1st september 1939 at appoximately 5:45 AM
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It was very significant because Mussolini, the Italian dictator had signed this agreement saying that he would stand with the...
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A foreign policy approach where a nation remains a world power and still pursues global policies it believes to be in its own...
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A German spy who was parachuted into England in 1941. He was captured on the second day and executed.
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The A-bomb. First Hiroshima, then Nagasaki were bombed. The Japanese fully intended to fight to the death. The decision to employ...
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AnswerThere were about 3000American deaths.According to some sources, the Imperial Japanese Navy lost approximately 2,155 sailors...
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Soldiers in world war two ate differently depending on where they were deployed or stationed, while in the field or during combat...
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the social surrounding of family members, friends and collegues accompaigning people's life and changing over lifetime
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The International Monetary Fund was originally conceived in July 1944 with 45 members and came into existence in December of 1945...
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My Dad was in the Army in the 2476 Quartermaster Truck Company assigned to the Air Force. He was stationed in Burma and India.
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Here is information submitted: My father was based in Wellesbourne, Warwickshire at the beginning of 1944. My father is...
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Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn, Austria on April 20, 1889. In order to give Hitler dictatorial powers he had to ensure the...
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6th June 1944, massed landing on Normandy beaches by British, American, and Commonwealth forces. Thousands killed or maimed, but...
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Blitz KREIG is translated as "lightning war" in German. Used to describe a type of attack using planes and fast moving vehicles...
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Many factors contributed to Allied victory. I'll try to summarize as well as I can. Nazis were fighting an extremely successful...
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AnswerIn 1938 Karol Wojtyla started studying in the University Jagiellonski, which was closed down in the beginning of the World...
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"The Last Dogfight," by Martin Caiden, was probably the best I have read.
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no I'm sure the soldier riding in the tanks WISH they were indestructible. No tank is completely invulnerable to armor piercing...
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Propaganda was a popular attempt to sway the public opinion in America just before its involvement. German propaganda...
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AnswerI know of two who shot Germans:Maj Gen Matthew Ridgeway, whoknocked out several German tanks with his bazooka, and Maj Gen...
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There were 8 carriers at the start of WW2. They were the Langley, the Lexington, the Saratoga, the Ranger, the Yorktown, the...
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I have lived near Camp Howze all of my life. My parents rented rooms to some nurses that were stationed there. I have always...
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They encouraged the boycotting and destruction of Jewish-owned businesses. They passed laws prohibiting Jews from engaging in...
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Supposedly to demoralize the populace into changing their government and sue for peace .
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The United States made the CIA and sent a bunch of soldiers to reinforce the borders. The CIA killed KGB agents and the military...
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America would probley not be affected that much, Germany would have taken most of Europe, but it would have taken a couple of...
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Identifying WW2 German badges is fairly easy with the many books and webpages on the subject. The difficult part is determining...
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Japan's attack on the US Fleet at Pearl Harbor left them with little room to turn the other cheek. Already indirectly aiding...
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Churchill's role in the Second World War needs little introduction. His immediate contribution was to instill in the British...
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The story of the purge is below. Stalin also purged out scientists and other people he considered too brilliant. They made him...
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The UK repaid their World War 2 in full by the 1990's and I believe the French paid the debt back in full too too but before the...
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The 39th Infantry REGIMENT of the 9th Infantry Division was stationed in Aichach, Germany in the fall of 1945, & well into...
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The 776th has an association which I suggest you contact. They will be able to provide you more information, go to the attached...
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In the experiment, a teacher was instructed by a scientist to administer electric shocks to a victim as part of a science...
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Basically French North Africa was controlled by Vichy a German puppet. A lot of fighting took place in Italian North Africa and...
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Yes, from early �43 members of the Hitlerjugend -age 16- were drafted to man anti-aircraft guns in germany, so the regular...
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AnswerJapan had never before in its history lost a foreign war thus the very concept of defeat was alien to them. Furthermore the...
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Omaha Beach Casualties The breakdown of KIA on OMAHA Beach is as follows: 1st Inf. Div. 1,190 29th Inf. Div. 743 V Corps...
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Denmark and Norway were occupied by Nazi Germany in 1940 and remained so until liberated in 1945. Finland was attacked by the...
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Battle of Britain The Battle of Britain (10 July 1940 - 31 October 1940) was the conflict fought between the RAF and the German...
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Germany's rearmament increased Germany's confidence of victory. Germany wanted to regain territory lost as a result of the treaty...
