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	History of WWII Medicine
		During World War I he began experimenting with antibacterial substances and in 1921 discovered lysozyme, an antibiotic enzyme that attacks many types of bacteria.
		The Use of Plasma During World War II Plasma is the liquid portion of the blood--a protein-salt solution in which red and white blood cells and platelets are suspended.
		During World War II, Medics were allowed to administer morphine to alleviate pain, although the injection could also be given at the Battalion, or Collecting Stations.
	home.att.net /~steinert/wwii.htm (2033 words)

	The Beginnings of Revolt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It was the appearance of Hitler, and the World War that came out of it, that gave India her Independence.
		By the end of World War I all their energy and resources were depleted, and they were just coming back by the Empire that they had created.
		India and the rest of the colonies were dragged into war.
	library.thinkquest.org /17282/history/wwIIindia.html (677 words)

	HyperWar: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II: India-Burma
		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.
		World War II was waged on land, on sea, and in the air over several diverse theaters of operation for approximately six years.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USA/USA-C-India/index.html (6990 words)

	"'Hope to See You Soon': A Collection of West Virginia War Letters"
		Jones was captured during the Korean War and died a prisoner of war.
		During the Civil War, 2nd Lieutenant John Price of the 7th WV Cavalry wrote to another officer in the regiment, Captain Jacob M. Rife, admitting his past problems with alcohol and promising to avoid drinking in the future.
		During the Korean War, Shirley Webb served in the Army and was killed in Korea.
	www.wvculture.org /history/warletters/wlindex.html (1001 words)

	Women in black- for Justice against War
		Wars in which, man’s inhumanity has been immortalised, in the memories of those children who have been forced to watch the rapes of their own mothers and sisters.
		Women in Black in India mourning the devastating effects of the communal carnage unleashed in Ayodhya, by the destruction of the Babri Masjid; grieving in anger at the genocide of the Muslims in Gujarat.
		We knew of women demonstrating on the streets of Belgrade every Wednesday from the beginning of the Balkan war in 1991; women speaking for all nationalities who were victims of rape and torture of the wars; women demanding that rape in war be treated as a war crime.
	www.womeninblack.org /worldwide/india.htm (1821 words)

	Warren Weidenburner CHINA-BURMA-INDIA
		CBI was important however to the overall Allied war effort because of early plans to base air and naval forces in China for an eventual assault on Japan.
		Stilwell was the military attache at the U.S. Embassy in Peking from 1935 to 1939 and became fluent in Chinese.
		During March alone, in 17 missions averaging 6 to 7 planes, they ferried into the combat area 376 tons of supplies.
	warren421.home.comcast.net /history.html (3180 words)

	Territorial Army (TA)
		After the 1962 war, when a large number of TA units were converted into regular army units a with the proliferation of para-military forces, the concept of part-time soldiering has not only been neglected but, if one may say, lost.
		It was during the first war of Independence in 1857 that the British administrative machinery crumbled down at many places in the country.
		After World War I, in response to political demands, two separate, territorial organisations were created, namely the Auxiliary Force (India), popularly known as AFI for Europeans and Anglo Indians and the Indian Territorial Force comprising Indians.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/india/ta.htm (2288 words)

	Indian History - British Period - Towards Independent India
		During the war whenever there was a possibility of a rapprochement between the Congress and the Government for a united war effort, Gandhi stepped aside.
		During the talks Jinaah insisted on the need for a separate Muslim state (Pakistan) while Gandhi tried to impress that India needs to remain a united one country.
		Events like INA’s capture of Kohima in World War II and Indian Navy mutiny were probably not significant militarily but were a psychological blow to the confidence of British government, which hastened Indian Independence.
	www.gatewayforindia.com /history/british_history4.htm (4655 words)

	Waco G-4 Glider in World War II
		During World War II, Americans produced the most formidable glider force in the world.
		And again, unlike powered aircraft, which were ready for combat almost immediately upon reaching their destinations, the relatively delicate gliders required several days to be gently unloaded from cargo ships, uncrated, and painstakingly reassembled before they were ready for their test flights.
		The pilots knew that if they were incapacitated during the four-hour flight across the water to their objectives in Holland, there would be no one on board qualified to conduct a safe emergency landing.
	www.exploringthenorth.com /gliders/history.html (1212 words)

	The Philippines December 8, 1941 - May 8, 1942
		Unfortunately for MacArthur and the War Department, the Japanese had written their own war plans that called for the attack on the Philippines in late morning.
		Parts of the Philippines were occupied until the end of the war, but their liberation began in October 1944.
		During that time, the Japanese hoped to incorporate the Philippines into the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, but the harsh treatment of Filipino civilians resulted in a sustained and growing guerilla war.
	www.worldwar2database.com /html/philip42.htm (810 words)

