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	World War II - Military History Wiki
		Post–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.
		During the Arcadia Conference from December 1941 to January 1942, the Allied leaders concluded that it was essential to keep Russia in the war.
		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.
	www.militaryhistorywiki.org /wiki/World_War_II (8698 words)

	Encyclopedia: Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II
		During World War II it was formed to control forces of the British Expeditionary Force, after the expansion of that force had rendered control by just two corps headquarters cumbersome.
		The Pacific War, which is known in Japan as the Greater East Asia War and in China as the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (kang-Ri zhanzheng, literally Resist Japan War), occurred in the Pacific Ocean, its islands, and in Asia.
		During the evacuation Admiral Cunningham was determined that the "navy must not let the army down", when army generals feared he would lose too many ships Cunningham said that "It takes three years to build a ship, it takes three centuries to build a tradition".
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Military-history-of-the-United-Kingdom-during-World-War-II (13338 words)

	Military history of Germany during World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The officers and men were young and full of enthusiasm, with considerable numbers of veterans of World War I besides them to supply experience and wisdom.
		The Germans had been preparing for this type of war as early as the 1920s, when the Reichswehr under the command of general Hans von Seeckt recreated the forbidden German General Staff under the cover of the Truppenamt and began planning the complex interactions of mechanized warfare.
		After Italy's declaration of War on Britain and France in June of 1940 Italian forces in Libya came under punitive attack from the British in Egypt.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Military_history_of_Germany_during_World_War_II (1686 words)

	History Channel Exhibits: The Fifties
		During World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union were uneasy allies.
		The term "Cold War" was first used to describe the fierce rivalry that arose between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1947.
		The Korean War, a conflict between Communist North Korea and democratic South Korea, was a thinly veiled contest between the two global superpowers, pitting the United States against Communist China, a Russian ally.
	www.history.com /exhibits/fifties/coldwar.html (449 words)

	Military History Online - The Soviet Formula for Success in World War II: Deep Operations to Defense in Depth
		The main goals of the reform programs were to improve the administrative structure of the military, to shift to a system of short-term service with a reduced standing army and a large reserve force, and to raise the quality of military education of officers and enlisted soldiers.
		Its advocates were intelligent men with a sense of mission and a pride in the military achievements of their nation that was stimulated by the general growth of Russian nationalism in the second half of the century.
		It was the Russian's first experience of an offensive war of movement on a large scale, and they were finding it very different from the fluid fighting of 1941 and 1942, when they had been falling back toward their supply dumps and railheads.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /wwii/articles/sovietformulaforsuccess.aspx (5901 words)

	North China Marines - Prisoners of War
		During the 1920's and 30's Marines were stationed at the American Embassy in Peking (Beijing).
		In World War II the United States had approximately 16.5 million men and women in uniform.
		Of these about 3 1/2% were killed.In World War I 3% of US Marine particpants were killed.In the Korean War 1% of US Marine participants were killed.In the Vietnam War 1.6% of US Marine participants were killed.
	www.northchinamarines.com (1565 words)

	Military History Online - WWII Home
		The battle demonstrated to the world that earlier German military accomplishments were not a fluke and showed the Belgians the fallacy of their strict policy of neutrality.
		Midway was the pivotal battle of the war in the Pacific.
		During the last 65 years, the United States was attacked twice – on December 7, 1941 and September 11, 2001 – and, in both cases, eventually relied on aircraft carrier power to attack the source of the aggression.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /wwii (3024 words)

	Japanese history: Militarism and World War II
		During the era of the weak emperor Taisho (1912-26), the political power shifted from the oligarchic clique (genro) to the parliament and the democratic parties.
		The Japanese forces succeeded in occupying almost the whole coast of China and committed severe war atrocities on the Chinese population, especially during the fall of the capital Nanking.
		However, the military did not consider surrendering under such terms, partially even after US military forces dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, and the Soviet Union entered the war against Japan on August 8.
	www.japan-guide.com /e/e2129.html (671 words)

