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  Arctic convoys of World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Arctic convoys of World War II travelled from the United States and the United Kingdom to the northern ports of the Soviet Union - Archangel and Murmansk.
The Battle of the North Cape: In December 1943, convoy JW55B was attacked by the Scharnhorst.
In particular, the unsuccessful attack on convoy JW-51B (the Battle of the Barents Sea), where a strong German naval force failed to defeat a British escort of cruisers and destroyers, infuriated Hitler and led to the strategic change from surface raiders to submarines.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arctic_convoys_of_World_War_II   (976 words)

  
 Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
At the start of the war the British and French expected to have command of the seas, as they believed their navies were superior to those of Germany and Italy.
The Arctic convoys travelled from the USA and the United Kingdom to the northern ports of the USSR - Archangel and Murmansk.
In the last great amphibious operation of the war in Europe, British Commandos and Canadian troops captured the island in the late autumn of 1944, clearing the way for Antwerp to be opened and for the easement of the critical logistical problems the Allies were suffering.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_military_history_of_World_War_II   (12996 words)

  
 World War II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
World War II was the biggest and most ferocious armed conflict in human history.
World War II was the largest and most violent armed conflict in the history of mankind.
World War II was a watershed in the history of the Uinted States.
www.geocities.com /Pentagon/Camp/7624/wwII.htm   (19192 words)

  
 The Sami and World War II
The Sami and World War II Coastal Sami of Norway
World War II was a pivotal point in world history.
As a result of the Continuation War, the North was devastated and Rovaneimi, the capital of Finnish Sapmi was left in ruins (http://www.bradmans.com/scripts/display.cgi?type=hgc&city=211).
www.utexas.edu /courses/sami/dieda/hist/wwii.htm   (4371 words)

  
 Ships in Atlantic Convoys & Misc. other Convoys - warsailors.com
OB, OA, ON, ONS, and UC Convoys
Convoys, North America-UK - This is a handy site in that it shows the convoys in chronologial order according to date, rather than according to the designations of the convoys, with number of ships and losses as per info in Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System".
Convoy HX 72 and U-100 - this website has a section with more info on cargo, destination and number of crew of the Ships Lost and Damaged as well as post war fates of the ships that survived the war.
www.warsailors.com /convoys   (1707 words)

  
 American Merchant Marine in World War 2
Casualties were kept secret during the War to keep information about their success from the enemy and to attract and keep mariners at sea.
The downside to convoys were the delays involved: waiting to assemble; taking a common, but often longer route; reducing speed to match the slowest ship, and delays in unloading because of congestion.
Convoys carrying the troops and supplies to the landings in Japan would have to cross hundreds of miles of ocean on their way from the Marianas, the Philippines and Okinawa.
www.usmm.org /ww2.html   (4021 words)

  
 The World Today - Russians remember WWII
Eleanor Hall hosts The World Today's lunch hour of current affairs, with background and debate from Australia and the world.
Twenty-seven million soldiers and citizens died during the war, many of them fighting what turned out to be some of the most decisive battles.
EMMA GRIFFITHS: World War II is still very much a part of life in Russia.
www.abc.net.au /worldtoday/content/2005/s1363147.htm   (773 words)

  
 Bibliographie-G   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Diplomacy and Intelligence during the Second World War : Essays in Honour of Hinsley.
-Eggleston, G.T. Roosevelt, Churchill and the World War II Opposition.
-Kolko, G. The Politics of War : Allied Diplomacy and the World Crisis of 1943-1945.
www.univ-pau.fr /~parsons/bibwar9.html   (1094 words)

  
 A Tale of Two Legions in World War II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
A Tale of Two Legions in World War II In World War II, the French Foreign Legion fought against the Germans with its usual élan, but it was almost destroyed by the disparate elements within its own ranks.
Those veterans of the desert sands were being trained to fight in Arctic snows and outfitted as mountain troops with heavy parkas, boots and snow capes.
In training during the "phony war" period there was much drunkenness, fighting and courts-martial, but when the German panzers broke through in May, the dissension among the 11th REI's elements disappeared.
www.thehistorynet.com /wwii/bl-foreign-legion   (2240 words)

