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...he ships were converted by the [[United States Navy]] for service during [[World War II]]. The commercial versions were operated by the government during the war. ...r Victory: A History of Shipbuilding under the U.S. Maritime Commission in World War II, by Frederic C. Lane ISBN 0-8018-6752-5

...ited Kingdom]] to Huntingdon in 1941 after being bombed out of London in [[World War II]].

...reer at MIT except for a leave of absence in [[Washington, D.C.]] during [[World War II]] serving the [[United States Government]]. ...ole in the production of the high-octane aviation gasoline needed during [[World War II]].<ref name=Sherwood/><ref name=Brian/>

Many areas within its boundaries were important in the [[World War II, Pacific|Second World War]], including the [[Bismarck Sea]], [[Admiralty Is | volume = United States Army in World War II: The War in the Pacific

| title = Hitler's spies: German military intelligence in World War II

...ity]] and [[Columbia University]] where he earned his Ph.D. degree. During World War II, he served as a [[Research Associate]] of the U.S. [[War Department Researc

* Adams, Michael C.C. ''The Best War Ever: America and World War II'' (1993); contains detailed bibliography * Blum, John Morton ''V Was for Victory: Politics and American Culture During World War II'' (1995; original edition (1976)

...ble comprehensive list of Americans identified as "Missing In Action" from World War II through the Gulf War. Eligible wars served in which qualify membership include [[World War II]], the [[Korean War]], the [[Vietnam War]], the [[Persian Gulf War]], and t

Early in [[World War II]] [[Germany]] made arrangements with the [[Soviet Union]] for the [[German

...or direct assault. While direct assault on defended beaches was an icon of World War II, the casualties of such frontal attacks, even with the defensive weapons of ...state the tactical advantages his craft gave U.S. amphibious commanders in World War II.|Col. Joseph H. Alexander, USMC (Ret)}}

...er in 1933, Mann fled to Switzerland and later to the United States. After World War II he eventually moved back to Switzerland, where he died in 1955.

Blimps were used with great success during World War II as anti-submarine scouting platforms.

...tion but survived both the Nazis and service on the Russian front during [[World War II]]—only to be killed in a car accident in Egypt many years later. He was

...er, influential in the development of military-dominated politics before [[World War II]]. In 1921, while [[military attache]], he was one of the [[Three Crows]],

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Fleming served in Naval Intelligence during [[World War II]] and commentators credit his real world experience for making his novels m

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As Nazi Germany pushed eastwards on the '''Russian front''' of '''World War II''', their relatively short-ranged bombers came into range to carry the '''a

=====World War II===== ''See also [[World War II, Pacific/Bibliography|World War II, Pacific]]''

During [[World War II]], many C3 ships were converted to naval uses, particularly as [[aircraft c

.... Marshall''' (1880-1959) was the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army during [[World War II]], and the chief military advisor to President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. A ==World War II==

...erritory returned to the ROC after the defeat of [[Japan]] at the end of [[World War II]] in 1945. The state was also given control of formally Japanese-occupied T

* Craven, Wesley Frank, and James Lea Cate, eds. ''The Army Air Forces in World War II: Vol. IV, The Pacific: Guadalcanal to Saipan, August 1942 to July 1944'' of ...''Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II: Volume I'' (1958), the official Marine Corps history [http://funsite.unc.

'''Omar Bradley''' (1893-1981) , was an American general during [[World War II]] and the [[Korean war]], as well as [[Chief of Staff of the Army]] and [[C ...ere he came to know and evaluate many of men who became senior officers in World War II. In 1934 Bradley graduated from the U.S. Army War College, and returned to

...'''Papa boat''', was a [[landing craft]] widely used by Allied forces in [[World War II]]. Also called the '''Higgins boat''', it evolved from a 1936 design by And *Strahan, Jerry. Andrew Jackson Higgins and the Boats that Won World War II. ISBN 0-80712-339-0

...desländer. The layout of the states of [[Germany]] was rearranged after [[World War II]], but the individual states have maintained their cultural identities. The

see [[World War II, Origins]]

...completed Port facilities, in 1933.<ref name=CanadaPrairiePort/> During [[World War II]] she left Churchill, when she was pressed into service assisting the [[Roy

