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  All words on Continuation War
Although the Continuation War was fought in the periphery of World War II, and the engaged troops were relatively few, the history of this war is intriguing as it challenges much of the conventional wisdom on the World War.
Specifically for the Continuation War, Finland aimed at reversing her territorial losses under the March 1940 Moscow Peace Treaty and by extending the territory further east, to guarantee the survival of the Finnic brethren in East-Karelia — thus in effect aiming at creating a Greater Finland, as advocated by vociferous right-wing groups.
The continued state of war made it possible for President Kyösti Kallio to ask Field Marshal Mannerheim to remain commander-in-chief and supervise the reorganization of Finland's Armed Forces and the fortification of the new border, a task that was critically important in the unruly times.
www.allwords.org /co/continuation-war.html   (9451 words)

  
 World War II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict that began 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.
On which date the war began is also debated, cited as either the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939, the Japanese invasion of China on 7 July 1937 (the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War), or earlier yet the 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria.
While the war stimulated many technologies: radio development accelerated, and radar developed; it retarded others, most notably popular television which the BBC had been developing, but which was shelved, as it also was in Germany and the United States, until the end of the war.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/W/World-War-II.htm   (7582 words)

  
 James Madison Center: Teacher Resources: US History Curriculum: Chapter XII
World War I had settled few of the political problems of Europe at a horrible cost—half of all French males between the ages of 20 and 32 in 1914 had been killed in the war.
The assault on the USSR was conceived not merely as a war of conquest; it was to be a war of extermination, the first phase in clearing Eastern Europe of the "inferior races" for subsequent German settlement.
At the time Germany began the war in Europe, the Japanese were in the last stages of being defeated by the Soviet Union in bitter and bloody fighting on the border of Manchuria and Outer Mongolia (the Nomonhan Incident); at the same time the American navy embarked on increasing the size of its Pacific fleet.
www.jmu.edu /madison/center/main_pages/teacher/curriculum/chap12.htm   (12023 words)

  
 GI -- World War II Commemoration
In July 1940, the apparent stalemate in the war with Britain brought the Soviet Union to the forefront of his strategic thinking as an inviting target in itself, as the last obstacle to German hegemony on the Continent, and as the lever with which to bring Britain to terms.
Secondly, the Finnish commander in chief, Field Marshal (later Marshal of Finland) Baron Carl G. Mannerheim, refused to cross the border and close in from the north.
On February 18, without waiting for the arrival of the divisions from the west or the troops from Army Group A, Manstein initiated a series of maneuvers that were to produce the last German victory of the war.
www.grolier.com /wwii/wwii_6.html   (17160 words)

  
 cars - World War II
World War II was a global conflict that started in 7 July 1937 in Asia and 1 September 1939 in Europe and lasted until 1945, involving the majority of the world's states and every inhabited continent.
In the first months of the war the RAF was for example ordered by the British Government to adhere strictly to the draft rules, but this restriction was progressively relaxed, and abandoned altogether in 1942.
While the war stimulated many technologies: radio development accelerated, and radar developed; it retarded others, most notably popular television which the BBC had been developing, but which was shelved, as it also was in Germany and the USA, until the end of the war.
www.carluvers.com /cars/WW2   (6378 words)

  
 Finnish Volunteers in the German Wehrmacht in WWII
The story of Finnish volunteers in the service of the Third Reich began with a series of behind the scenes diplomatic negotiations between Germany and Finland at the post-March 1940 negotiated end of her "Winter War" with the Soviet Union.
The Finnish Battalion was attached as the III Battalion of the Nordland Regiment of the Wiking Division.
The Finnish Battalion was unique from the other Freiwilliger of the Wiking division, such as the Dutch or the Norwegian contingents in Westland and Nordland, by the fact that it's Officer's and NCO's were ex-Finn Army veterans, and fully in charge.
www.feldgrau.com /finland.html   (2851 words)

  
 World War II Books & Videos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
While many of the ordinary soldiers realize that the war is senseless and that there will never be a final victory, the officers still try to encourage their men to carry on.
Battle of Marston Moor: This is the saga of one of the crucial battles of the war, which saw the King defeated, the fall of the Royalist stronghold of York, and the collapse of their cause in the north of England.
Based on Antti Tuuri's book Talvisota, this is a dignified tribute to the tenacious Finnish heroes who preserved their country's independence as the Soviet army ceaselessly stormed tiny Finland's borders with massive artillery, a powerful air force and well-armed infantry for 105 days during the Soviet invasion of 1939-40.
www.wwiibooks.com /video.html   (8599 words)

  
 World War II - Biocrawler definition:World War II - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Claimed to be the first Allied victory of the war, that battle was actually The Battle of Narvik, in which Norwegian, British and French forces reconquered Narvik from the Germans.
The massive research and development involved in the Manhattan Project in order to quickly achieve a working nuclear weapon design greatly impacted the scientific community, among other things creating a network of national laboratories in the United States.
Deutsche Welle special section on World War II (http://www6.dw-world.de/en/worldwarII.php) created by one of Germany's public broadcasters on World War II and the world 60 years after.
www.biocrawler.com /biowiki/World_War_II   (7826 words)

  
 List of military divisions
The article provides links to lists of military divisions arranged by ordinal number, name, country or conflict.
List of Finnish divisions in the Winter War
List of divisions of the United States Army
www.mcfly.org /wik/List_of_military_divisions   (49 words)

  
 ASL Reading List
Here is a list of reference materials for ASL players and scenario designers (plus any other military enthusiasts).
Lots of these have been contributed by members of the ASL Mailing List (thanks guys).
The Winter War by Eloise Engle and Lauri Paananen
www.cavalcadeofwhimsy.com /wargaming/asl/asl_reading_list.htm   (3004 words)

  
 David's In-Progress List. Created: 7 Oct 2005
The list is intended to help those checking which works are being or have been done.
The list is alphabetic by author and then within author by title of work.
Koti: eli perhesuruja ja -iloja [Finnish] by Fredrika Bremer, trans.
www.dprice48.freeserve.co.uk /GutIP.html   (14375 words)

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