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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It is not accurate to say that European countries were dragged into WWII so fast. There was quite a lot of aggression on the...
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Answerbecause if certain things would not have been invented like the atomic bomb the allies wouldn't have won. or the v-2 rocket...
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AnswerThe National Socialist russian Worker's Party is what it means. In German it's Natoi Anol Zambarwe Izec Deutsche...
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It was THE Maginot line. This was a series of defensive forts and gun bunkers, built by the French to protect their border. The...
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AnswerBecause Poland would not return the town of Danzig which was 90% German they took from them after the first warthey also...
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AnswerIt was used as the basis for the invasion of France and the Low Countries (Belgium, Luxemburg, and the Netherlands) with...
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In rhe Nuremberg trials many leading Nazis were tried for their crimes committed during World WarII. ___ The Nuremberg trials...
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The Canadian landings at Juno Beach by the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division and the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade were the only...
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Prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor the United States kept primarily to itself. The war was not on our soil therefore we did not...
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Assault Rifles: L85A2, Ak74M, Scar HSMG's: MP7A1, Uzi, SR-2M VereskShotguns: Benelli M10A1, Spas-12, AA12Sniper Rifles: AWM,...
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Perhaps you could find and old history teacher at your school, and ask if they know where any of their old history teachers live...
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I don't think Hitler thought about a World War like the one he got. I believe he was thinking about a series of wars starting...
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It was absolutely vital. It was only through control of the Atlantic sea lanes that vital shipments of food, fuel, ammunition and...
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The book "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" by William L. Shirer. Michael Montagne
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Hi Angela "Foreign"? Of the major participants in WWII, only Japan and the Soviet Union had not signed the Hague and...
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AnswerThe expansion for BAM is "Base Auto Maintenance." For instance, my Father served with the 623rd Base Auto Maintenance (BAM)...
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Technically, most POW escaped in transit from the place of their capture to rear areas. Once firmly in enemy territory, their...
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AnswerSandy, We are at war, even as I write this. This war is not against any particular country but rather against the adherents...
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If you are referring to the flight manifests for each aircraft then yes, there is a list of the men from the 82nd & 101st...
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The Readers Digest Association Ltd.put out quite a good overview of w.w.2 in 1989,Called "Reader's Digest Illusrated History 0f...
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Actually the term "Kamikaze" means "Divine Wind," referring to a Typhoon that destroyed the invasion fleet of the Mongols trying...
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AnswerHi David,She did not. No state did. In fact, nobody else did either.Some efforts were made by a number of individuals in...
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What this means is that the soldier served in the ETO prior to V-E Day, then continued to serve in Germany as a part of our...
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The war ration stamps are very common and the demand for them in the collector's circle is not very high. A complete book might...
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May I suggest that you contact the 8th & 9th Air Force web site. They have information as to which unit was at which air...
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Around 2000 kamikaze flights were mounted during World War II. They sank 40 US ships. 3,913 Japanese kamikaze pilot's died...
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The Japanese planned to seize New Guinea, the big and valuable Allied port on Papua's southern coast called " Port Moresby, and...
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If they had real power they could of used it and stopped the war from happening, but the league was just a bunch of ideals. There...
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Beaten with bamboo canes, starved, lack of medical treatment in some places, threatened, made to feel they were all about to be...
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The European-African-Middle Eastern Theater Campaign Medal for the U.S. Army has fifteen authorized battle stars. Three are for...
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Short Answer - Unlike mainenance units that were assiged to recover and repair actual vehicles in the fiel, a Base unit was a...
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A corp of ARP volunteers was established throughout Britain starting in 1938 -- Air Raid Wardens, Observers (plane spotters),...
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No, we spent billions of dollars fighting the war, we gave billions of dollars worth of material to our allies and we loaned them...
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Please provide me with your father's name & the numerical designation of your father's unit. With that information I should be...
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Dr. Seagrave was a medical missionary before the war. My father was an Army medical officer in the CBI theater during WW II and...
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Around 50 million people died, and half of them were civil.
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Great! The Australian economy received a huge boost from the war, as most consumer goods were restricted, meaning that people...
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Poland's plans of defense were much like those for most of Europe, they had their forward units posted to the boarders with...
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the united states quickly became ivolved in World WAr II after the attack on Pearl Harbor because there was no longer a debate...
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Here is the full list of the crew: BOMARDIER: THOMAS W. FEREBEE COLONEL PAUL TIBBETT THEODORE "DUTCH" VAN KIRK -...
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Answerit was like a blood bath and i as one of them i can not tellypou my name but i am 98 yrs old and i couldn't stand to watch...
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Hitler knew that the soviet union troops were entering into Germany and were heading close to his bunker in Berlin. Hitler was...
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The failure of Dieppe should have been seen before the troops went on shore. The command structure was flawed with no individual...
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That's easy. He didn't.
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In political science, the 'Third Wave' refers to the third wave of democratisation that occurred during the overthrow of...
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Not likely. The Japanese fleet was already decimated with not enough fuel to return to Japan, which had the only available...
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You mean for the US forces? Well for starters I will concentrate on the land fighting and (sorry) on the Western Allies. (leave...