...in the [[United States Senate]] from 1969 to 1996. A wounded veteran of [[World War II]], he was a conservative known for his acerbic tongue. In the [[United Sta

...y aviation fatality, [[Lieutenant]] Thomas Selfridge, the force grew until World War II, when it was still an adolescent living at home, with both feuding and exam

After the end of the [[World War II|Second World War]] and the defeat of Japan, a new civil war erupted in the

* Dower, John W. ''Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II'' (1999), major scholarly study [http://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Defeat-Jap * Brands, Hal. "The Emperor's New Clothes: American Views of Hirohito after World War II". ''Historian'' 2006 68(1): 1-28. Issn: 0018-2370 Fulltext: [[Ebsco]] also

After World War II, he fought a campaign to consider the Waffen SS to be a regular combat orga ...clarify the matter, in that he had long reassured the regular Army, before World War II, that the SA and SS were not replacing them as the primary military force.

...0)* Craven Wesley Frank, and James Lea Cate, eds. ''The Army Air Forces in World War II.'' 7 vols. 1948- 1958. * Hogan. David W. ''The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II: India Burma'' [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-C-India/index.html

...Thomas''' (1890-1946) was Quartermaster-General and logistics chief of the World War II German Army, and the War Economy and Armaments office in the [[OKW|Armed

...ct''' was the [[United States of America|U.S.]] project conducted during [[World War II]] to develop a nuclear weapon. It was commanded by Major General [[Leslie G

...World War II. In turn, the [[United States of America|U.S.]] produced in World War II the [[T34 Calliope]] missile-launching vehicle in limited quantities by att ...utube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=hdAl9Pes0Pw Victory Parade in the World War II - 2008 (Russia, Moscow, Red Square)]</ref>

| volume = UNITED STATES CRYPTOLOGIC HISTORY; Series IV; World War II; Volume 5 Following the end of World War II, Admiral Turner served on the Navy Department's General Board and was U.S.

...against [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]’s efforts to make United States enter [[World War II]], and aligned himself with [[America First Committee]], an anti-war organi He supported declaration of war after the [[Pearl Harbor (World War II)|attack on Pearl Harbor]], but he continued to attempt to minimize U.S. inv

While Gehlen was not suspect in [[U.S. intelligence involvement with World War II war criminals]], other employees, such as [[Hans Felfe]], were later found

...If for no other reason than this, Australia had a lot more at stake during World War II than it had in World War I. Of the more than 30,000 Australian servicemen taken prisoner during World War II, two-thirds were captured by the Japanese during the first weeks of 1942. T

...ndria to accountant Giulio Eco and his wife Giovanna, Umberto Eco survived World War II as well as the [[guerrilla warfare]] between Fascists and Communist partisa

...craft medium''', was a [[landing craft]] widely used by Allied forces in [[World War II]] and thereafter; postwar versions of the LCM are still in occasional use t ...hyperwar/USMC/I/USMC-I-I-3.html History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II: Development of Landing Craft]

...<ref name=NorthernMariner/> The government had built 400 vessels during [[World War II]]. She was named after an actual park in [[Nova Scotia]]. | title = The unknown navy: Canada's World War II merchant navy

...y 1942. This duty included leading the first strike at the [[Pearl Harbor (World War II)|attack on Pearl Harbor]]. Through WWII, except when hospitalized, he held

...te book|author=DeNevi, Don|year=1996|title=America's Fighting Railroads: A World War II Pictorial History|publisher=Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, Inc., M

| title = From Atabrine in World War II to mefloquine in Somalia: The role of education in preventive medicine

In [[World War II]] Teluk Yos Sudarso was known as ''Humboldt Bay'', and Jayapura was known a

...ed by the navy in 1936. It served as a South Atlantic commerce raider in [[World War II]] until it encountered [[Royal Navy]] vessels off South America. Badly dama ''Graf Spee'' left Germany before the outbreak of [[World War II]] and took up station in the South Atlantic. It was supplied by the oil tan

Primarily a term used for United States [[ocean escort]] warships in [[World War II]], a '''destroyer escort''' is a slower, less heavily armed version of a [[

