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	Japanese Surrender Documents of WWII
		We hereby direct the commanders of all Japanese forces in the Philippine Islands at once to liberate all Allied prisoners of war and civilian internees under their control, and to provide for their protection, care, maintenance and immediate transportation to places as directed by the nearest United States Army Force Commander.
		We hereby direct the commanders of all Japanese forces in the Philippine Islands to issue at once to all forces under their command to surrender unconditionally themselves and all forces under their control, as prisoners of war, to the nearest United States Force Commander.
		We hereby direct the commanders of all Japanese forces in the Philippine Islands to surrender intact and in good order to the nearest United States Army Force Commander, at times and at places directed by him, all equipment and supplies of whatever nature under their control.
	www.law.ou.edu /hist/japsurr.html

	Bombing of Dresden in World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Some have suggested that the bombing of Dresden may have been a war crime and that those allied commanders who ordered the action and the airmen who carried it out should be tried as war criminals.
		Some have suggested that this bombing was a war crime and that those allied commanders who ordered the action, and the airmen who carried it out should be tried as war criminals.
		An Associated Press war correspondant immediately filed a story that the Allies had resorted to terror bombing in order to seal Hitler's doom and this set in train a number of embarrassing questions on both sides of the Atlantic on the morality of this form of attack.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bombing_of_Dresden_in_World_War_II

	CHAPTER 2: World War II: The Army
		Many World War I commanders agreed that the black officers produced by the school proved inadequate as troop commanders, and postwar staff studies generally opposed the future use of black officers.
		Judge Hastie, along with a sizable segment of the black press, believed that the beginning of a world war was the time to improve military effectiveness by increasing black participation in that war.
		The War Department has maintained throughout the emergency and present war that it is not an appropriate medium for effecting social readjustments but has insisted that all soldiers, regardless of race, be afforded equal opportunity to enjoy the recreational facilities which are provided at posts, camps and stations.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/integration/IAF-02.htm

	CHAPTER 2: World War II: The Army
		Many World War I commanders agreed that the black officers produced by the school proved inadequate as troop commanders, and postwar staff studies generally opposed the future use of black officers.
		The War Department has maintained throughout the emergency and present war that it is not an appropriate medium for effecting social readjustments but has insisted that all soldiers, regardless of race, be afforded equal opportunity to enjoy the recreational facilities which are provided at posts, camps and stations.
		Hastie's War Department superiors, on the other hand, assumed that his was a public relations job and expected him to handle all complaints and mobilization problems as had his World War I predecessor, Emmett J. Scott.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/integration/IAF-02.htm (16573 words)

	Causes of World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		World War II is one of the most complicated conflicts in history and it is therefore difficult to explain its origin.
		The causes of the war in Europe are closely linked to the causes of the rise of fascism.
		Underlying Causes of World War II Nationalism: Nationalism was the main reason for German, Italian and Japanese aggression.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Causes_of_World_War_II (3179 words)

	frontline: the gulf war PBS
		of "The Gulf War," on January 9, 1996.
		from tariq aziz to norman schwarzkopf, from colin powell to margaret thatcher, twenty top decision makers, military commanders, iraqis & analysts examine the war.
		an oral history · war stories · weapons & technology · voices in the storm
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf (3179 words)

	Naval Aviation World War II
		This was the beginning of a concept of functional components which developed as the war progressed and which provided planners and commanders with a means of ordering standardized units of personnel, equipment, and material to meet any special need in any area, in much the same manner as ordering from a mail-order catalogue.
		Assignment of these aircraft, actually destined for the British and painted with British markings, was the beginning of what became an extensive use of land planes by patrol squadrons during the war and, although it was not yet apparent, was the first move toward the eventual elimination of the flying boat from patrol aviation.
		This aircraft incorporated a conventional reciprocating engine for use in normal operations and the turbojet for use as a booster during takeoffs and maximum performance flights.
	www.history.navy.mil /branches/avchr5.htm (3179 words)

	World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		World War I were involved in World War II.
		Battle of the Bulge, German SS commanders were tried for war crimes after the war.
		In the first months of the war the British Government ordered the RAF to adhere strictly to the draft rules, but this restriction was progressively relaxed and abandoned altogether in 1942.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_War_II (3179 words)

	Fergy's Cryptography Thesis
		The information provided to them throughout the war from Ultra and Magic, the codename for the information gathered from the breaking of German and Japanese codes respectively, allowed the length of the war to be shortened, and saved many Allied lives.
		For Ultra, the Battle of France, which was fought in 1940, was too early in the war for Ultra to be extremely significant (67).
		However, given their ability to decipher these messages and their force strength at the beginning of the war, this information was not permitted to be utilized at its greatest potential.
	www.acsu.buffalo.edu /~smf7/hp/cryptths.htm (3179 words)

	World War II Plus 55 - October 25, 1942
		After the war, he returns to Japan and works for 30 years in Chase Manhattan Bank's Tokyo office.
		The sentry is court-martialed "for not taking decisive measures to inform his commanders of the forthcoming crime and preventing the traitors from deserting."
		Ishikawa sits out the war in New Zealand.
	www.usswashington.com /dl25oc42.htm (4014 words)