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From September 1st, 1939, when the Lich King invaded Poland, to September 2, 1945, when the Lich King was de-throned and the...
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They invaded Bosnia who at the time were rather close allies of Serbia. This made Serbia angry and thus forth they contacted...
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i think u have to beat it on hardest diffuclity
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No. No one was seriously trying to make an atom bomb at that time and France was not that important a player in the nuclear...
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AnswerHello,Romania was facing some severe diplomatic problems due to the territorial gains she had been awarded for...
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Some of the French military formed the French Vichy Troops. French Vichy forces offered resistance (albeit light resistance) to...
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I suggest you read the accounts of the Aleutian campaign at http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-C-Aleutians/ This site...
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To ground a ship means to steer it into water too shallow for it to float so that it gets stuck on the bottom. Normally you want...
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Prominent nuclear scientists warned the USA that being last in the race to make a nuclear bomb may well be fatal to person and...
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Answerbritish empire - 8 720 000 France - 700 000 USA - 12 million USSR - 12 500 000 Germany - 11 million Japan - just over 6oo...
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AnswerWell in the U.S. armies there were nearly 15 million men and 350,000 women; and in the Russian army there were nearly...
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As Britain had bases in Northern Ireland I don't think that if Southern Ireland had been in the war that it would have made any...
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AnswerThere is no way to say for sure but I think there would have been. Certainly without Hitler Germany's history and political...
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Inland Mfg., Dayton Ohio Winchester Arms, New Haven, Conn, Saginaw Steering Gear, Grand Rapids,...
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If you are referring to Lt. Col. Jack Cosley, USMC of VMSB 241, then you may wish to read: Incredible Victory The Battle of...
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Nations or even individuals with common enemies become allies. This was true for the US and Russia during WWII on two counts....
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After Pilsudski's refusal do become a President of Poland Ignacy Moscicki is sworn in as President of the Republic on 4 June 1926...
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It was the quantity of large carriers the U.S. built and the large # of planes they were able to carry which really changed the...
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No not that i know of. Some tanks had machines guns mounted on them so they could use them agaisnt aircraft. Also there were...
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AnswerThey were not allowed to join in infantry units but were allowed to drive trucks etc., so they were part of the ordance...
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I don't have information about this particular person, but my dad was also un the 351st in Italy. Try posting to this Yahoo...
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Alot of debate on that question. When it comes down to it Hitler was trying to expand the power of Germany by swallowing up...
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I think this is what let the door open,for women in uniform;It was the year of;1941 or 42: I remember it well, because I was in...
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I believe part of the strategy was to use the US Navy and Marines in the Pacific Theater and to a lesser degree the US Navy and...
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He commanded the 82nd Airborn Division during WWII. Later he commanded the U.S. Eighth army during the Korean War and the...
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I don't know where you can find the printed lyrics. But you can download this song, as performed by Elton Britt, on I tunes on...
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AnswerThe Nazis sent homosexuals to concentration camps, where most of them were killed. In very inhuman ways....
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Patton carried a Colt Single Action Army on his right hip, and a Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum on his left hip.Both pistols had...
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In Europe, Russia. They took Berlin, not Americans or British. In the Pacific, the U.S. finished the war. By some standards...
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Approximately 25,000 Indians perfomed military service during the war. Many served in combat and many Navajos became "code...
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Two theories which can operate in tandem or separately: Hitler wanted to keep his army in the Courland in the vain hope that it...
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(Note that the Germans never took the key areas of Egypt and were thrown out of the country in late 1942. I wonder if you're...
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AnswerPistols: Colt 1911 Smith & Wesson Model 1917 (not a standard issue, but used anyways)Bolt Action Rifles: Springfield...
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For a history of the 9th Infantry in WWII, refer to U.S. Army booklet:...
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You can find whole sections of libraries filled with books on that topic. If you can find tapes or DVDs of the television series...
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Tens of millions of people had been killed. Whole cities had been reduced to rubble. Highway and railroad systems had been bombed...
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The best place to begin with is to locate his discharge paperwork. This document is called a DD-214 and it will contain a wealth...
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It was a long and complicated conference. The most important points were as follows. Truman (for the US), Stalin (for the...
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France and great Britain attacked Hitler because of Hitler took over rest of Poland and broke the peace agreement. us got...
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World War II was a surge of econimic growth in Canada, In the prosses Canada became one of the most richest countries at that...
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Hungary, Bulgaria, Japan, Italy, Finland (from Operation Barbarossa to 1944), Thailand, Slovakia, Romania It should be noted...
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Spotlights were used to locate enemy aircraft at night so they could be shot down by anti-aircraft batteries. The British...
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For many women the years from 1945 till the early 1960s were extremely frustrating. In World War 2 women's labour had been...
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became ill informed and individualistic in their attitudes.
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Modern thermonuclear weapons ("Hydrogen bombs") use multiple stages to create their destructive power. It is known that most...
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AnswerGermany and Japan had separate but compatible aims. Germany wanted to conquer and dominate Europe. Japan wanted to conquer...
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The Longest Day, it is both a book and a movie. The cast of the movie has over 40 int. stars like Sean Connery and John Wayne....
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