...rom thereon to the North German Plains. If the operation had succeeded, [[World War II]] would have ended before Christmas 1944. The operation failed and Groesbe

| title = Sage Prophet or Loose Cannon? Skilled Intelligence Officer in World War II Foresaw Japan's Plans, but Annoyed Navy Brass

Henderson was known for its contributions to the [[World War II]] effort as the Basic Magnesium Plant supplied magnesium used for munitions

* Stephen Budiansky, "Battle of Wits: The Complete Story of Codebreaking in World War II", Free Press, New York, 2000 - Excellent work with a lot of technical detai * Hervie Haufler, "Codebreaker's Victory: How the Allied Cryptographers Won World War II", New American Library, East Rutherford, 2003 - Covers mostly the use of co

...in exercises, Neutrality enforcement, "short of war" operations and early World War II tasks. In April and May 1942, Wasp assisted the British Home Fleet in the N

...d next to the foundations of the original castle, which was destroyed in [[World War II]] [[incendiary bomb|firebombing]]. Another representative example is [[Mori

...dge]], and was a vital part of war production during [[World War I]] and [[World War II]]. The mill was serviced by three railroads: the Western Maryland, Penn, a

...rse tactical airplane of the [[World War II, air war|US Army Air Forces in World War II]]. In a frantic technological race against the Nazis, American designers cr ...stence.<ref> Brendan Phibbs, ''The Other Side of Time: A Combat Surgeon in World War II'' (1987) entry for Jan. 21, 1945 p 149</ref>

...958, and The Two Ocean War in 1963, a one-volume history of the US Navy in World War II.

...ke subsequent action. The NRA offered its ranges to the government during World War II. The association developed training materials for industrial security and

===Before World War II=== ...century. Similar yield increases were not produced elsewhere until after [[World War II]], the [[Green Revolution (agriculture)|Green Revolution]] increased crop p

...the seventeenth to the twentieth century. The [[World War I|First]] and [[World War II|Second World War]]s and the loss of its huge [[French Empire|colonial empir

World War II LSTs were smaller, with a typical displacement of 2400 tons in a 327 foot h

quoted in Burr, ''The Atomic Bomb at the End of World War II,'' doc. 55.</ref>

...r]]. On taking command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet after the [[Pearl Harbor (World War II)|attack on Pearl Harbor]], [[Chester Nimitz]], who actually directed operat

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{{quote|Neither Lawrence, nor Weizmann when he wrote of Lawrence, foresaw World War II or the European Holocaust and the overwhelming pressure of immigration and

| contribution = Chapter 6: World War II Intelligence in the Field | title = Central Bureau in Australia during World War II: A Research and Control Centre for the Interception and cryptanalyzing of J

...tura (T-AO-111)|Mission Buenaventura]]''-class fleet oilers built during [[World War II]] for service in the [[United States Navy]], and the only U.S. Naval vessel ...tura (T-AO-111)|Mission Buenaventura]]''-class fleet oilers built during [[World War II]] for service in the [[United States Navy]], the only U.S. Naval vessel to

| title = America's Fighting Admirals: Winning the War at Sea in World War II

...on-computer and computer security, although the boundaries are blurring. A World War II radio would have to connect to an external encryption device, while modern

...few years starting in 1923, she was returned to service in 1929. During [[World War II]] she helped supply American construction troops building the [[Canol pipel

...business. The company struggled throughout the [[World War I|First]] and [[World War II|Second]] World Wars, and the company concentrated on producing [[earthenwar

...rns. ''No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II'' (1995), joint biography by scholar [http://www.amazon.com/No-Ordinary-Tim ===Foreign Policy and World War II===

...as a newer, functioning lighthouse, and coastal defense emplacements from World War II. At low tide, visitors can also see coastal [[tide pools]], which contain u

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...rtillery]] (AAA) gun used on almost every major U.S. and U.K. warship of [[World War II]]. It was regarded as a vast improvement over the previous 1.1-inch antiair Late in World War II, the U.S. Navy started replacing [[20mm Oerlikon (autocannon)|20 mm Oerliko

...nay'' was the first American vessel to be sunk by Japanese forces during [[World War II]].