	WWII Online Guide - The Ground War
		World War II Online strategic system uses Resource Points ( RPs) to represent all the different types of resources and materials that real militaries would use in fighting a war.
		World War II Online allows squadron commanders (who have high enough rank) to post special �squadron�s eyes only� missions.
		World War II Online �s current theater map is split into a web of
	www.ogm.wwiionline.com /GroundWar.htm (4014 words)

	World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Battle of the Bulge, German SS commanders were tried for war crimes after the war.
		Virtually all countries that participated in World War I were involved in World War II.
		In the first months of the war the British Government ordered the RAF to adhere strictly to the draft rules, but this restriction was progressively relaxed and abandoned altogether in 1942.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_War_II (4014 words)

	Second World War Books: Review
		While many of the survey results are presented in tabular format, this is very much a volume of analysis and interpretation and Mulligan writes at considerable length about who these men were, what they did aboard the boats, how they fit into the war at sea, and what they thought about the wider world war.
		The Fighting Commodores: Convoy Commanders in the Second World War.
		Today we look briefly at four recent books from Naval Institute Press concerning U-boats and the Battle of the Atlantic.
	stonebooks.com /archives/991024.shtml (4014 words)

	World War II
		World War II was created by unwise and reptilian-minded political leaders, undertaken by the reptilian minds of the various military commanders, filtering down to expose the worst propensities of man. Atrocities and all manner of savage behavior resulted that rivals only the “Jurassic” era.
		However, like all wars preceding it, World War II was nothing more than an act of lunacy perpetrated and foisted on humanity by dysfunctional individuals who sought fame and immortality through their misguided actions.
		This act was intended to prevent direct U.S. involvement in the war through the sinking of U.S. vessels, a problem that had spurred the nation’s involvement in World War I. From the beginning of the war, however, the British dominated the seas; the cash-and-carry law thus had the effect of favoring the British cause.
	www.inspiredbooks.com /Chapter4.htm (14594 words)

	World War II
		In one of the worst mistakes anyone made in World War II, Adolf Hitler ordered his commanders to seek a decision in Normandy.
		World War II was a watershed in the history of the Uinted States.
		The war that is now called the Pacific front of World War II was called in Japan then The Great East Asia War, for the liberation of Asia from the European and American colonizers was the proclaimed Goal.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/ops/world_war_2.htm (11154 words)

	The Man Behind the Sun - FilmReviews - www.theage.com.au
		The film is set in the last months of World War II, in a wintry setting that provides a chilly and at times disturbingly beautiful backdrop to the story.
		Taiwan director T. Mous's The Man Behind the Sun (1988) is a strange, compelling film, a graphic and disturbing account of World War II atrocities.
		Manchu 731 specialises in biological warfare, and the commanders' aim is to develop these weapons as quickly as possible: they tell themselves, and their men, that it is they who can save the empire.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/04/22/1082530287330.html?from=storyrhs (425 words)

	AFV Development During World War II
		The simple fact that German tanks were the only ones to have three-man turrets in the early period of World War II represents a significant factor in explaining the military successes achieved during the Blitzkrieg years of 1939-42.
		Armored fighting vehicles, or tanks, came of age during the Second World War.
		Command and control of armored units improved because, with a specific crewman for loading the gun, the commanders no longer had to double as the loader and was able to concentrate fully on his leadership functions.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/world_war_2/11083 (525 words)

	Store Front: Videos of WW II in Association with the History Channel
		German submarine commanders recall the deadly battle waged beneath the waves of World War II.
		From its desperate development during World War II to the stealth technologies that are pushing its limits, explore the history and future of radar.
		At the Imperial War Museum's airfield in England, the legendary planes of World War II still take to the air in a stunning display of living history and military technology.
	www.ww2guide.com /movies.shtml (1031 words)

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		Hitlers interest was fitful in any other theatre than the Russian and until he was about to lose North Africa he treated it as a sideshow, never grasping its place in the total pattern of the war, as Churchill did even when Britains fortunes were at their lowest point, in 19403.
		The role of intelligence in the Second World War was supplementary; to add to the information known by Allied commanders, and any exaggeration of this role is misleading.
		In literature on the North African Campaign in the Second World War, both Rommel and Montgomery as portrayed at tactical genius`s that turned certain defeat into victory; this is due to the fact that history prefers to glorify people and battles rather than an aspect of warfare such as supplies.
	ww11captainmartee.8m.com (4709 words)

	World War II Books & Videos
		War diaries, staff papers, action reports from individual commanders, plus letters and papers of Tirpitz, Scheer, and Hipper are among the wealth of material referenced.
		In this book, the author takes you on a guided tour of these undersea terrors, from early German submersible designs through their operations in two world wars, to the late 1940s when the last remaining submarines were scuttled.
		In both world wars, the German U-boat was the Allies' scourge, and in the latter conflict it very nearly won the day for Germany.
	www.wwiibooks.com /kriegsmarine.html (4709 words)

