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	World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The last Allied conference of World War II was held at the suburb of Potsdam, outside Berlin, from July 17 to August 2.
		World War II was the largest and deadliest war in humanity's history.
		It was one of the bloodiest sieges of the war.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_War_II (6914 words)

	MSN Encarta - 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.
		More than any previous war, World War II involved the commitment of nations' entire human and economic resources, the blurring of the distinction between combatant and noncombatant, and the expansion of the battlefield to include all of the enemy's territory.
		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.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761563737/World_War_II.html (519 words)

	Civil War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Civil War II: The Coming Breakup of America is non fiction book by US Army veteran and mercenary Thomas W. Chittum.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Civil_War_II (112 words)

	GI -- World War II Commemoration
		World War II ended on September 2, 1945 with the formal surrender of Japan aboard the U.S. battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
		To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of the war, we have put together what we believe to be the definitive collection of World War II historical materials on the Web.
		We have compiled three World War II air war mini-documentaries.
	www.grolier.com /wwii/wwii_mainpage.html (149 words)

	MSN Encarta - Persian Gulf War
		Had this initiative come before the start of the coalition’s attack, it might have split the coalition; now it simply seemed a sign that the war was weighing heavily on Iraq.
		Following the war, thousands of American soldiers developed mild to debilitating health problems, including abdominal pain, diarrhea, insomnia, short-term memory loss, rashes, headaches, blurred vision, and aching joints.
		Persian Gulf War, conflict beginning in August 1990, when Iraqi forces invaded and occupied Kuwait.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761551555/Persian_Gulf_War.html (149 words)

	Gulf War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Gulf War was a conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of 34 nations led by the United States.
		Many in Iraq, expecting a resumption of war with Iran in the future, felt that Iraq security could only be guaranteed by controlling more of the Gulf Coast, including more secure ports.
		And U.S. and British jets continued to bomb targets in and around the no-fly zones in Iraq on roughly a monthly basis from the end of the first Gulf war right up to the second.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gulf_War (149 words)

	English Civil War -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Charles II fled, via safe houses and a famous (A deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves) oak tree to France, ending the civil wars.
		The Civil War occurred at the point in English history at which the wealthy (The social class between the lower and upper classes) middle classes, already a powerful force in society, liquidated the outmoded medieval system of English government.
		The threat posed by King Charles II with his original Scottish Royalist followers and his new Covenanter allies was considered to be the greatest facing the new English Republic so Cromwell left some of his lieutenants in Ireland to continue the suppression of the Irish Royalists and crossed the Irish channel to Scotland.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/en/english_civil_war.htm (6352 words)

	GI -- World War II Commemoration
		Whereas military operations in World War I were conducted primarily on the European continent, World War II included gigantic struggles not only in Europe but in Asia, Africa, and the far-flung islands of the Pacific as well.
		WORLD WAR II, the name commonly given to the global conflict of 1939-1945.
		It was the greatest and most destructive war in history.
	gi.grolier.com /wwii/wwii_i.html (117 words)

	World War 2 Timeline 1939-1945 - Worldwar-2.net
		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.
		The principal effect of every war is to destroy the flower of the nation...
		The modern world is still living with the consequences of World War 2, the most titanic conflict in history.
	www.worldwar-2.net (796 words)

	Tricycle (World War II) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fleming worked in British naval intelligence during World War II and was detailed to trail the charismatic spy, who was eventually recruited to work as a double agent for the British.
		Signed up as a spy by the Nazis early in the war, Popov, who hated them, immediately offered his services to the United Kingdom.
		Tricycle was the codename of both Duško Popov (Душко Попов), and the spy network with which he was involved.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dusko_Popov (354 words)