===World War II=== * Weinberg, Gerhard L. ''Visions of Victory: The Hopes of Eight World War II Leaders.'' (2005). 292 pp. chapter on de Gaulle

...works are probably [[Mere Christianity]], a book based on his series of [[World War II]] radio broadcasts, and [[The Chronicles of Narnia]], a seven-book fantasy

...f the [[Ottoman Empire]] until it gained its independence in 1912. After [[World War II]], [[Communism]] ruled in the country until 1991, when it officially establ

...ntic Treaty Organization'') is a mutual defense treaty established after [[World War II]] by ten European countries and the [[United States of America|U.S.]] and [

...ks, Albert Loren. ''Russia's Life-Saver: Lend-Lease Aid to the U.S.S.R. in World War II'' (2004) [http://books.google.com/books?id=z3hP33KprskC&dq=intitle:lend+int

After World War II, [[DDT]] and other pesticides came onto the market and were seen as major a ...chlorpyrifos and Diazinon, which had been developed by the Germans during World War II, as a sideline of their production of nerve gas. Then pests began to develo

In the World War II '''Double-Cross system''' of the United Kingdom, all German spies captured

...to be identified. It was discovered by Glenn T. Seeborg at the wartime ([[World War II]]) metallurgical laboratory of the [[University of Chicago]] in 1944.<ref>

...ous photographs circulating around the world. The American soldiers during World War II embraced Hayworth as one of their most popular pin-up girls. Her famous loo

...WWII Homefront] - Collection of color photographs of the homefront during World War II ...War: Changing Values, 1939-1945'' 1985. US title: ''Virtue under Fire: How World War II Changed Our Social and Sexual Attitudes''

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| portrait = Coast Guard Seaman 2nd Class Seymour Wittek, a World War II veteran, smiles for a portrait before he is awarded the Coast Guard Commend ...heroically fought a fire, on a ship loaded with explosives, in NYC, during World War II

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...aventura-class oiler|Mission Buenaventura]]''-class tankers built during [[World War II]] for service as fleet oilers in the [[United States Navy]]. Named for [[Mi ...rter, by Los Angeles Tanker Operators Inc., she spent the remainder of the World War II transporting fuel to our allies in the western Pacific, during which time s

...est city is [[Pyongyang]]. [[Korea]] was split into two states following [[World War II]], since when the North has had [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]-inspired government

...the first nations to covertly subvert the treaty's limits. By the time [[World War II]] seemed imminent, all the signatories were quietly ignoring the treaty lim ==World War II==

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| title = World War II: Soviet and Japanese Forces Battle at Khalkhin Gol | journal = World War II Magazine

...Post Office licensing system; commercial competitors from Europe prior to World War II and offshore during the 1960s. - "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu Press,

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The Soviet R-11 was an adaptation of the World War II German V-2 rocket, the first operational ballistic missile, and did not fea

| title = The New York Times Living History: World War II: the Allied counteroffensive, 1942-1945

...ding the Naval Construction Battalion Center (NCBC) at Davisville. After [[World War II]], the Naval Air Station remained in operation, but the NCBC was inactive u After the close of World War II, Davisville's function shifted several times to meet the scaled-back and ch

...ry which has adhered to a philosophy of pacifism for all the decades since World War II<ref>[https://www.newsnationnow.com/morninginamerica/abes-militaristic-funer

...ise men" of the 1940s--many of them patricians--who guided America through World War II and gave the world the Marshall Plan...<ref name=Suskind>{{citation

* Weinberg, Gerhard L. ''Visions of Victory: The Hopes of Eight World War II Leaders. '' (2005), chapter on Chiang. * Lee, Lloyd, ed. ''World War II in Asia and the Pacific and the War's aftermath, with General Themes: A Han

...oy atom bomb air-dropped by the United States on [[Hiroshima, Japan]] in [[World War II]] had a TNT equivalent energy yield of approximately 15 kilotons (15 kt). *During the [[Cold War]] that followed World War II, the United States tested a nuclear weapon that had a TNT equivalent energy

===World War II and Stroessner aftermath=== ...cooperated with those in hiding. See [[U.S. intelligence involvement with World War II Nazi war criminals]] for notes about Klaus Barbie acting as a security advi

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Hubbard also claims to have been a war hero in [[World War II]], serving in the U.S. Navy. During this time, Hubbard and the Church claim

...gourmet and bon vivant who wrote about food and drink for many years after World War II in a variety of magazines and newspapers as well as writing several books.