	WWII Campaigns: China Defensive
		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.army.mil /cmh-pg/brochures/72-38/72-38.htm (6743 words)

	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)

	Military.com Resources
		Despite the efforts of Great Britain and other Allied countries, Germany ran virtually unchecked through Europe in the first few years of the war, but was stopped short of an invasion of England as the British held their own in the air-based Battle of Britain.
		The invasion and subsequent Battle of the Bulge in the winter of 1944 eventually turned the tide of the war in favor of the Allies.
		The statistical results of World War II were stunning: all told, approximately 61 million people lost their lives, with the Soviet Union (over 25 million) and China (11 million) suffering the most fatalities, most of them civilians.
	www.military.com /Resources/HistorySubmittedFileView?file=history_worldwarii.htm (991 words)

	History Channel Classroom:
		During World War II, Japanese scientists, led by Shiro Ishii, built a medical facility in Manchuria.
		The goal of Unit 731 was to experiment with germ warfare, with the ultimate aim of using these weapons on the United States during the war.
		Unit 731 was shrouded in secrecy during World War II and remained so until recently.
	www.history.com /classroom/admin/study_guide/archives/thc_guide.0566.html (477 words)

	Oral Histories of World War II: Navy Nurse
		War had been declared and they were having tea.
		Many times during the trip the bus would have to stop and we would dive into gutters along the roadside because the Japanese planes were overhead.
		During this time we were not busy in the operating room.
	www.history.navy.mil /faqs/faq87-3b.htm (8309 words)

	Military History: world war two
		I have a BA in history from USF.
		With the end of war in the Pacific; Korea was cut in 2 with the Soviets running the north and the US running the South.
		The world today is still dealing with end of the USSR and that is what ended the cold war.
	en.allexperts.com /q/Military-History-669/world-war-3.htm (764 words)

	Best of History Web Sites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In Total War, eyewitnesses from Britain, Germany, Russia, Korea, Japan, and the United States tell the story of how millions of civilians participated and came to be legitimate targets in the Second World War.
		Maps of World War II Maps of World War II provides an overview of WWII through a collection of maps that present the battles and campaigns fought in the various theatres of war.
		An oral history project for students in grades 6 through 12, students follow oral history processes to contact and interview a World War II veteran or person alive during the World War II era.
	www.besthistorysites.net /WWII.shtml (3863 words)

	BBC - History - World War Two (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Resentment at the harsh peace of World War One fuelled the rise of Adolf Hitler.
		War in the South China Sea: The Sinking of Force Z by Lieutenant Commander Geoffrey Brooke
		After six years of the most destructive war in human history, whole countries lay in ruins, populations were displaced and the victors demanded justice.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/war/wwtwo/index.shtml (972 words)

	The National World War II Museum, New Orleans
		During the 1930s Italian dictator Benito Mussolini began a military campaign to extend Italy's influence in Europe and Africa.
		During the 1930s Japan undertook a campaign of aggressive military expansion.
		It occupied Manchuria in 1931, and in 1937 began a long and brutal war in China.
	www.ddaymuseum.org /education/history_intro.html (1080 words)

	82.03.01: When Military Necessity Overrides Constitutional Guarantees: The Treatment of Japanese Americans During World ...
		While the United States engaged in a global struggle, during World War II, to safeguard democracy and the Four Freedoms, a critical test of constitutional democracy was being conducted on the homefront.
		During the few years that followed the passage of exclusion legislation and land laws political agitation against the Japanese vanished.
		The military urgency of the situation required that all citizens of Japanese ancestry be segregated from the West Coast temporarily.
	www.cis.yale.edu /ynhti/curriculum/units/1982/3/82.03.01.x.html (6391 words)