	Gulf War II - Unfinished Business (by Iqbal Jassat) - Media Monitors Network
		Gulf War II - Unfinished Business (by Iqbal Jassat) - Media Monitors Network
		Major US command bases in Kuwait, Qatar, U.A.E, Oman and Bahrain, which collectively hosts US ground forces and the headquarters of the US Fifth Fleet, have also come under scrutiny by eagle-eyed war-watchers, eager to alert the world to the impending war on Iraq.
		Before the outbreak of the first Gulf War led by Bush snr, in order to prepare them, the British and American public was denied an understanding of the complexity of reasons behind the crisis in the Gulf.
	www.mediamonitors.net /jasarat30.html (354 words)

	The Global Encyclopedia : Hotels : Travel
		Buoyed by victories in World War I and World War II and the end of the Cold War in 1991, the U.S. remains the world's most powerful nation-state.
		Two of the major traumatic experiences in the nation's history were the American Civil War ( 1861 - 65) and the Great Depression of the 1930s.
		During the 19th century, many new states were added to the original thirteen as the nation expanded across the North American continent and acquired a number of overseas possessions.
	united-states.asinah.net /american-encyclopedia/wikipedia/g/gu/gulf_wa... (354 words)

	GULF WAR II
		Gulf War II, soon to begin, will demonstrate the incredible advances in American high tech war ability since Gulf War I. The United States will launch a killer punch with all its might.
		The delay in Gulf War II is to (1) build up the supply of unmanned aircraft and (2) wait for the elections to be over.
		The Gulf War proved that the war technology of the United States materially and substantially exceeds that of any nation in the entire world.
	www.parida.com /bushforpol.html (354 words)

	Encyclopedia: Gulf War II
		Encyclopedia: Gulf War II Supporter Benefits Signup Login Sources
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Gulf-War-II (354 words)

	WHY IS THE JOYOUS JEWISH HOLDIAY OF PURIM SO SIGNIFICANT IN BOTH GULF WAR I AND GULF WAR II?
		Gulf War II -- On March 13, 2003, President Bush ordered a quiet beginning to the aerial campaign [N EWS1784], using fighter-bombers flying over 1,000 sorties daily and B-1 bombers engaged in carpet-bombing tactics.
		Subtitle: Purim figures significantly, and interestingly, in both Gulf War I and Gulf War II.
		Gulf War I has been popularly called the "100 hour war".
	www.cuttingedgeministries.net /news/n1793.cfm (354 words)

	U.S. Civil War FAQ, Part 2/2
		War Gov. Edwin D Morgan said: "He was my chief reliance in the duties of equipping and transporting troops and munitions of war.
		Previous claims to be the last veteran of the Confederate army (and of the whole War) were made for Walter Washington Williams (died 19 Dec 1959) of Texas and for John Salling (died 19 Mar 1959) of Virginia.
		Reply-To: jsanders@jaguar1.usouthal.edu Date: 19 Apr 2004 12:14:26 GMT Archive-name: civil-war-usa/faq/part2 Posting-frequency: monthly Last-modified: 2002/3/19 Version: 9.11 U.S. Civil War FAQ v9.11 (19 Mar 2002) This is part 2 (of 2) of a collection of answers to frequently asked questions (and some not-so-frequently, too!) about the Civil War.
	www.faqs.org /faqs/civil-war-usa/faq/part2 (4742 words)

	MSN Encarta - African American History
		When the war began in Europe in 1937, there were only about 5000 black enlisted men and fewer than a dozen black officers in the regular army.
		Working in war industries, black women found that the pay was better and the work was generally less physically demanding than domestic work.
		One critical effort began in Montgomery, Alabama, in December 1955, when a black activist named Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man and move to the back of a city bus.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761595158_8/African_American_History.html (2301 words)

	Civil War Sites Advisory Commission Report on the Nation's Civil War Battlefields, Technical Volume II: Battle Summaries
		A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion.
		Some 10,500 armed conflicts occurred during the Civil War ranging from battles to minor skirmishes; 384 conflicts (3.7 percent) were identified as the principal battles and classified according to their historical significance.
		Nineteen percent (71) of the Civil War battlefields are already lost as intact historic landscapes.
	www.cr.nps.gov /hps/abpp/battles/tvii.htm (1885 words)

