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	World War II
		World War II World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing approximately 55.5 million lives (see below).
		The war was fought mainly between an alliance of the British Commonwealth, France, the United States, the Soviet Union, and China—collectively known as the Allies; and the Axis Powers, an alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan.
		The war also saw the re-emergence of the United States from its isolationism, the destruction and rebuilding of Germany and Japan into major industrial powers, the advent of the atomic bomb, and the emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as global superpowers.
	publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/w/wo/world_war_ii.html (3770 words)

	World War II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that engulfed much of the globe and is generally considered the most costly and intense war in human history.
		Postâ“World War II Europe was partitioned into Western and Soviet spheres of influence, the former undergoing economic reconstruction under the Marshall Plan and the latter becoming satellite states of the Soviet Union.
		The end of World War II is seen by many as the end of Britain's position as a global superpower and the emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as the dominant powers in the world.
	abcworld.net /World_War_II.html (9117 words)

	Victory in Europe 1945
		At the end of World War II in Europe, peace had finally come but at a terrible price: its cities and countryside were devastated, 35 million lay dead, and those who did survive faced extreme economic hardship and the threat of starvation.
		Ending the war was more than a matter of defeating the German army; it was about a new world order emerging in fits and starts from the smoldering ruins of a continent.
		Victory in Europe 1945 offers a case study in war termination that examines choices made and opportunities lost as it considers the transition from coalition cooperation to mutual suspicion in the face of new political realities.
	www.kansaspress.ku.edu /offvic.html (387 words)

	World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		World War II Clockwise from top: Allied landing on Normandy beaches on D-Day, the gate of a Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz, Red Army soldiers raising the Soviet flag over the Reichstag in Berlin, the Nagasaki atom bomb, and the 1936 Nuremberg Rally.
		The war triggered an international outcry, and, on December 14, the Soviet Union was expelled from the League of Nations.
		It was one of the bloodiest sieges of the war.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_War_II (9216 words)

	End of World War II in Europe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The final battles of the European Theatre of World War II and the German surrender took place in late April and early May 1945.
		The line of contact between American and Soviet forces at the end of hostilities was not congruous with the pre-arranged occupation zones.
		In the end it was resolved by force of arms.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/End_of_World_War_II_in_Europe (1998 words)

	World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The war ended in Europe with the surrender of Germany on
		World War I, the Western victors in the Second World War did not demand compensation from the defeated nations.
		The destruction of Europe and the destruction, via aerial bombing, of a significant proportion of the United Kingdom's cities would also symbolically destroy the aura of invincibility the European nation had in the eyes of their colonies.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /~eushrair/worldwartwo.htm (3850 words)

	Crosswalk.com - Revisiting History--President Bush Confronts the Past (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		After all, the celebration of "V-E Day," marking the end of World War II in Europe, was complicated by increased tensions with Russia and its neighbors.
		The "Big Three" met in the Crimea as the war in Europe was coming to an end--but as Hitler still had a massive number of troops on the ground.
		The absence of Churchill and Roosevelt from the world scene--in the case of Churchill at least for a time--gave Stalin virtually unrestricted opportunity to redefine the terms of the Yalta agreement.
	www.crosswalk.com /news/weblogs/Mohler/1329513.html (1669 words)

	CNN - Demonstrators mar French World War II ceremony - May 8, 1997
		CAYENNE, French Guiana (CNN) -- Demonstrators protesting the imprisonment of French Guiana independence leaders disrupted a ceremony Thursday marking the 52nd anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe.
		War veterans and officials present expressed shock at the protest.
		Meanwhile, in Paris, French President Jacques Chirac laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/9705/08/briefs.I/france.WWII (150 words)

	The Epoch Times \| Russia Hosts WWII Event Despite Criticism
		Moscow’s 60-year Victory Day commemorations marking the end of World War II in Europe, was boycotted by neighboring Lithuania, Estonia, Georgia and the Czech Republic on Monday May 9.
		The nations raised concern over the former Soviet occupation of Eastern Europe and the current severing of freedoms in Russia, which remain unresolved issues in the region.
		While the end of World War II brought peace to those nations, it also brought “occupation and communist oppression”, commented Mr.
	www.theepochtimes.com /news/5-5-11/28651.html (414 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| Papers mark war commemorations
		The commemorations by victors and vanquished of the anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe attract wide coverage in today's papers - except in Russia, where they are too busy celebrating to publish their dailies.
		Since hundreds of thousands of Germans were persecuted by the Nazi regime or died in concentration camps, this is a form of "reparation" for their offspring, it says.
		The Slovak Pravda warns that even as Europe celebrates the end of the war, there are innocent people suffering in present conflicts.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/4528133.stm (588 words)

