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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AnswerTo my best knowledge: No!I have never heard this. It was an entirely Japanese operation. AnswerI watched a show...
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After searching the web for awhile I came up with England starting paper rationing on Feb. 12,1940. As far as I can make out a...
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Let me see... "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the...
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Using google.com I came up with these web sites. vera.org.uk hardscrabblefarm
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Articles that were not rationedThis varied from country to country. In general, everyone at home grew crops and some of their...
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AnswerMost experts put the figure at around 20 million Soviet military & civilians killed. Answer11,000,000 soldiers...
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The United States was definetly not effected nearly as much by WWII as Europe, but it did suffer. Many people died and don't...
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7 alternatives: 1-US solo invasion of Japan using paratroopers, and a naval landing on the islands surrounding the southern tip...
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Try going to WWW.askjeeves.com Type in 251st Infantry. This will give hits to all the web sites that contain any information...
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Approximately 12,000 Allied personnel were on Corregidor when the island was surrendered to the Japanese, May 6, 1942. The...
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AnswerI suggest that you obtain a copy ofHistory of US Naval Operations in WW 2Vol. XIII by Samuel Eliot MorisonPages 256-77...
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AnswerThere were 7318 Knight's Cross won by German soliders, of these 144 were won by U-Boat members. If you go to google.com and...
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This would be listed in their discharge papers. If you don't have that you can PROBABLY get a copy by going to the National...
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Adolf Hitler and his Nazi regime wanted Lebensraum or "living space". Basically, the Nazi Germans wanted to create a great empire...
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The Allies invaded taking the Germans by surprise, but since the Germans had been preparing for the attack there were many...
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The subject at hand is a controversial one; some would argue millions died during world war two simply because it spanned a long...
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yes, there will be a quarantine 2. it's called quarantine 2:Terminal. it takes place in an airplane this time. There's a good...
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after the numberg trials ended the gestapo ended it no longer served a purpose in the world
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There were several technological methods employed to "read" the mail of the German Nazis. Spies and Resistance Workers were able...
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Well, there are a couple of things that are good about the war. Women got to work, wich was the first in history ever! And that...
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Please feel free to contact me for the information I have about the 371st AAA Searchlight Battery. Richard V. Horrell WW 2...
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AnswerConscription was necessary in the sense that Canada needed to conscript soilders in order to have a big enough army as the...
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out of 80,000 people it is very impossible to answer your vague question, but i would say a person on the name of Michael...
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Most camps were very hard to live in. People had small houses that could have anywhere from 1 to 3 families living in them. Most...
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Click on the link to your right for World War 2 participants. In November 1944 the Brazilian 1st Infantry Division,...
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Anne W. Patton, but she was known as Nita throughout her life.
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Nukes can travel at top speed is faster than 13,000 miles per hour and can travel at distances of over 67,000 yards away if there...
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AnswerOther than the case of Ernst Roehm, the SA leader who was found to be plotting assassination against Hitler, I know of no...
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World War II, by a large margin. World War I saw about 8,500,000 military deaths. By contrast World War II produced between...
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This is an excuse used by Germany. Hitler made a pact with Russia that they would not fight each other and would divide Poland...
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AnswerTo get revenge for Germany's defeat in WWI and to conquer large new territories for the German people to live in. The...
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During WWII the United States had 48 states, hence 48 stars on the flag. Now there are fifty. The insignia used to identify...
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The A-4 (V-2 rocket) was built and launched from Peenemunde, on a small island on the Baltic Sea in NE Germany. The rockets...
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Josephine Baker was a US citizen who became a French citizen in 1937. She worked with the French Resistance during World War 2 in...
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May I respectfully suggest the following: US Army in WW 2 The European Theater of Operations Riviera To The Rhine by...
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Ocean crossing certificates are not official Navy issue; most commands either make up their own (just a sheet with an emblem and...
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AnswerThey declared war on Germany the day after Germany invaded Poland in September of 1939. Their strategy was a defensive one...
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Top "Big Three": 1. Soviet Union - Most fighting on the ground, destroyed 80% of German army. Second after United States producer...
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Answer10 June 1940 Italy officially declared war against UK and France, already being a part of the pact with the other Axis...
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There were 104 countries either involved in or affected by World War II. Virtually every country was involved in one form or...
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Yes. Some lighthouses had additional personnel assigned to them to stand look-out watches for enemy ships, subs, and planes. In...
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It's doubtful. He had two wives in his lifetime.
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Answerthey did, the paratroopers landed the night before the landings took place on June 6th 1944 AnswerThat wasn't their...
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The one was a part of the other. Germany was in the process of defeating the French and British armies and conquering France when...
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I have to assume you mean prior to Dec 7, 1941. For after that the US was hardly neutral. Prior to that bombing of Pearl Harbor...
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Here is an item of interest to WWII combat infantrymen and combat medics concerning awarding of the Bronze Star Medal. After...
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The following countries (in chronological order) were occupied by Germany in WW2: Poland (Western half occupied in 1939, Eastern...