  
 'Battle of Northampton' to 'Bayonet Point Florida'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Battle of the Planets (Middle-earth battles, Naval battles of World War II, World War II operations and battles of the Pacific Campaign, Battles of the French and Indian War)
Battle of the Weser River (1813, Battles of the War of 1812, 218 BC, Battles of the Punic Wars)
Battle of Vitkov Hill (Operation Overlord, Battles of the Napoleonic Wars, Military stubs, Battles of World War I) Battle of Volo (Battles of the Hussite Wars, Basque history, Battles of the Napoleonic Wars, Spanish battles)
www.absoluteastronomy.com /browse/b8.htm   (2083 words)

  
 Blond G - new and used books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The author also describes some of the adventures of whalemen in many different oceans of the world, followed by an account of their exploits in the Antarctic.
The story of the Arctic Convoys during W.W.2.
Blond G. 1954 An excellent history of whaling by an expert who is aware of the natural history of the whale as well as of the whaler.
www.isbn.pl /A-BLOND-G   (333 words)

  
 WORLD WAR II SUBMARINE BOOKS
HMS Trenchant at War: From Chatham to the Baka Strait.
War Beneath the Sea: Submarine Conflict During World War II.
Publisher supplied info: During World War Two, Germany became the only country in history to operate submarine tankers, a circumstance forced by the need to refuel U boats in distant operational areas reached only by passing through large areas of Allied-controlled ocean.
members.aol.com /VonRanke/subs.html   (6487 words)

  
 BBC News | EUROPE | In pictures: Arctic convoys remembered
British and Russian war veterans have gathered in the Russian town of Archangel to mark the 60th anniversary of the first landing of the World War II Arctic convoys.
Thousands of British and Allied men and women died in the convoys, which under heavy German bombardment and through appalling weather escorted supplies to Russia, to help the Red Army fight Hitler on the Eastern front.
Most convoy veterans were in their teens in the war and are in their 70s and 80s
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/1519121.stm   (230 words)

  
 Torpedo Squadron Four - A Cockpit View of World War II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
This book is a historical account of World War II as seen by the pilot of an Avenger, the US Navy's famous torpedo bomber.
The focus is on the activities of one squadron, Torpedo 4 (VT-4).
Torpedo 4 was assigned to three different aircraft carriers during World War II.
www.airgroup4.com /book/indx/index3.htm   (293 words)

  
 Books on World War II (Q-Z) with ManEbooks.com
War in the Pacific: Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay: The Story of the Bitter Struggle in the Pacific Theater of World War II Featuring Commissioned Photog...
War in the Shadow of Auschwitz: Memoirs of a Polish Resistance Fighter and Survivor of the Death Camps by John Wiernicki
World War II on the Air: Edward R. Murrow and the Broadcasts That Riveted a Nation by Mark Bernstein
www.manebooks.com /ibww2qz.htm   (5705 words)

  
 Books about World War II
Books about World War II Books about World War II Here is an alphabetical list of books about the Second World War, compiled by a librarian, that are currently available (in print).
The Anguish of Surrender: Japanese POW's of World War II by Ulrich Straus
Arctic Airmen: The RAF in Spitsbergen and North Russia, 1942 by Ernest Schofield
home.att.net /~newbooks/WWIIbooks.html   (7330 words)

  
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Port of Philadelphia Was Central to War Effort The Delaware Valley’s first memorial to Merchant Marine veterans is appropriately sited: shipyards in Camden, Philadelphia and elsewhere in the tri-state area produced 335 of the merchant ships used during WW II.
Yet it was more than forty years after the war that members of the Merchant Marine were finally recognized as World War II veterans.
I have not gone into myriad facts and figures about the War at Sea, and the part that was played in WWII by the Seamen, and the USN Armed Guard Gunners who sailed, fought, and in too many cases, laid down their lives, in that terrible conflict.
www.armed-guard.com   (8468 words)

  
 Find in a Library: Great World War II battles in the Arctic
Great World War II battles in the Arctic
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, British.
WorldCat is provided by OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. on behalf of its member libraries.
worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/a4827e6b72081cbfa19afeb4da09e526.html   (63 words)

  
 World War 2 Campaigns
"an invaluable reference book on the war at sea....
For the researcher or professional reader, "The War at Sea" will be invaluable.
Royal Navy at Beginning and End of World War 2
www.naval-history.net /NAVAL1939-45Campaigns.htm   (145 words)

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