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 WWII WORLD WAR TWO
World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th century conflict that engulfed much of the globe and is accepted as the largest and deadliest war in human history.
This was a significant contributing factor in the outbreak of World War II in 1939.
Resistance during World War II occurred in every occupied country by a variety of means, ranging from non-cooperation, disinformation and propaganda to hiding crashed pilots and even to outright warfare and the recapturing of towns.
www.solarnavigator.net /world_war_two.htm   (9668 words)

  
 CIAOPS World Guides - WWI Australian Battlefields
The Australian 3rd Division commanded by Major General John Monash with the New Zealand, along with the Australian 4th Division were the spearhead formations in the attack.
The Australian 1st and 2nd Divisions, along with a Scottish Division, were the centre of the assault along Westhoek Ridge facing Glencorse Wood, with a combined front of 1,800 metres.
The Australian 1st and 2nd Divisions were relieved on the nights of the 22nd and 23rd of September, 1917 by the Australian 4th and 5th Divisions, with the 5th Australian division taking the right and the Australian 4th division (transferred to I Anzac) taking the left.
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 Wikinfo | Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
The three Australian and one New Zealand mounted brigades were employed as infantry with the ANZAC during the Gallipoli campaign.
Australian and New Zealand Divisions were involved in a number of the Battles of the Somme, July to November, 1916, while components of British corps but it was only during the Battle of Pozieres, 23rd July 1916, that an Anzac formation participated.
2nd ANZAC (Australian 3rd and 4th Divisions, New Zealand Division plus the British 25th Division) fought in the Battle of Messines, July 1917, which was a prelude to an Allied offensive from the Ypres salient.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Australian_and_New_Zealand_Army_Corps   (597 words)

  
 World War II
World War II Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Belgium - The cemetery possesses great military historic significance as it accommodated the fallen Americans of two major efforts - one covering the U.S. First Army's drive in September 1944 through northern France, Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg into Germany - and second covering the Battle of the Bulge.
The World War II East Coast Memorial is located in Battery Park in New York City at the southern end of Manhattan Island.
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery was created after the Second World War when burials were brought in from all over western Germany and is the largest Commonwealth cemetery in the country.
www.carman.net /world_war_ii.htm   (1492 words)

  
 Iraq War -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Iraq war or war in Iraq is both an informal and formal term for military conflicts in Iraq that began with the invasion of 2003.
The war was unpopular from the outset in many Coalition countries, as reflected in opinion polls and widespread protests, including the largest worldwide protest in human history, on February 15th, 2003: a day of Global protests against war on Iraq.
The War of Iraq (2003) was the war in the Middle East country of Iraq, which resulted from the the Iraq disarmament crisis of late 2002 and began with the invasion of 2003.
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 THE SECOND WORLD WAR
World war, is the ultimate failure of those we place in power, to communicate.
In order to prevent such devastating war from occurring again and to establish a lasting peace in Europe, the European Coal and Steel Community was born in 1951 (Treaty of Paris), the predecessor of the European Union.
The end of World War II is seen by many as marking the end of the United Kingdom's position as a global superpower and the catalyst for the emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as the dominant powers in the world.
www.speedace.info /ww2.htm   (10442 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Fact file: Australian special forces
It's the country's largest military deployment since the Vietnam war, though members of the Australian Special Air Service Regiment were heavily involved in secret operations with their US and British counterparts in Afghanistan.
Australian special forces, like their counterparts from New Zealand have often been members of or served with British units.
UN war crimes investigators said they have looked at claims that Australia SAS men were involved in the torture and killing of two pro-Indonesian militiamen during their 1999 peace-keeping mission to East Timor.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/2876381.stm   (428 words)

  
 First World War.com - Who's Who - Sir Charles Rosenthal
The First World War war began with Rosenthal in command of 5th Field Brigade Australian Artillery with the rank of Major.
He was appointed artillery commander of 4th Division (with a promotion to Colonel and temporary Brigadier-General) and served during the Battle of the Somme, during the course of which he received a further wound, partly on account of his tendency to pay repeated visits to the front lines.
May 1918 brought Rosenthal notable promotion to Major-General with command of 2nd Division (having served as temporary commander of 1st Division for a month in January/February 1918), during the course of which he was wounded once again, temporarily leading his division from a hospital bed until Australian commander Sir John Monash intervened.
www.firstworldwar.com /bio/rosenthal.htm   (516 words)

  
 Australian Military Units
The battalion was recruited in New South Wales, and with the 14th, 15th and 16th Battalions formed the 4th Brigade, commanded by Colonel John Monash.
The 4th Brigade landed at ANZAC Cove late in the afternoon of 25 April 1915.
The 4th Brigade was combined with the 12th and 13th Brigades to form the 4th Australian Division.
www.awm.gov.au /units/unit_11200.asp   (512 words)