	Mr. Sembrat TeacherWeb Links
		That means if you selected a battle at the beginning of the list, it happened earlier in the war, etc.
		This is a listing of Civil War Battles by State.
		A great link to find casualties and commanders, but only a few battles are listed here.
	teacherweb.com /PA/SPS/Sembrat/links1.stm (4709 words)

	Military History Online
		As American capabilities and experience grew during World War II amphibious assaults evolved from the close run, shoestring operation at Guadalcanal (1) into the incredibly complex and massive invasions of Normandy and Okinawa involving thousands of ships, planes and men and vast supply chains.
		Although Lysander is the best known of the Spartan commanders of the war, being the architect of final victory, no other single Spartan exhibited the flexibility of intellect, persuasiveness of oratory and bravery and skill in combat.
		It was occupied by the German army during World War I, and its eastern suburbs were scorched during the Bolshevik onslaught in 1920.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com (4709 words)

	World War II
		World War II was created by unwise and reptilian-minded political leaders, undertaken by the reptilian minds of the various military commanders, filtering down to expose the worst propensities of man. Atrocities and all manner of savage behavior resulted that rivals only the “Jurassic” era.
		However, like all wars preceding it, World War II was nothing more than an act of lunacy perpetrated and foisted on humanity by dysfunctional individuals who sought fame and immortality through their misguided actions.
		Despite these efforts, when World War II ended, two-thirds of Europe’s Jews had been murdered, more than had been slain in pogroms during the previous eighteen hundred years.
	www.inspiredbooks.com /Chapter4.htm (14594 words)

	WWII Campaigns: China Defensive
		World War II was waged on land, on sea, and in the air over several diverse theaters of operation for approximately six years.
		World War II was the largest and most violent armed conflict in the history of mankind.
		While World War II continues to absorb the interest of military scholars and historians, as well as its veterans, a generation of Americans has grown to maturity largely unaware of the political, social, and military implications of a war that, more than any other, united us as a people with a common purpose.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/brochures/72-38/72-38.htm (14594 words)

	AFV Development During World War II
		The simple fact that German tanks were the only ones to have three-man turrets in the early period of World War II represents a significant factor in explaining the military successes achieved during the Blitzkrieg years of 1939-42.
		Armored fighting vehicles, or tanks, came of age during the Second World War.
		Command and control of armored units improved because, with a specific crewman for loading the gun, the commanders no longer had to double as the loader and was able to concentrate fully on his leadership functions.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/world_war_2/11083 (540 words)

	The United States Army Air Forces in W.W.II
		It exists to help you research the United States Army Air Forces of World War II.
		Scam warning: All parties interested in WWII History, or veterans' issues in general, beware of an outfit called "The American War Library." This shameful entity has long been a scourge on Usenet, but more and more is encroaching on the World Wide Web.
		Combat Units of the Army Air Forces: This database is based on the Maurer book and lists squadrons assigned, unit motto, combat history, awards, bases, commanders, and more.
	www.armyairforces.com (313 words)

	Helion & Company Ltd > ELITE 118: GERMAN COMMANDERS OF WORLD WAR II (I) ARMY
		This first of two studies examines the careers and illustrates the appearance and uniforms of 19 of the German Army’s leading field commanders in World War II.
		The colour portraits are in the uniquely meticulous style of the respected World War II illustrator Malcolm McGregor.
		Their service covers the whole arc of that army’s wartime experience, from stunning success in 1939—41, through the hugely costly middle years on the Russian Front to the stubborn defensive fighting in both East and West in 1943—45.
	www.helion.co.uk /product.php?xProd=71405 (313 words)

	The North African Campaign Of World War II
		The role of intelligence in the Second World War was supplementary; to add to the information known by Allied commanders, and any exaggeration of this role is misleading.
		From the history of the Second World War it can be seen that intellignce was not always significant, but it did possess the continual, but unreached potential to be the decisive factor in battle, which can be seen at Alam Halfa and El Alamein.
		Although Ultra is a much celebrated topic in literature on the Second World War, it is fair to say that its role was severely limited for several reasons in the North African theatre.
	www.topedge.com /panels/ww2/na/intelligence.html (313 words)

	Blog Them Out of the Stone Age
		Military operations are studied in the light of economic, social, technological, and political changes in the world today.
		Each year the history department of the US Military Academy conducts a three-week program designed to help historians increase their understanding of the study of war and military history.
		The staff ride is an extremely important part of high-level military history instruction because it allows the participants to gain an understanding of the effects of terrain on battle and analyze the decision-making of commanders.
	warhistorian.org /blog (6390 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).
		Bombers of World Wars I and II: An illustrated A-Z Catalogue of Bombers, From the Early Attacks of 1914 Through to the Blitz, the Dambusters and the Atomic Bomb Raids by Francis Crobsy
		Armoured Crusader: The Biography of Major-General Sir Percy 'Hobo' Hobart, One of the Most Influential Military Commanders of the Second World War by Kenneth MacKsey
	home.att.net /~newbooks/WWIIbooks.html (7172 words)

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