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	World War II Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		During the war in Europe, some 6 million Jews, along with another 5 to 6 million people — Roma (Gypsies), Slavs, Communists, homosexuals, the disabled and several other groups — were murdered by Germany in a state-sponsored genocide that came to be known as The Holocaust.
		The immediate causes of World War II are generally held to be the German invasion of Poland, as well as the Japanese attacks on China, the United States, and the British and Dutch colonies.
		World War II began after these acts of aggression were met with an official declaration of war or armed resistance.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /topic/World_War_II.html (12031 words)

	Military history of Finland during World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During the World War II the fate of Finland was unique among the belligerent nations.
		During the summer and autumn of 1941 the Finnish army was on offensive, retaking the territories lost in the Winter War.
		During the war Germany and Finland were united by a common enemy, the Soviet Union, yet Finland kept her army outside the German command structure despite numerous attempts to tie them tighter together.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Military_history_of_Finland_during_World_War_II (1993 words)

	Military history of Finland during World War II information - Search.com
		During the World War II the fate of Finland was unique among the belligerent nations.
		During the summer and autumn of 1941 the Finnish army was on offensive, retaking the territories lost in the Winter War.
		During the war Germany and Finland were united by a common enemy, the Soviet Union, yet Finland kept her army outside the German command structure despite numerous attempts to tie them tighter together.
	www.search.com /reference/Military_history_of_Finland_during_World_War_II (1802 words)

	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)

	NN: History - Norway and World War II
		The military forces were geared to protect the national borders and hinder violations of the country's neutrality, and unprepared for an invasion.
		Popular resistance during the war was also bolstered by the knowledge that King Haakon, and the Nygaardsvold government, had resolutely answered "no" to the German demands for submission after the invasion.
		The civilian and military resistance in Norway was met with an escalation of the Nazi machinery of oppression.
	www.madein.no /worldwar.htm (3162 words)

	Military history of Greece during World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is considered the turning point of the war as the German invasion was disastrous as a result of the Russian winter.
		Despite the fact that the vast majority of Greece's leaders, clerics, population, military, and persons on both left and right political spectrum resisted the Italian, German, and Bulgarian occupation, a small group of sympathizers, including the puppet governments of the Quisling Prime Ministers Georgios Tsolakoglu and Ioannis Rallis emerged.
		From 1941 to 1944 the collaborationist governments and small cadre of sympathizers comprising "Security Battalions" fought against the guerrilla forces of the both the rightist and leftist factions of the Greek Resistance.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Military_history_of_Greece_during_World_War_II (427 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.
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	World War II, global military conflict that, in terms of lives lost and material destruction, was the most devastating ...
		World War II World War II global military conflict that, in terms of lives lost and material destruction, was the most devastating war in human history.
		In the main, however, the war was fought with the same or improved weapons of the types used in World War I. The greatest advances were in aircraft and tanks.
		Moreover, the Soviet military leadership had concluded that blitzkrieg, as it had been practiced in Poland and France, would not be possible on the scale of a Soviet-German war; both sides would therefore confine themselves for the first several weeks at least to sparring along the frontier.
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	World War Two (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Germany was forced to acknowledge its war guilt and some of the military leaders were to be tried for war crimes.
		War materials were to be handed over to the Allies, and the manufacture of munitions was almost completely halted.
		So, if you were to ask me what it was like during World War Two for the people, here it is: it was like being in the utmost pit of despair and want and then being raised from that into a country that, on the surface, was glorious and prosperous.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Rhodes/6916/ww2.htm (8649 words)

	Lessons of the Winter War — Virtual Finland
		On the other hand Finland also was grimly prepared for the worst, and began sending her national treasure - her children - to safety in Sweden, to cover the possibility of a Soviet victory and Stalin's national extermination programmes.
		Finland's soldiers were now down to their last bullets, but Stalin did not know that, and he was running out of time.
		The Winter War is one of the milestones in the history of independent Finland, and the conclusions subsequently drawn by Finland's political leaders, along with the lessons of the Continuation War with Russia between 1941 - 1944, became the foundation for Finland's security policy during the Cold War.
	virtual.finland.fi /finfo/english/war1.html (773 words)