  
 World War 2
World War 2: Barbarossa to Berlin presents both the Allied and Axis players with a wide range of exciting game choices, while illustrating the key historical factors of the war: from the importance of mechanized forces in combat to the importance of oil to fuel them but without the complexity of other strategic WWII designs.
BATTLE FOR CHINA is a boardgame simulation of the "War of Resistance Against Japan" from the initial Japanese invasion in July, 1937, to the end of 1941.
Gazala simulates the critical battle in the summer of ’42 that led to the fall of Tobruk and the arrival of the Axis armies at the gates to the Nile delta.
www.gameslore.co.uk /acatalog/Products_World_War_2_37.html   (5118 words)

  
 Austalian PSYOP
He entered the Australian Army in 1970 at the age of 23 and was sent to Singleton army base for recruit training and Woodside for Corps training in Intelligence.
The Australians printed about 100,000 of this leaflet that were disseminated by air on NVA and VC troops to encourage them to rally to the Republic of Viet Nam.
Australian Leaflet ATF-053-70 is a form of rural development leaflet where the government gives helpful instructions to the populace in an attempt to make their life better and their loyalty to the regime stronger.
www.psywarrior.com /AustralianVNPSYOP.html   (10705 words)

  
 Groesbeek War Cemetery
Within the cemetery stands the Groesbeek Memorial, which commemorates by name more than 1,000 members of the Commonwealth land forces who died during the campaign in north-west Europe between the time of crossing the Seine at the end of August 1944 and the end of the war in Europe, and whose graves are not known.
Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery is 3 kilometers north of the village and 1.5 kilometer east of the main road to Nijmegen.
After passing Mook War Cemetery continue to the village of Groesbeek to a roundabout.
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 Dogs of War
All three dogs were very efficient in message carrying and saw service with the 2nd, 4th and 5th Australian Divisions, also with Divisions of the British 8th Corps (Imperial).
It should be noted, that units of the Australian Army were using patrol and tracker dogs, as far back as the Korean War, the Malayan Emergency, and in Borneo.
A war memorial with an unusual twist, sits in a small park overlooking the seas of the South Pacific Ocean at Alexander Headland.
www.diggerhistory.info /pages-asstd/dogs_of_war.htm   (1121 words)

  
 HyperWar: U.S. Army in World War II
This pamphlet contains a brief analytical description of each volume in the United States Army in World War II series published to date or to be published in the near future.
The 9th Australian Division Versus the Africa Corps: an Infantry Division Against Tobruk, Libya, 1941, Colonel Ward A. Miller
The 4th Armored Division in the Encirclement of Nancy, Dr. Christopher R. Gabel
www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USA/index.html   (1373 words)

  
 AUSTRALIAN PRISONERS of WAR - World War 2
AUSTRALIAN PRISONERS of WAR - World War 2
Japanese Atrocities commited on Australian Prisoners of War.
Promoted to Lt Col to command 2/19th Australian Infantry Battalion, 22nd Australian Infantry Brigade, 8th Australian Division; Awarded VICTORIA CROSS for his action at the Battle of Maur, Malaya.
www.angelfire.com /alt2/prisonersofwar   (842 words)

  
 Korean War   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Bloody Sunday and the Potemkin Mutiny were both partly caused by the unpopularity of the war.
At the end of the war he was a professional soldier of great influence and prestige, to whom the American people listened with respect.
By January 4th, the enemy had recaptured Seoul, and by January 7th, the Eighth Army had retired to new positions roughly 70 miles south of the 38th parallel.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USAkorea.htm   (4398 words)

  
 International War Veterans Poetry Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Poetry and prose about war and the consequences of war, written by veterans, and family and friends of veterans.
A database of casualties of war in South Africa.
At times we were attached to the 1st Cavalry Division, 4th Infantry Division, 173d Airborne Brigade and 1st Field Force Vietnam.
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 WORLD WAR ONE BOOKS - FROM C. CLAYTON THOMPSON - BOOKSELLER
The war also led to important developments in literature, technology, music and social equality that have shaped the culture of 21st century America.
The 6th Marine Regiment was part of the 4th (Marine) Brigade of the 2nd Infantry Division.
Her raw images and painful depiction of the "wounds of war" led the publishers to withdraw the book during the propaganda efforts that accompanied American entry into the war.
www.civilwarmall.com /bookseller/files/wwi.htm   (14588 words)

  
 HyperWar: World War II on the World Wide Web--"To Do" List
To Do Following are the projects, histories, and documents waiting to be transcribed and formatted for the HyperWar history of World War II, as of 11Nov03.
Volunteers to assist in transcribing this material are most welcome: contact the HyperWar webmaster.
The 4th Armored Division in the Encirclement of Nancy
www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/todo.html   (1397 words)

  
 wwi
The International Internet Encyclopedia of the First World War is being created by teachers and students from several different countries
To Study All Aspects of the Great War and Its Effect on the 20th Century.
Germany's High Sea Fleet in the World War
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 21CW Central - Simply the Best BF2 Tournament!
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