	World War II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		As it had done before, in World War I, Britain again said that India was also at war with Germany.
		During the war, Britain continued to hold talks with the Indian National Congress.
		The Muslim League, on the other hand, cooperated with the British during the war, with the understanding that their demands for a separate nation would receive serious consideration.
	www.linkup.au.com /india/worldwarii.html (283 words)

	India in World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During the World War II, the Provinces of India (Present day Pakistan, India and Bangladesh), being imperial colonies of Great Britain, were by default a part of the Allies of World War II.
		However, the Congress pointed out the inherent contradiction in the British argument of going to war with Nazi Germany for the sake of freedom, since India was denied that same freedom.
		At the outbreak of World War 2 the Indian army numbered 205,000 men.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/India_during_World_War_II (1053 words)

	The World at War - Diplomatic Timeline 1939-1945
		During the intervening time the Japanese Government has deliberately sought to deceive the United States by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace.
		Although Germany on her part has strictly adhered to the rules of international law in her relations with the United States during every period of the present war, the Government of the United States from initial violations of neutrality has finally proceeded to open acts of war against Germany.
		Rapid and united effort by all of the peoples of the world who are determined to remain free will insure a world victory of the forces of justice and righteousness over the forces of savagery and of barbarism.
	worldatwar.net /timeline/other/diplomacy39-45.html (3426 words)

	World War II in Miami-Dade County
		In 1941 production of war material in the United States—partly for US preparedness and partly for Britain, her allies, and China—was having a beneficial effect on the national economy.
		They had developed several hypothetical war plans since the end of World War I and by 1941 one of them was already being put into action.
		Rather than go to the trouble of building large new bases to train the men needed to fight the war, the Army and Navy came to southern Florida and took over the empty hotels for barracks, restaurants for mess halls, theaters for classrooms, and beaches and golf courses for training fields and obstacle courses.
	www.historical-museum.org /collect/world_war/ww2-1.htm (695 words)

	University Archives & Records Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This collection includes one folder of letters between Agnes Snyder and John Crume while he was overseas in Europe during World War II and articles written by Agnes Snyder about the roll of Louisville area women in the war effort.
		During the war, Mike Barry (son of editor John Barry) changed his weekly sports column to a weekly letter from him in military service and by 1945 all five Barry sons were writing letters for the column which satirized military life.
		Asa I. Williams discusses recollections of World War II and the Korean War.
	library.louisville.edu /uarc/wwiiguide.html (1550 words)

	Patriotism and Propaganda in Girls' Series: Fictional Nurses of World War II
		Girls' series books written during the World War II era offered a tantalizing mix of patriotic messages and romantic heroines that helped young girls understand service to country, the value of sacrifice, and their own duty to help in the war effort.
		Because women were needed in the war effort, a major propaganda push both encouraged women to fill jobs traditionally held by the men who would be needed for combat, and reassured women that by taking these jobs, they would not be relinquishing their femininity--indeed, they would be enhancing it through selfless service.
		Though the rest of the world was already embroiled in war, the United States had remained largely untouched until the "day that will live in infamy"--the morning of December 7, 1941, when the Japanese launched their surprise attack at Pearl Harbor.
	www.elliemik.com /warnurses.html (2293 words)

	World War II Collections
		A pacifist, many of Baker's speeches before and during World War II deal with the impact of the war on higher education and students.
		Collection includes briefs presented to the War Labor Board during World War II concerning Wisconsin corporations; reports and bulletins of the union; and registrations and minutes (1892-1912); and files concerning the Milwaukee Board of School Directors on which King served from 1951-1957.
		Of particular interest are letters received during the World War II years from people stationed or teaching overseas, or working in hospitals on the homefront.
	www.uwm.edu /Library/arch/ww2.htm (4229 words)

	Tea & Coffee 10/03 - World News
		INDIA - Scientists are planning to introduce a fungus later this year in hopes that it will kill off a plague of green weed that is strangling India’s tea crops.
		Mikania was introduced to India during World War II as a way to camouflage airfields, but without any natural enemies it spread uncontrollably.
		Baristas from around the globe will be invited to show the world their best free-pour art.
	www.teaandcoffee.net /1003/world.htm (1058 words)