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Technician 5th grade, 3756 Quartermaster Truck Company. During that era, the structure was the opposite of what it is today in...
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Three nuclear bombs were constructed and detonated during World War 2. The first nuclear bomb was a plutonium implosion bomb,...
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There were a very large number of drawbacks and perils in the Pearl Harbor attack for Japan. So many, in fact, that the only...
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Take it to your banker, they can look it up and tell you current value if you want to cash it. I think victory bonds are still...
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Aachen was the first German city reached by the American Army, in the early autumn of 1944. The Germans put up an extremely tough...
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90,000-166,000 killed in Hiroshima 60,000-80,000 killed in Nagasaki
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Before the war and at the beginning of the war Berliners enjoyed a good life with plenty of food, cultural events, good clothes...
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Before the Pearl Harbor attack there were some 120,000 American soldiers. At the end of the war the USA had about 16 million...
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My father was TEC 5 Woodrow "Woody" Smith. He was with the 85th Engineers "A" Company from 1941 to his release in about 1945. I...
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Try the United States Army Military History Institute: http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi Bruce Lee (no, not the actor) in...
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USS Nevada BB-36: Refloated Feb 1942, returned to duty after repairs Oct. 1942 USS Oklahoma BB-37: Righted by June 1943, declare...
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AnswerIt is a treaty, signed by all civilised nations, that prescribes the rules for conducting war. It specifies how prisoners...
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AnswerHi,Germany has a government agency for tracing soldiers of the former Wehrmacht called the Deutsche Dienststelle or WASt-...
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UK in WW2 Britain was on the Allied side, which at first included France and later included the US and USSR. Since France was...
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Because if they hadn't they probably would have found themselves a belligerent very quickly. Germany had demonstrated in Belgium...
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The first and most obvious answer was the cold war. The world had settled into 2 armed camps, the west (democracies) vs. the...
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AnswerAccording to http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/other/stats/warcost.htm, WW 2 cost $2091.3 billion in 1990's dollars. Answer...
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Germany told Britain they wouldn't go any further than Czechoslovakia, Britain could see past this and suspected Germany. Britain...
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Well as i know, and as i learned in school, they said that at the starting Japan won, but at the end of the WWII America won the...
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from what i was able to find the answer is no, the us navy started it's radiation health program with four officers in 1947. they...
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England and France expected to beat Germany. I doubt that they had any thoughts about the US. Besides, they had treaties with...
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During the "Winter War of 1939-40" approximately 8,800 Swedish men volunteered to serve in the Finnish military against the...
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The following numbers include ALL belligerents. Tanks, 279,670; Artillery, 1,094,823; Mortars, 1,030,802; Machine Guns,...
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Helmets & Body Armor in Modern Warfare by Bashford Dean Tuckahoe, N.Y. Carl J. Pugliese Publisher ...
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AnswerThe question probably stems back to Wilsonian involvement in foreign affairs, meaning that Woodrow Wilson had a...
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It exposed US soldiers, (US citizens) to new cultures, languages and ideas. The German autobahn seen by Eisenhower influenced...
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The loans from the US were part of the Lend-Lease Program.
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You have the name wrong. It was " Rosie the Riveter" during WW2. This was a made up female character that was shown in many...
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Hitler did not purposefully start a war however he knew that he would cause one because he kept on invading other countries and...
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The so-called "Atlantic Charter" was never an official, signed document. Neither Franklin D. Roosevelt nor Winston Churchill ever...
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As long as you shoot it under 300 yards and do not miss the panzer IV the bazooka should be able to disable the tank or kill the...
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1942 I had my pilots license 1943 Enlisted in Army Air Corp as cadet. Flying PT-17 and AT-6 1945 They had too many pilots and I...
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AnswerCannot see where the Coral Sea is relevant. It is common knowledge that the US had broken the Japanese code a year or so...
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Canada was affected in so many ways be ww2. First of all it was the first war that they entered upon there own choice. Because of...
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Perhaps you could try checking out this site: Shipmates.com Helping find, locate and get in touch. Old friends and...
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There were five beaches in the Normandy invasion. Their military code names were Omaha, Utah, Juno, Sword, and Gold. Two of these...
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AnswerThis seems like a simple question, but there are a few little tricks to it.Broadly speaking you have two sides, the Allied...
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Many french and british soldiers were stuck on the shores of Dunkirk with the enemy in front and the English Channel behind. And...
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You can always contact the Pentagon to get the official order that awarded the metal to your father. Part of the process for...
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women had to take men's places in factories and shops. their clothing changed from skirts and dresses to pants and overalls. Many...
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they are horrible pretty much no body lived the just killed and killed in till they go wat the wanted but that didnt happen
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The ammount of cards all the other players have besides the winner is deducted from 0 (the lowest below zero is the loser in the...
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You would have to specify where on the discharge papers (I'm assuming you're referring to a DD-214) it's found at.
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The Guard Unit from Waterbury, Vt. was formed by Col. Rex W. Morse, and he took his troops to war in the South Pacific . The...
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