The Everything World War II Book: People, Places, Battles, and All the Key Events
David White
Language: English
Pages: 368
ISBN: 1598696416
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
From Germany's invasion of Poland in 1939 to the official end of World War II on 2 September 1945, The Eveything World War II Book, 2nd Edition provides readers with detailed information about the war that left no nation untouched. Clear maps and vivid photographs bring this war to life and illustrate the major battles in the European, Pacific, and African theaters. The Everything World War II Book, 2nd Edition is packed with exhaustively researched information. Revised and updated by two experienced historians, this engrossing reference contains new information on the United Nations, World War II memorials, and a timeline of important dates. There's no need to search through stacks of history books - The Everything World Ward Book, 2nd Edition has all that readers need to learn about this fascinating time in history.
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Russell received two Academy Awards for his performance in the film: one for Best Supporting Actor and a special award “for bringing hope and courage to his fellow veterans.” Hollywood has turned many of the war’s most important battles and events into epic motion pictures over the years. The Longest Day (1962), for example, is a star-studded look at the Normandy invasion that runs nearly three hours. The film’s cast reads like a Who’s Who of Hollywood, and includes John Wayne, Richard Burton,.
Mass destruction, Soviet scientists built a fleet of bombers based on the U.S. B-29 Superfortress. The information they used came from three of the American planes that were forced down in Siberia in 1944 after bombing runs against Japan. Soviet researchers secretly took the planes apart, studied their design, and were able to recreate them almost exactly. The threat of Soviet attack would be a cause of concern for many years to come. The United Nations The first use of the words United.
Country, including important social changes and the creation of a constitutional monarchy. MacArthur’s career after World War II was marked with controversy. In 1950, he was named commander in chief of the United Nations force in South Korea, where his military acumen and strategic skill proved most useful. But in 1951 he butted heads publicly with President Truman regarding U.S. strategy in the war (he wanted to extend the limited war into a general war against China) and was dismissed.
Forces. China lost 200,000 in the capture of Shanghai alone. Another 300,000 died in the Rape of Nanking. Chinese soldiers resisted Japanese aggression as much as possible. The country received a large amount of aid from the Allied powers, especially the United States, which sent the famous Flying Tigers to beef up China’s air defenses. China also provided landing space to those pilots who were lucky enough to escape after dropping bombs on Japan in James Doo-little’s famous raid. Chiang emerged.
Essentially stripped Jews of all rights within Germany. Blood laws, for example, stated that only persons of “German or related blood” could be citizens. Other laws made Jews the property of the state, prohibited marriage or sexual relations between Jews and non-Jews, and prevented Jews from hiring female servants under the age of forty-five. With the Jewish people’s legal protection removed by the state, persecution increased. The Nazis seized numerous Jewish businesses and canceled legally.