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Well there were more than three hundred and twenty big and small treaties in WW II
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For children in America during WWII life was pretty normal. Everything would be pretty normal except maybe the absence of a...
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If you have the name, you can contact the Veterans Administration. They can assist you in locating the next of kin. Of course,...
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No. The Bronze Star Medal is awarded to a member of any of the US Armed Services for "heroic or meritorious achievement or...
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Pay Grade E-4 (enlisted 4), the lowest rank of a noncommissioned officer (NCO), the same as a corporal in the US Army or Marines....
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You can sell it to me. the best place I know of would be www.gunbroker.com. They are an online auction sibling to eBay. You may...
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The "Third Army" usually denotes a field army. A number of countries have had a Third Army, including Germany. The German Third...
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Sectionalism in post-War of 1812 United States was based on peculiar institution, or slavery. This is something that is taught...
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Harry S. Truman
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"Rules of engagement" was not a term used during WWII, although there were orders given that specified the same thing. Basically,...
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Cindy, Here is one web site I found at google.com, there were many more. Navy Photos. There is also an association you...
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Answermac landed on oct 20th 1944 on red beach 2 in the 24th infantry division sector. the beach was still hot when mac came...
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A number of European countries declared neutrality in the years before 1939. While this did not save the low countries...
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Three BIG events that led up to D-Day (The Normandy Invasion as most think of it) were these: The Defeat of the U Boats...
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Some people during the war thought that the propaganda posters were a good thing and that it was good that all the bad news...
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The appeasement policy was the efforts by France and Britain in the 1930s to allow Nazi Germany to have pretty much anything it...
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I have the two volume History of the US Third Army during WW 2, published by the Third Army Historian in 1945. It has a complete...
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The United States, Australia and Japan
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The most effective German tank was the Panther. While the Tiger I and II had nearly inpenatreble armor they were very slow, they...
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a group of nations or organizations formed to supprt a common goal
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"Island Hopping"
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Hitler believed his propaganda and thought that he had some sort of ordained right as a German to do what he did. He lacked the...
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Do you mean US Army rankings? Private Private First class (1 stripe) Corporal (2 stripes) T/5 = Technician...
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About 1/4 of 1%. Racism was still pervasive throughout the army even though black troops had proved themselves in previous wars....
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1939-1945.By a well established convention, historians generally agree upon a start date of 1 September 1939 (when the Nazis...
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try BBC history on the internet
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It depends on who you mean and where. But an average Christian family living in London would have most likely been split up. The...
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Ethiopia
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Prisoner of war, usually said as POW camp.
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The poster reflected how women had entered into the workforce and often did the work normally assigned to men .
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The reason why the Philippines was involved in World War 2 was General Douglas MacArthur was the commander of the Philippines...
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AnswerThe major change which occurred in Europe after W.W.2 was that Winston Churchill called for a kind of United States of...
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AnswerA very short answer and perhaps only a piece to the answer is:The cold war caused superpowers to enter an arms race that...
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During WWII Churchill lived where British Prime Ministers still live, in the official residence of the Prime Minister, at 10...
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Specifically, he promised that Poland would be allowed to chose its own government (free from outside influence) at the...
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Adolf Hitler did not invade Portugal during World War 2 because Spain stood in the way. In order to invade Portugal, Hitler would...
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AnswerPresident Roosevelt, nor any other American, ever did a thing to provoke an attack by the Empire of Japan upon the U.S....
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Winston churchill was about the only brit who made a commitment to ww 2 and that was on a executive level. The rest of Briton...
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Not sure about the answer but there is some great war trivia I found at http://www.answerblip.com/faqabout/war-trivia
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The Irish struggle for independence
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Conscription is another name for being drafted into the military.
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The pact between Hitler and Stalin to split Poland was made in secret. When the UK and France pledged to support Poland, they...
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The G.I. Bill both then and now provided money for the education of soldiers. This higher level of education provided...
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An example of an adults weekly food ration allowance in 1943 was;3 pints of milk3 1/4Ib - 1Ib meat1 egg or 1 packet of dried eggs...
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The sun is awfully bright today. .....or...... She is awfully mean.
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US 2nd Army My father was in the 2nd army during ww 2. he informed me that they were not their own unit but attached to all...
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USS Enterprise, USS Lexington, USS Saratoga, HMS Ark Royal, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, USS Hornet, USS Yorktown, USS Essex, USS...
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