	USATODAY.com - Bush walking fine line with trip to ex-Soviet republics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The "Great Patriotic War," as World War II is known in Russia, cost 27 million Russian lives, and its end is widely celebrated in Russia.
		All three countries were subsumed into the Soviet Union at the end of World War II, and the leaders of all three have publicly disputed Putin's contention last week that the collapse of the Soviet Union was a "major geopolitical disaster."
		The two countries fought as allies during World War II and were rivals during the Cold War.
	www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2005-05-04-bush-russia-trip_x.htm (866 words)

	Americans, Italians Mark World War II Anniversary
		About 10 American and 25 Italian World War II veterans attended the ceremony, held on the marble steps of the memorial, which faces the cemetery’s 7,861 graves.
		Armstrong said he would be in Europe for about a week, attending other World War II 60th anniversary events, including one in England, and another in Florence, Italy.
		The ceremony at Nettuno was one of about 130 events commemorating the 60th anniversary of World War II to be held in Europe, beginning with the D-Day observances in Normandy, France, in June.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=18165 (660 words)

	Vermont's Northland Journal - The 60th Anniversary of the End of World War II
		On Sunday, May 8, 2005, the world celebrated the 60th anniversary of the end of Adolph Hitler’s reign of terror in Europe, terror that threatened to encompass the world, terror that sent about millions of people who Hitler deemed “undesirables”, many of them of Jewish origin, to the gas chambers.
		For Jackie Powers of Newport, the memories of that war are still etched in her mind, an ever-painful reminder of her youth in Nazi occupied France.
		With the war in Europe still on, food was still scarce and Jackie found herself continually hungry.
	www.thekingdomhistorical.com /stories22.html (2352 words)

	The Epoch Times \| Moscow Kicks Off 60th Anniversary Festivities Marking End of WWII
		Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) poses among Red Army World War II veterans during a meeting between him, CIS leaders and veterans at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, 08 May 2005.
		MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin is welcoming leaders from around the world in Moscow for 60th anniversary celebrations marking the end of World War II in Europe.
		They say, for their people, the end of the war in Europe was not an end, but a beginning to 50 years of Soviet rule.
	www.theepochtimes.com /news/5-5-8/28577.html (540 words)

	Print Story: Bush says Cold War captivity one of great wrongs on Yahoo! News
		President Bush denounced Soviet Cold War rule of eastern Europe as "one of the greatest wrongs of history" on Saturday in a jab at Moscow two days before celebrations of the 1945 victory over Hitler.
		Bush, visiting Latvia before the ceremonies in Moscow marking 60 years since the end of World War II in Europe, also held up the three Baltic states as examples of democratic reform since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
		He said the end of the war brought liberty from fascism for many in Germany but meant the "iron rule of another empire" for the Baltic states -- Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia -- and nations from Poland to Romania.
	www.cs.indiana.edu /~dasulliv/bushputinbaltics.html (910 words)

	TIME.com: Europe: The End of World War II -- Aug. 17, 1970 -- Page 1
		In the aftermath of defeat in World War II, the conquering powers sundered Germany, drawing the demarcation of the cold war's battle line through the heart of the beaten country.
		Bonn was the Soviet Union's chief whipping boy in Europe; the fear of renascent Germany was the most persuasive Russian rationale for the continued presence of Soviet forces throughout Eastern Europe.
		That is his grand design, which envisions a united Western Europe living in peace with its neighbors to the east.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,909560,00.html (737 words)

	World War II Allies Unite Again in Song and Dance... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		World War II Allies Unite Again in Song and Dance...
		Not unless your old Cold War nightmares involved those Russian soldiers singing and dancing because that is just what these talented performers did on a cool and windy Sunday afternoon.
		The Russians were members of the Alexandrov Chorus and Dance Ensemble of the Russian Army and they were in Washington to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe with a free performance.
	releases.usnewswire.com /GetRelease.asp?id=46436 (1127 words)