	India in World War II
		When England went to war on September 3, 1939, the Dominions had the right to decide in their legislatures whether to fight.
		By war's end, most of the Indian Army's officers were Indian.
		With food shortages after the fall of Burma, some 1,500,000 Indians died of starvation during the war.
	www.worldwar2database.com /html/india.htm (437 words)

	Truman Library - World War II Subject Guide
		PAPERS OF ELEANOR BONTECOU--Includes a World War II File which consists of material on both the Nuremberg and Tokyo war crimes trials, related to Bontecou's work as a legal adviser in the War Crimes Branch, Civil Affairs Division, War Department, 1946-47.
		Fulton was the chief counsel of the Truman Committee.
		PAPERS OF JOHN A. --Includes material on housing problems during the war and the housing needs of veterans, related to Jessup's work as a member of the Federal Public Housing Authority from 1942 to 1946.
	www.trumanlibrary.org /hstpaper/ww2guide.htm (2254 words)

	World War II Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		People in the United States were aware that World War II was a turning point in their lives.
		Describes World War II experiences of son Dale in the U.S. Army in the South Pacific.
		Reminiscences of experiences during World War II as first lieutenant and lieutenant-colonel, Company C, 337th Regiment, stationed at various camps in the United States.
	www.statelib.lib.in.us /WWW/isl/indiana/worldwar2.html (753 words)

	WHMC-Columbia--World War II--COLLECTION DESCRIPTIONS
		The World War II correspondence of Wallace "Wally" Daetwyler of Lamar, Missouri, to his wife, Ruth A. Daetwyler.
		Two Civil War letters; World War II letters; miscellaneous correspondence of Nelson family; speeches by Nelson on U.S. Constitution, history of Sullivan County, and proposal of new Missouri constitution; University of Missouri Law School Foundation bulletin; notes; and other miscellaneous material.
		World War II letters and photographs and miscellaneous papers of labor organizer, Ralph J. Shaw.
	www.umsystem.edu /whmc/invent/desc-ww2.html (1740 words)

	Go For Broke National Education Center >> Learning Center >> For Teachers >> Glossary
		One of the offices was stationed in Calcutta, India during World War II.
		The OWI was established for psychological warfare and to encourage American support for the war effort.
		An office was stationed in Burma during World War II.
	www.goforbroke.org /learning/learning_teachers_glossary.asp?initial=O (154 words)

	World War II
		Combat experience on the Eastern Front during 1941-42 caused the German Army to reconsider the basic armament of an infantry soldier.
		It was Elizabeth's continuing efforts to foster the British will to fight that awarded her Hitler's description as "The most dangerous woman in Europe", perhaps the highest accolade she has ever received.
		Madame Chiang, media darling and the power behind the Nationalist leader, Chiang Kai-shek, was so prominent in the Chinese war effort against Japan that General Stilwell recommended, only half jokingly, that she be appointed Minister of Defense.
	www.suite101.com /welcome.cfm/world_war_2 (403 words)

	World War II Zippos 2
		It is engraved with the name "Jean B Haden CBI 1945" on one side and has a cadeus (medical emblem) and map of India on the other.
		The attached emblem is the China-Burma-India theater during World War II A 1942-45 trench art with English coins.
		The rough surface is typical of the steel Zippos of that period.
	www.zippogallery.com /WWII2.htm (279 words)

	Mahindra USA – About Mahindra Tractors, Farm Equipment and Tractor Equipment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		American GIs who served in India during World War II recognize our parent company, Mahindra and Mahindra, which in 1945 was selected to assemble the famous Willys Jeep.
		In India, the largest tractor market in the world, Mahindra has been the number one selling brand since 1983.
		In 1994, the company entered the American market as Mahindra USA, and in the few years since, its tough, dependable tractors are being sold and serviced by hundreds of leading tractor dealers throughout the country.
	www.mahindrausa.com /About/history.aspx (424 words)

	AFV Development During World War II
		Armored fighting vehicles, or tanks, came of age during the Second World War.
		The general layout of tanks tended to converge during the war.
		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.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/world_war_2/11083 (538 words)

	Casualties in World War II — Infoplease.com
		Apologies for atrocities: commemorating the 50th anniversary of World War II's end in the United States and Japan.
		Why none of Britain's long-term POWs in Nazi Germany were repatriated during World War II.
		Common Valor.(the generation that participated in World War II should be honored)
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0004619.html (322 words)

	World War II Maps
		These are selected maps from the World War II era.
		This map shows the World and the United States if the population was directly proportional to their size.
		This map shows the decreasing land, dominated by Hitler and his troops, during the end of the war.
	www.usd230.k12.ks.us /PICTT/publications/maps/maps.html (855 words)

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