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  Home front during World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The home front is the name given to the activities of the civilians during a state of total war.
Life on the home front during World War II was a significant part of the war effort for all participants, and had major impact on the outcome of the war.
Before the war, nearly five million women in the United Kingdom had paid employment, but most would have expected to leave as soon as they married, or when they had their first child.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Home_Front_during_World_War_II   (2461 words)

  
 WORLD WAR II : Encyclopedia Entry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The war was fought in response to the military aggression of Nazi Germany under the fascist dictator Adolf Hitler, and the imperial ambitions of Japan in Asia.
During the winter the Allies tried to force the Gustav line on the southern Apennines of Italy, but they could not break enemy lines until the landing of Anzio on January 22, 1944, on the southern coast of Latium.
It was one of the bloodiest sieges of the war.
bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/World_War_II   (8446 words)

  
 Second World War: 14 to 18 years
During World War II this small country provided (on a per capita basis) the largest number of aircrew (57,000) and the largest number of fighter aces (94) of any country in the world.
During the Second World War a school teacher in England was imprisoned for "advancing defeatist theories" to his pupils.
World War II Memories: Krista Salter's website is dedicated to an English father and Austrian mother and many others who were a part of the Second World War.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /REVhistory2WW3.htm   (6620 words)

  
 ww2.klup.info, History of the Second World War   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In May 1940 he supported the prime ministry of Winston Churchill, and, during the war, served in the war cabinet as lord privy seal (1940-42), deputy prime minister (1942-45), secretary of state for the dominions (1942-43), and lord president of the council (1943-45).
Prime Minister during the Japanese occupation of Burma.
Albert ascended the throne on the death of his uncle, Leopold II, in 1909, due to the death of the intended heirs.
ww2.klup.info   (2637 words)

  
 Military history of the United Kingdom during World... - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 Second World War: 11 to 14 years
War, Media and Propaganda: In 1939 Joseph Goebbels remarked: "We cannot be satisfied with just telling the people what we want.
World War II: The Homefront: This website created by Jacob Crouch, Ben Gould, and Scott Hays for ThinkQuest, an educational web site building contest for high school children world wide.
It includes a timeline, an impressive artifact museum and a simulation that allows students to follow the lives of five American families during the school year of September 1943-June 1944.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /REVhistory2WW2.htm   (6822 words)

  
 Communist party, in the United States: Popular Front and World War II
In the United States, the Communists abandoned opposition to the New Deal; they reentered the mainstream of the trade union movement and played an important part in organizing new unions for the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), for the first time gaining important positions of power in the union movement.
Marauding youth and the Christian front: antisemitic violence in Boston and New York during World War II.
Jehovah's Witnesses and the Empire of the sun: a clash of faith and religion during World War II.
www.infoplease.com /ce6/history/A0857500.html   (453 words)

  
 Dad's War: Finding and Telling Your Father's World War II Story, by Wesley Johnston   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
World War II Troop Ship Crossings: I began this work, which is now being beautifully enhanced and maintained by Shayne Wallesch.
WWII United Kingdom Evacuees Registry: register your own evacuation or search for others - This link is not working as of December 2005, but I am leaving it here since it is such a valuable resource and may surface again.
Institute for World War II and the Human Experience: This is a university-backed effort to to preserve the experiences of the common soldier, sailor, marine who went to war.
hometown.aol.com /dadswar   (6869 words)

  
 World War links
American Ex - Prisoners of War - a congresionally chartered non-profit organization The American Ex-Prisoners of War organization is a national organization for American citizens who were captured by the enemy.
During the war years of 1941-1943, Seuss served as editorial cartoonist for the New York newspaper "PM," and his patriotic "war bond" cartoons appeared in many other newspapers as well.
World War II in the Pacific - events 1937-1945.
killeenroos.com /link/war.htm   (2705 words)

  
 Chronology of World War II (1940-2006)
The British War Cabinet approves the view of the Chiefs of Staff that Britain and the Commonwealth nations alone could produce a crisis in Germany by the middle of 1941.
In Canada, at a meeting of the Cabinet War Committee, the prime minister and ministers approve a project to study the spread of diseases from planes and shells.
Units of the 1st Canadian Division land at Brest, France, and head toward Laval and Le Mans.
www.islandnet.com /~kpolsson/ww2hist/ww21940.htm   (12511 words)

  
 Documents Related to World War II
World War II in Ukraine, The Ukrainian Experience in World War II With a Brief Survey of Ukraine's Population Loss of 10 Million, by Andrew Gregorovich
Telegram from the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State (Hull), LONDON, July 16, 1941-noon.
Telegram from the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State, London, August 29, 1941-2 p.
www.mtholyoke.edu /acad/intrel/ww2.htm   (12677 words)

  
 Cold War Through Desert Storm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
On the Front Lines of the Cold War: Documents on the Intelligence War in Berlin, 1946-1961
Thaw in the Cold War: Eisenhower and Khrushchev at Gettysburg
ALSO, check my World War II page and scroll down to the "Manhattan Project" Section for more links regarding nuclear weapons.
www.teacheroz.com /coldwar.htm   (982 words)

  
 Useful dates in British history
Pope decrees that Henry II of England is feudal lord of Ireland
May 29: Oak Apple Day – the birthday of Charles II and the day when he entered London at the Restoration; commanded by Act of Parliament in 1664 to be observed as a day of thanksgiving.
It commemorates Charles II's concealment with Major Careless in the 'Royal Oak' at Boscobel, near Shifnal, Shropshire, after his defeat at Worcester on 3 Sept 1651.
www.johnowensmith.co.uk /histdate   (11252 words)

  
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The American Experience Edison's Miracle of Light Timeline (1847 - 1880)
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