	Core Lesson 5
		The push for peace in Europe was won at last in May, 1945, but the Japanese continued to fight a much stronger, more powerful US army until August.
		The last chapeters of World War II are dotted with many noteable events like the death of President Roosevelt, the dropping of the Atomic bomb on Japan, and Hitler's suicide.
		explore the end of World War II in Europe and the Pacific with BBC's World War II and "War, Victory, and the Bomb"
	community.rice.edu /focusresources/lessons/7-3 (573 words)

	The end of World War II in Europe - pages from a V-E diary National Review - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Mussolini is shot, Hitler rumored to be dead or dying, Himmler asking for some kind of terms, and the whole front collapsing, the end, after 12 years, of the Thousand-Year Reich.
		So this is the end, on this terrace sloping down to the meadow, the chestnut trees in flower in the background, the warmth of the sun, two white butterflies following each other in spirals up and over the dandelions.
		This is the end, from that morning so long ago when I came downstairs to breakfast and Mother said, "England has declared war," and began to cry.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1282/is_v37/ai_3790228 (908 words)

	Exhibition of Rare Photos Commemorate 60th Anniversary of End of World War II in Europe
		AUSTIN, Texas -- An exhibit of photographs by World War II combat photographers on the Soviet side provides a visual record of the devastating war, including several images that have never been seen in the West before.
		At the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin several world leaders and heads of state will participate in Russia's 60th anniversary of Victory Day on Monday, May 9, including United States President George W. Bush, French President Jacques Chirac and Chinese President Hu Jintao.
		While the American death toll from World War II was 400,000, more than 25 million Russians, Ukrainians and other peoples of the Soviet Empire died.
	www.hrc.utexas.edu /news/press/2005/broyles.html (390 words)

	deseretnews.com \| News of Nazi defeat spurred a joyous celebration in S.L. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It was May 8, 1945 —; V-E Day, the end of World War II in Europe, and Army Staff Sgt. RKay Mower watched in awe in Dijon, France.
		The casualties of the battle in Europe were many: 186,000 Allied troops were killed during the 11 months between D-Day and V-E Day.
		Newsboys shouted from every corner that the war in Europe was over.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,600132318,00.html (568 words)

	RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
		U.S. President George W. Bush met near Moscow with President Putin on 8 May, the day before the two men were to join 50 other world leaders to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, Russian and international media reported.
		The State Duma's Motherland faction on 9 May boycotted official ceremonies in Moscow marking the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, Interfax reported.
		Vike-Freiberga said that World War II ended for Latvia "only in 1990 when it separated from the Soviet Union," ITAR-TASS reported.
	www.rferl.org /newsline/2005/05/1-RUS/rus-090505.asp (1804 words)

	People's Weekly World - A triumph for humanity disrespected by Bush (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The end of World War II in Europe was celebrated this past week in Moscow, capital of the “former Soviet Union,” the world’s first socialist nation, which made the greatest contribution to victory over the fascist Axis.
		Not everyone is blind to what is going on in Latvia, where schoolchildren today learn that “heroic” Latvian SS soldiers — who in reality exterminated tens of thousands of Jewish civilians and antifascist fighters on their own soil — fought to save the country from the monstrous “Bolshevik” hordes.
		The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs has called the Latvian government’s treatment of World War II “one of the worst cases of falsification of history.” Russian sources have noted that, while pro-fascist historical “revisionism” is developing in many countries, in Latvia it has open government support.
	www.pww.org /article/articleprint/7023 (497 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Bush says he'll remind Putin of Soviet occupation of Baltics
		The May 9 holiday, Victory Day, is revered by the Russians as an unequivocal celebration of the Soviet triumph over Nazi Germany, while for residents of the Baltic countries the end of the war led to decades of harsh rule by Moscow.
		In excerpts of an interview to be broadcast Thursday, Bush told Lithuanian state television that he will stress to the Russian leader that the end of the war did not bring freedom for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
		"Yes, of course I'll remind him of that," Bush said, adding that he told Putin during their last meeting in Slovakia that the end of World War II was not a day of celebration for the Baltics.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20050505-0507-lithuania-bush.html (437 words)

	Part II: Vladimir Putin, Russian President Vladimir Putin Talks To Mike Wallace In An Exclusive Interview - CBS News
		WALLACE: In the spotlight of the world, the spotlight of the world at this moment -- 50, 60 world leaders, including George W. Bush, commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II.
		TRANSLATOR: The war against Nazism, this absolute evil, brought together most of the countries and people of the world, and it was a very good example of cooperation.
		The President is in Europe on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the Nazis’ defeat.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/05/08/60minutes/main693767.shtml (996 words)

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