..., less precise systems, such as the Japanese attack at the [[Pearl Harbor (World War II)|attack on Pearl Harbor]], used "dumb" weapons with varying levels of effec

===World War II===

...educated in British schools in [[Egypt]] where his family lived prior to [[World War II]]. He later attended American prep schools and attended both Princeton and

...edit}}<br />Railway Express Agency [[refrigerator car]] #6687, a converted World War II troop sleeper. Note the square panels along the sides that cover the former

For the first year of World War II McCain served as Commander of Air Forces for Western Sea Frontier and the S

Strategic bombing is a subset of strike, and is more of a term from the World War II, air war#Strategic|Second World War and before it, such as in the writings ...introduction of large-scale use of precision-guided munitions, even during World War II, there was significant debate about the effectiveness of the conventional s

...as part of a successful diversification program. After the interruption of World War II, during which the Philips management took refuge in the United States, the

..., created for an emergency [[shipbuilding]] program in the early days of [[World War II]]. From 1941 through 1946, the company built 243 [[ships]] in all, beginnin ...ip was launched on December 6, 1941, just hours before the [[Pearl Harbor (World War II)|attack on Pearl Harbor]].

...te book|author=Wilcox, Robert K.|year=2004|title=First Blue : The Story of World War II Ace Butch Voris and the Creation of the Blue Angels|publisher=St. Martin’

...ns. ''No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II'', (1995), major study of the wartime partnership; 768 pages, ISBN 0-684-80

...on, United Kingdom|London]]'s [[East End]]. Detained for the duration of [[World War II]] as an enemy sympathizer, he nevertheless returned to politics, albeit on

...ries: The Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Grand Alliances, and U.S. Strategy in World War II

...ight time became a local matter. It was re-established nationally early in World War II, and was continuously observed until the end of the war. After the war its

...mpletely closed Palestine to Jewish immigration in the years leading up to World War II-a move designed to placate the Arabs, who feared being made a minority in t

==World War II== ...-the-box thinking", particularly when he was under George Patton|Patton in World War II. Haig

...due to "white-out" conditions of high wind with snow. It is said that the World War II German invasion of the Soviet Union underestimated the three best generals:

...er, Sally M., and Daniel A. Cornford, eds. ''American Labor in the Era of World War II'' (1995) [http://www.amazon.com/American-Labor-Era-World-War/dp/0275951855/ *Lichtenstein, Nelson. ''Labor's War at Home: The CIO in World War II.'' (1987). [http://books.google.com/books?id=cCnQN-RjnZkC&printsec=frontcov

...nitz''' (1891-1980) was a [[Nazi SS and military ranks|Grossadmiral]] in [[World War II]], heading the German [[submarine]] (U-boat) arm, then the navy as a whole,

...mpletely closed Palestine to Jewish immigration in the years leading up to World War II-a move designed to placate the Arabs, who feared being made a minority in t

.... The AFL was always larger, and added more members in the late 1930s and World War II era, while avoiding the radicalism of the CIO. [[William Green]] was presi

...rmany and renamed Wroclaw as Breslau. Two centuries later, at the end of [[World War II]], most of Lower Silesia (including the city of Breslau) was returned to Po In [[World War II]], Lewis was a consultant to the federal [[Office of Scientific Research an

...nnotations of being a "Nazi science", and the term was deprecated, after [[World War II]].<ref name=Herwig>{{citation

...most famous for its two [[cathedral]]s, one which was bombed to ruins in [[World War II]] and its modern replacement. It is also home to a motor car museum and a

In World War II he served on the historical staff of the Navy, writing battle syntheses of

...ey were of little value, but would be an inducement of Soviet entry into [[World War II in the Pacific]].

