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	World War 2 1939-1945 - www.1939to1945.com
		The Italian aircraft industry, however, could not keep pace with the requirements (and losses) of the Regia Aeronautica, and several German types, notable the Bf 109 and 110, the Do 217, and the Ju 87, were supplied as reinforcements.
		The front-line aircraft in service at that time, although numerically greater than those ranged against them by the Luftwaffe, were inferior technically, and this, coupled with the element of surprise in the German attack, led to their initial defeat by the enemy.
		Production lines at home were by now turning out substantial quantities of excellent fighters and heavy and medium bombers, and by the end of the year the total number of aircraft in the U.S. service had increased threefold from Pearl Harbour, though the defence of the United States itself was, until then, somewhat neglected.
	www.pobrien.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /aircraftww2.html (6641 words)

	Italian Aircraft 1939-45
		In part this was true, for while Italy's aircraft designers were undoubtedly capable of much first class creative work, her aircraft industry never acquired the ability to achieve quantity production without allowing the basic design to become obsolescent.
		But, paradoxically, the Italians were strangely sentimental with regard to fighter biplanes, devoting a sizeable proportion of their production capacity to such types long after they had been discarded by all other major air powers.
		Although the Italian aircraft industry was loath to discard the biplane for the interception role, it should not be thought that such machines were developed to the exclusion of the fighter monoplane.
	www.geocities.com /lucktam/italian.htm (7274 words)

	Bogus Charges AgainstAirpower
		Most of the production increase was the result of slack in the German economy--it had not been fully mobilized--and inefficiency caused by the lack of centralized control over raw materials and production assets.
		As for aircraft production, fighter production apparently did increase but did so at the expense of bomber and cargo aircraft--65 percent of all aircraft accepted by the Luftwaffe in 1944 were single-engine fighters, whereas in 1942, more than half of aircraft production had been bombers.
		Production in cities not bombed in Japan was at 94 percent of wartime peak but 27 percent in cities that had been bombed.
	www.afa.org /magazine/Sept2002/0902bogus.asp (3513 words)

	Index Be-Bh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		She was trade and industry secretary (1997-98) and lord president of the council and leader of the House of Commons (1998-2001) before becoming secretary of state for the newly formed Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (2001-06).
		In 1935 he was elected chairman of the Zionist Executive, the highest directing body of world Zionism, and head of the Jewish Agency, the movement's executive branch.
		In 1935 he was absolved by the Supreme Court of criminal responsibility for the executions.
	www.rulers.org /indexb2.html (16270 words)

	World War II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		August 9, 1945]] World War II was a global conflict that started on 7 July 1937 in Asia and 1 September 1939 in Europe and lasted until 1945, involving the majority of the world's countries and every inhabited continent.
		By 1945 the strategic bombing of cities had been employed extensively by all sides, German bombing of Poland, Britain and the USSR initially caused shock but was soon exceeded by allied bombing.
		The Jet aircraft age began during the War with the development of the Heinkel He 178 the First true turbojet, the Messerschmitt 262 - the First jet in combat, and the Gloster Meteor the First reliable and useful jet fighter.
	world-war-ii.iqnaut.net (7909 words)

	Comando Supremo: Savoia Marchetti SM.81 Pipistrello (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In 1935, the SM.81 Pipistrello (Bat) made its debut and marked a definite step forward in the development of military aviation.
		The excellent overall qualities of this aircraft were first tested in the Ethiopian campaign and then in the Spanish Civil War.
		It was this aircraft that provided the basis for the construction formula that was to remain virtually unchanged in SIAI Marchetti's later production, a three-engine, low-wing monoplane with a wood and metal structure and wood and fabric covering.
	www.comandosupremo.com /Sm81.html (668 words)

	Timeline 1945
		1945 Jan 30, The German liner "Wilhelm Gustloff" sank in the Baltic Sea between the Bay of Danzig and the Danish island of Bornholm.
		1945 Sep 10, Vidkun Quisling was sentenced to death in Norway for collaborating with the Nazis.
		1945 Oct 24, The United Nations was born with the ratification of its charter by the first 29 nations at a San Francisco Conference chaired by the State Department’s Alger Hiss.
	timelines.ws /20thcent/1945.HTML (14890 words)