	Finland in World War II - World War II Multimedia Database
		After the war Finland, along with Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, were carved out of the old empire and made into autonomous nations.
		Finland was clearly on the side of the Axis.
		After the war, the Finns were forced to give up much of the same territory that she lost in 1940.
	www.worldwar2database.com /html/finland.htm (651 words)

	GI -- World War II Commemoration
		At the end of World War I the victorious nations formed the League of Nations for the purpose of airing international disputes, and of mobilizing its members for a collective effort to keep the peace in the event of aggression by any nation against another or of a breach of the peace treaties.
		The bitter struggles and the enormous casualties suffered by Great Britain and France in World War I had engendered in their military leaders a defensive attitude with a reliance on such permanent fortifications as the Maginot Line and on blockade as means of subduing a resurgent Germany.
		As the war progressed, the United States departed from its policy of strict neutrality and rendered greater and greater aid short of war to the beleaguered Allies.
	gi.grolier.com /wwii/wwii_1.html (2128 words)

	GI -- World War II Commemoration
		During the war these states were placed under a military occupation that was said to be temporary; they included Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Serbia, Greece, and France.
		During the week before the German invasion of the USSR in June 1941, Churchill advised Roosevelt of his intention to aid the Soviets when the German attack fell, and Roosevelt promised his support.
		Their military decisions at this conference were certain to cause greater suspicion and concern in Moscow: an invasion of Sicily would be carried out at an early date, but the invasion of France, so much desired by Stalin, would be delayed, possibly until 1944.
	gi.grolier.com /wwii/wwii_14.html (10664 words)

	Swedish History - The Swedish Neutrality (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		It had not been involved in a war since 1814, which was exactly the way it should be in the minds of the Swedes.
		The Swedish history books do not tell about Sweden's involvement in the war, you only read about the official version which says that Sweden was a neutral country.
		Per Albin Hansson continued to be Prime Minister and his strategy during the war was not to be strong and clear, and not to be neutral.
	www.utb.boras.se /uk/se/projekt/history/articles/ww2/ww21.htm (467 words)

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		World War II and the late Stalin period
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	Federal Bureau of Investigation - FBI History World War II Period: Late 1930's - 1945
		The most serious discrimination during World War II was the decision to evacuate Japanese nationals and American citizens of Japanese descent from the West Coast and send them to internment camps.
		While most FBI personnel during the war worked traditional war-related or criminal cases, one contingent of Agents was unique.
		The world that the FBI faced in September 1945 was very different from the world of 1939 when the war began.
	www.fbi.gov /libref/historic/history/worldwar.htm (1514 words)

	World War 2 Timeline 1939-1945 - Worldwar-2.net
		The modern world is still living with the consequences of World War 2, the most titanic conflict in history.
		The world had been plunged into its second world war in 25 years.
		World War 2 involved every major world power in a war for global domination and at its end, more than 60 million people had lost their lives and most of Europe and large parts of Asia lay in ruins.
	www.worldwar-2.net (949 words)

	Education World® - *History : World History : Wars : World War II : European Theater : Finland
		After the War: Finland's Relations with the USSR Timo Vihavainen writes an article discussion the political relationship between Finland and the Soviet Union after WWII.
		Finland in World War II Learn about the three separate wars Finland participated in during WWII, as well as its shifting alliances.
		RussoFinnish Winter War of 19391940 Read a description of the lack of preparedness on the part of the Russians and the Finnish tenacity despite their eventual surrender.
	db.education-world.com /perl/browse?cat_id=11785 (597 words)

	European Royalty during World War II
		One may draw from the study of history the lesson that the age of princes is over.
		The war years were obviously significant in the history of the Balkan, Italian, and Hungarian monarchies -- since in the aftermath of the war all were toppled as a result of communist agitation (with the lone exception of Greece, where the monarchy only just barely survived the communist onslaught).
		The role of Europe's royal houses in the history of World War II is therefore important and, at the same time, often underestimated -- as is the role of World War II in the history of Europe's royal houses.
	gsteinbe.intrasun.tcnj.edu /royalty/royalty.html (578 words)

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