...[[IJN Hiryū]]'' and ''[[IJN Soryu]]'', and led them in the [[Pearl Harbor (World War II)|attack on Pearl Harbor]].

With the outbreak of [[World War II]], Blum supported French defense efforts. After Germany’s defeat of Franc

...which he directed and built into the largest employer in the country. In [[World War II]] he was Roosevelt's chief diplomatic advisor and troubleshooter and was a ==World War II==

...ing, was the largest bomber of World War II. It was used by the U.S. for [[World War II, air war|strategic bombing of Japan]]. The plane dropped the atomic bombs o

|subject = World War II ...veteran [[Guy Sajer]]. The focus of the book is on the Eastern front of [[World War II]]. Sajer was born in [[Alsace]] to a German mother and a French father. Saj

...dominant bomber escort of the U.S. Air Force in [[World War II, air war]] World War II. Its main mission was defending bomber formations over [[Germany]]. It outp

...the Japanese intentions regarding Burma and their chance of winning the [[World War II|war]], Aung San established contact with the British authorities in [[India

...d to the Soviet Belarus. The territory and its nation were devastated in [[World War II]], during which Belarus lost about a third of its population and more than

...t [[warship]] other than [[aircraft carrier]]s built by any nation since [[World War II]]. Originally named after the Soviet politician [[Sergei Mironovich Kirov]]

...have been a focal point of American involvement in Europe since the end of World War II. [[Ambassador]] [[Philip Murphy]] has arrived in Germany and will, in Augu

In all ocean theaters of [[World War II]], [[submarine]] warfare, as well as [[anti-submarine warfare]], were criti ...apan'' (1975) and Theodore Roscoe, ''United States Submarine Operations in World War II'' (1949). </ref> In addition, Japan honored its neutrality treaty with the

...st Blandings Castle, located in a golden, and entirely idyllic, era of pre-World War II Shropshire. The Empress, who lives in a "bijou residence" and is considered

| title = Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II

...stent focal points of international development efforts since the end of [[World War II]].

...n 1940 and the number 2 in 1941. As a long-time professional player after World War II, he kept his game at a high enough level into his late thirties to be ranke ...6 losses. He then joined the U.S. Army and served through the remainder of World War II .

...operatives working in Turkey for a number of years prior to and throughout World War II is well documented. Documented also is the fact that all but about four wor ...2002). Between Friendly and Hostile Neutrality: Turkey and the Jews during World War II. In Ed. Rozen, M. The last Ottoman Century and Beyond: The Jews of Turkey

...manufactured planes, designed by the parent company, in [[Canada]]. After World War II the Canadian firm designed and built a range of highly regarded planes, inc

...the second bowler to take seventeen wickets in a first-class match since [[World War II]]. The other was [[Jim Laker]], who broke the world record with nineteen fo

...ten, Andrew. ''Labor's Home Front: The American Federation of Labor during World War II'' (2006)

...ta]]) in the service of the Dutch East-Indian administration&mdash;until [[World War II]] East India (now [[Indonesia]]) was a Dutch colony. His civil servant job

...ement Dennett Jr. He spent part of his childhood in Lebanon, where, during World War II, his father was a covert counterintelligence agent with the Office of Strat

...onism''' represented a new tendency of the [[avant–garde]] at the end of [[World War II]].<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/179297&referer=brief_results New Tende

| title = Marines in World War II: The Battle for Tarawa

...during the [[Great Depression]] due to rising gold prices, the start of [[World War II]] once again caused people to move out as restrictions on dynamite were in

...18, the United States Navy's largest engagement of surface warships since World War II. Two Iranian ships were destroyed, and an American helicopter was shot down

==World War II== ...vision in July 1942. While serving with the 134th Infantry Regiment during World War II, Fred held these assignments:

==World War II== ...e ended the draft entirely and reverted to the all-volunteer forces of pre-World War II America.