	Aviation Wings and Badges of WW2 - Italian Air Force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Italian airplane manufacturers, dominated by industrial giant Fiat, were strongly committed to the air-cooled engine.
		In fairness, both Italian and German operations in the Mediterranean were often compromised as a result of the Ultra decrypts of Enigma radio traffic.
		Since many industrial targets in Northern Italian cities were being attacked regularly after September 1943 by bombers of the USAAF and the RAF, the bulk of the activities of the ANR were mainly defensive in nature.
	www.ww2wings.com /wings/italy/italymain.shtml (1961 words)

	World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		aircraft carriers escaped as they were at sea.
		1945 aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
		This was further compounded by the comparitive lack of equipment standardization among the Axis forces and its failure to use its large territorial (and associated resources) gains in an economy on war footing.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /~eushrair/worldwartwo.htm (3850 words)

	The Other Side of The Coin: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Regardless of the specific model, low-tech aircraft feature favorable operating and procurement economics, and their relatively simple systems mean that a developing country can field a viable air arm without depleting its national treasury.
		Second, since our aircraft has a cruising speed of only 180 knots, it should be stationed as near as possible to the ground forces to enhance the rapid delivery of supplies, personnel, firepower, and other aerial support.
		Space does not permit a complete listing of the many aircraft that are potential candidates for COIN operations, many of which are recently out of production, in production, or in developmental stages.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/apj/5spr91.html (4286 words)

	uboat.net - Fighting the U-boats - Aircraft - Fairey Swordfish
		One of the most unusual combat aircraft of World War II was the Fairey Swordfish.
		But production of the Swordfish, now built by Blackburn, was increased and the type continued to play a very important role.
		MAC ships were converted oil tankers or grain ships, with a flight deck but minimal maintenance facilities, and the aircraft were continuously exposed to the often appalling weather.
	uboat.net /allies/aircraft/swordfish.htm (1278 words)

	Simnetwork Photo Gallery - Raf
		AVRO 626-445 viewsThe Avro 626 was developed in 1930 from the Tutor with an optional third seat in a rear cockpit with provision for a gun ring.
		In addition to a 10,350 pound bomb load in cavernous bomb-bay nearly half the length of the fuselage, the armament consisted of eight.303-inch machine-guns: two in the nose, two in a dorsal turret, and four in a turret in the tail.
		This aircraft saw service throughout the war & was the mount of many great pilots of the War years.
	www.simnetwork.com /gallery/thumbnails.php?album=2 (1349 words)

	uboat.net - Fighting the U-boats - Aircraft
		Although the aircraft was not to blame, Boeing was eliminated from the competition.
		In May 1938 eight B-17s "intercepted" the Italian liner Rex, 800 miles out into the sea, but after the dispute that followed the USAAC was restricted to flights within 100 miles off the coast.
		The final production model was the B-17G, and with 8860 aircraft delivered this was also the most-built version.
	uboat.net /allies/aircraft/b17.htm (1883 words)

	Comando Supremo: Interesting Trivia
		Radio Bari was an Italian radio station used to transmit Fascist propaganda to Arab nations to gain their allegiance to the Axis powers.
		In March of 1945, The Italian Crown Prince awarded de la Penne a Gold Medal, the highest decoration for his service.
		Italian prisoners at the end of WW2 (from the relation of the Italian delegate to the UN Commissin for Prisoners of War, 1958)
	www.comandosupremo.com /Facts.html (657 words)

	Italian Index
		Many of these can be purchased in extremely hi-res digital format.
		Italian Bombings On Palestine In World War Ii
		Italian Regional Elections, April 3 And 4, 2005
	www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/italian_index (120 words)

	Franklin D. Roosevelt: State of the Union Address.
		Workers who are released because their production is cut back should get another job where production is being increased.
		We must build on the foundations that have already been laid and supplement the measures now in operation, in order to guarantee the production that may be necessary in the critical period that lies ahead.
		At the same time it will be necessary to draw progressively many men now engaged in war production to serve with the armed forces, and their places in war production must be filled promptly.
	www.presidency.ucsb.edu /ws/index.php?pid=16595 (7691 words)