	Japan to probe WWII military brothels
		Abe triggered outrage in China, North and South Korea and the Philippines last week by saying there was no proof the women were coerced.
		The top government spokesman said earlier Thursday that Japan's position on the coercion of women into sex slavery during the war had been misinterpreted and misrepresented by the U.S. media, and that Tokyo would soon issue a rebuttal.
		Abe's statement contradicted evidence in Japanese documents, unearthed in 1992, that historians said showed that military authorities had a direct role in working with contractors to forcibly procure women for the brothels.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /world/2007-03/09/content_823128.htm (502 words)

	CHAPTER 23: World War II: The War Against Japan
		During the summer of 1944, as the battles raged along both lines of advance, the strategic debate over the choice of Luzon versus Formosa also waxed hot.
		During the summer of 1945, Allied forces in the Pacific had stepped up the pace of their air and naval attacks against Japan.
		In the last stage of the war, as all forces converged on Japan, the area unified commands were replaced by an arrangement that made MacArthur commander of all Army forces in the Pacific and Nimitz commander of all Navy forces.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/amh/AMH-23.htm (10096 words)

	Vietnam during World War II
		Vietnam is considered a minor item on the agenda; in order to disarm the Japanese in Vietnam, the Allies divide the country in half at the 16th parallel.
		During the conference, representatives from France request the return of all French pre-war colonies in Southeast Asia (Indochina).
		The head of the OSS mission in Saigon, COL Peter Dewey, is shot by the Viet Minh, becoming the first American to die in the Viet Nam war.
	www.ichiban1.org /html/history/bc_1964_prewar/world_war_ii_1941_1945.htm (1242 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| World War II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		French Foreign Legion’s 13th Demi-Brigade Fought in World War II During World War II, the French Foreign Legion’s 13th Demi-Brigade lived up to the celebrated outfit’s blood and guts reputation.
		World War II: Eyewitness to the Raid on Magdeburg
		World War II: Eyewitness to the Raid on Ploesti
	www.historynet.com /wars_conflicts/world_war_2 (1569 words)

	wwii
		France In World War II: The focus here is on France's role during the outbreak of the war, defeat in 1940, and the Resistance.
		The Battle of Kursk: The greatest armored battle of the Second World War was a slugfest between the Germans and Soviets at Kursk.
		The Office of War Information: The OWI was created by the American government to boost morale and act as an agency for propaganda during the war.
	faculty.ed.umuc.edu /~bhull/war.html (4525 words)

	Maps of World War II by History Link 101
		History Link 101 is a site developed for World History Classes, by a World History Teacher.
		Center of Military History Over 110 maps of the Pacific Theater, Western Front, and Africa.
		World War II European Theater Over 80 maps of military campaigns in Europe by Miltary.com.
	www.historylink101.com /1/world_war_II/maps.htm (177 words)

	Multnomah County Library
		From September 12—14, all data related to circulation of the library's collection is being transferred to a new library catalog.
		During the closure, library staff members will be bringing the new catalog online and making sure everything is back to normal when the libraries reopen September 15
		No items will be due during the closure and no fines will accrue until September 18 (three days after all libraries reopen).
	www.multcolib.org /homework/warwldhc.html (514 words)

	Japan sorry for sex slaves in World War II
		Japan apologized again on Monday for the suffering of women who served as sex slaves for the Japanese military during World War II, a day after comments by a cabinet minister drew an angry reaction in South Korea.
		Education Minister Nariaki Nakayama was quoted by media over the weekend as saying the term "comfort women," a euphemism for the sex slaves, did not exist during the war and it was good the term had disappeared from school textbooks.
		In a bid to narrow the gap over history, the two governments launched a joint study four years ago, but a report on its results issued on Friday showed the two sides were sharply at odds on many subjects, including the sex slaves issue.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2005-06/13/content_450997.htm (476 words)

	Margate Public Library World War II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		History of World War II in the Aleutians "Experience your America"
		The World at War, history of WW 1939-1945
		An appeal to the combat tanker veterans of W.W. II, Korea, Vietnam, and the Gulf War!
	www.margatelibrary.org /wwii.html (1005 words)

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