	World War II (1939–1945)
		World War II Memorial - The National World War II Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, May 29th, 2004.
		Major Military Operations Since World War II - Major Military Operations Since World War II World War II was the last war fought in which the...
		Casualties in World War II - Country Men in war Battle deaths Wounded Australia 1,000,000 26,976 180,864 Austria 800,000 280,000...
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0001288.html (657 words)

	BBC - History - World War Two
		Resentment at the harsh peace of World War One fuelled the rise of Adolf Hitler.
		After six years of the most destructive war in human history, whole countries lay in ruins, populations were displaced and the victors demanded justice.
		World War Two: Sixty years on - features past and present.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/war/wwtwo/index.shtml (976 words)

	'World War II
		World War II brought about the downfall of Western Europe as the center of world power, led to the rise of the Soviet Union, set up conditions leading to the 'Cold War,' and opened the nuclear age.
		The objective of this lesson is for students to understand the impact of World War II on the advancement of women in society.
		This site examines the war in terms of the varied government forms involved, the effects of the war on people, and the decision to use the atomic bomb.
	www.42explore2.com /worldwar2.htm (2461 words)

	National WWII Memorial
		The World War II Memorial honors the 16 million who served in the armed forces of the U.S., the more than 400,000 who died, and all who supported the war effort from home.
		To search the electronic World War II Registry of Americans who contributed to the war effort, or add the name of a loved one, click here.
		The Second World War is the only 20th Century event commemorated on the National Mall’s central axis.
	www.wwiimemorial.com (360 words)

	Best of History Web Sites: World War II History (WWII)
		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.
		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.
		The Second World War is a Spartacus Educational website and enables one to research individual people and events of the war in detail.
	www.besthistorysites.net /WWII.shtml (3882 words)

	The World at War, history of WW 1939-1945
		When World War II began in 1939, Germany was the aggressor, it was later joined in June 1940, by Italy, and Japan in December 1941.
		The war against Japan was fought over two-thirds of the world's surface, with America and her allies taking part in vast air, land and sea battles.
		Every such work as The World at War, history of WW 1939-1945 is an attempt to walk the tightrope between the fullest possible and the most accessible description of the period.
	www.euronet.nl /users/wilfried/ww2/ww2.htm (2153 words)

	World War II Links on the Internet
		War Letters is a database of correspondence from World War I & II Wes Clark in Germany Wesley Harry Clark, served in France and Germany during World War II as a light mortar crewman with Troop C of the 33rd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron of the 20th Armored Division
		War Letters is a database of correspondence from World War I & II B-Side-Museum is a virtual museum of 3D models, including aircraft from World War II.
		World War II Tributesstories of relatives in World War II, from Jeff Crosby
	history.acusd.edu /gen/ww2_links.html (5070 words)

	World War II Online - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		World War II Online: Battleground Europe is a much improved game over the original campaign release Blitzkrieg and is the current (2005) campaign being played by all subscribers.
		World War II Online has received numerous industry press awards including GameSpy's 2001 Gamers' Choice Sim of the Year and IGN's 2001 Persistent World Game of the Year.
		World War II Online, commonly referred to as WWIIOL or WW2OL, is a massively multiplayer online first-person shooter computer game (MMOFPS) set in 1940-42 World War II Europe.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_War_II_Online (2332 words)

	Maquis (World War II) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Some Maquis bands that operated in southwest France were composed entirely by left-wing Spanish veterans of the Spanish Civil War.
		On the Vercors plateau, a Maquis group fought 15,000 Waffen SS soldiers under general Karl Pflaum and was defeated with 600 casualties.
		It was standard practice among the Maquis to identify members by wearing a Basque beret because it was common enough to not arouse suspicion but distinctive enough to be effective.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maquis_(World_War_II) (515 words)

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