	Aeronautics and Astronautics Chronology, 1935-39
		When production of the DC-3 and its derivatives ended in 1945, some 13,000 had been built.
		July 18: Spanish Civil War began, which was to involve German, Italian, and Russian air units as well as aircraft of France and the United States.
		October 14: Naval Aircraft Factory authorized to develop radio-control equipment for use in remote-controlled flight testing of aircraft without risking the life of a test pilot.
	www.hq.nasa.gov /office/pao/History/Timeline/1935-39.html (3606 words)

	Bambooweb: World War II
		history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives and large percentages of countries' gross national product.
		Karl Dönitz President of Germany prior to his suicide but, one week later, the German armed forces surrendered unconditionally on 8 May 1945 (the documents were signed on 7 May and the surrender to Soviet forces occurred on 9 May).
		Capture by the Allies of islands such as Iwo Jima and Okinawa close to Japan brought the homeland within range of naval and air attacks, Tokyo was firebombed and later an atomic bomb, the "Little Boy", was dropped from the B-29 "Enola Gay" and destroyed
	www.bambooweb.com /articles/w/o/World_War_II.html (4654 words)

	WikiMiki.net - 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		From very early on in production, Kubrick decided that he wanted the film to be a primarily non-verbal experience, one that did not rely on the traditional techniques of narrative cinema, and in which music would play a vital role in evoking particular moods.
		However, Kubrick was not involved in the production of this film, which was presented literally rather than "mystically", and generally did not have the impact of the original.
		The same critics generally considered the album's production top-notch and innovative, though, and praised Snoop Dogg and particularly Eminem's contributions to the album.
	2001.en.wikimiki.net (10754 words)

	Henry Ford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He is credited with "Fordism", that is, the mass production of large numbers of inexpensive automobiles using the assembly line, coupled with high wages for his workers—notably the $5.00 a day pay scale adopted in 1914.
		By 1945, Henry Ford's senility was quite evident, and his wife and daughter-in-law forced his resignation in favor of his grandson, Henry Ford II.
		A boycott against Ford products by Jews and liberal Christians also had an impact, and Ford shut down the paper in 1927, recanting his views in a public letter to Sigmund Livingston, ADL.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_Ford (5659 words)

	Macchi MC.202 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During its life, the MC.202 did not undergo much change.
		List of fighter aircraft - Italian aircraft production 1935 to 1945
		Aircraft • Aircraft manufacturers • Aircraft engines • Aircraft engine manufacturers • Airports • Airlines
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Macchi_MC.202 (740 words)

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		Junkers Ju 87 Stukageschwader of North Africa and the Mediterranean (Osprey Combat Aircraft 6)
		Aircraft of the Luftwaffe Fighter Aces/Book 2: A Chronicle in Photographs (Schiffer Military/Aviation History)
		Aircraft of the Luftwaffe Fighter Aces/Book 1: A Chronicle in Photographs (Schiffer Military/Aviation History)
	members.aol.com /dheitm8612/books.htm (532 words)

	Military production during World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During World War II women worked in factories throughout much of the Western and Eastern United States.
		2.00 means the Allied production was 2 times larger than the Axis.
		Please note that only a selection of countries are included in the table.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Military_production_during_World_War_II (519 words)

	World War Ii information
		Hitlermusso.jpg launched a second invasion that occupied the rest of the region.
		Keitel signs the German surrender.jpg, Adolf Hitler committed suicide as Russian shells exploded in the Chancellery garden above.
		For instance Germany was the only war economy which largely didn't make use of the labour of women.
	www.tribute-to-heroes.com /world-war-ii.htm (8546 words)

	Kevin Morrison Collection - Contents - HMSO Official Publications
		Humanity keeps an appointment : the story of the war organization of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem.
		Aircraft builders : an account of British aircraft production 1935-1945.
		Statistics relating to the war effort of the united Kingdom.
	www.learningservices.gcal.ac.uk /specialcollections/collections/morrison/hmso.html (791 words)

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