...began his career as a prosecutor and jurist in Germany in 1921 and, during World War II, rose to Director and Chief of Legal Department (Wehrmachtrechtswesen) (WR)

...n Museum School of Fine Arts in 1941, Scarry joined the U.S. Army. During World War II, he served as a director for the Morale Services Section in North Africa, w

...s1994-06-22/> Young veterans, returning to civilian life after service in World War II, were generally able to live on their GI Bill benefits, while they studied,

...and/or secret agents and often feature sadistic Nazis who have survived [[World War II]] and are hunted down and killed. ...addition that O'Brine was a former British secret agent.<blockquote>During World War II, he was parachuted into Occupied France, was captured by the [[Gestapo]], e

...recorded history of the Russian Blue being developed in the US until after World War II.

Prior to [[World War II]], the company also began to branch into sports cars, such as the [[BMW 328

|journal = The Generals of World War II

...[[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]] in spring, 1945, during [[World War II, Pacific|World War II]]. It was the longest and bloodiest battle in American history. ...ween mainland Japan and [[Taiwan]]. A minor Japanese base during most of [[World War II]], Okinawa became important when U.S. planners decided to seize it as a sta

when World War II began there was no one in the Navy who had ever seen, or heard, a torpedo

...ampaign by the U.S. against a Japanese island stronghold in the Pacific in World War II. Rabaul is in the [[Admiralty Islands]] of the [[Bismarck Archipelago]].<re | title = Army Air Forces in World War II.

| title = [4.0] World War II Glide Bombs (2)}}</ref>

* {{cite book |last=Neiberg |first=Michael| title=Potsdam: The End of World War II and the Remaking of Europe |year=2015 |publisher=Basic Books |location=New

...eir role was seen as infantry support, but one of the key aspects of the [[World War II]] blitzkrieg was the use of teams of tanks, vehicle-borne infantry, mobile

...hter squadron of the French Air Force which served on the Russian front of World War II, under Soviet control.

== World War II ==

...less agent as before. We are told again that he had served in the Army in World War II and that he attended Harvard. And we are told that he previously wrote poe ...thy, as well as David Patchen, a [[Harvard]] roommate, fellow soldier in [[World War II]], and colleague in their intelligence agency. Both of them will figure pr

...new requirements for manpower stemming from U.S. interests abroad during [[World War II]], the Corp projected that a "new species" of units and defense battalions ...Shaw, Jr., Henry I. ''Opening Moves: Marines Gear Up for War''. Marines in World War II Commemorative Series. Available at: http://www.nps.gov/archive/wapa/indepth

...opean Jews among them, experienced unfathomable tragedies in Europe during World War II." His position that there were no gas chambers challenges a great deal of

...ystematic engineering testing of United States of America|U.S. bombs since World War II, in the 1951 Operation Ranger a series of air drops over the Nevada (U.S. s

In contingency planning for the [[European Theater of Operations]] in [[World War II]], the Chief of Staff, Supreme Allied Commander (COSSAC) had prepared three | title = U.S. Army in World War II, European Theater of Operations

...90''' was a [[fighter]] aircraft used by the German [[Luftwaffe]] during [[World War II]]. Designed by the engineer [[Kurt Tank]], it was a reply to a request from

...eering]]. After the city's economy experienced an industrial boom during [[World War II]], its hard-edged reputation began to dissipate. Beginning in the 1960s, Po

...rtnered governments who hold contrary interests, such as occurred during [[World War II]] and the [[Cold War]]. In [[education]], [[Educational accreditation|accre

* Chang, Iris. The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II (1998) ...al Law, and the Postwar Trials in Europe and Asia.,” In Loyd E. Lee ed., ''World War II in Asia and the Pacific and the War’s Aftermath, with General Themes,'' e

...ser M. '' The Communist Party of the United States: From the Depression to World War II'' 1991 [http://www.amazon.com/Communist-Party-United-States-Depression/dp/0

...on''' (1914 &mdash;1944) was a [[United States Army]] [[dentist]] during [[World War II]], assigned as a front-line [[surgeon]] since there were no equivalents of Prior to Salomon, only two [[Jews]] were awarded Medals of Honor during World War II and none for [[Korean War|Korea]]. Many more were refused under questionabl

One controversial approach, pioneered by the Soviet Union with the World War II Il-2 Shturmovik, is to build a dedicated, extremely survivable fixed-wing a

...as a cabinet-maker and bricklayer while his mother was a milkmaid. After [[World War II]], the family moved to [[Gziatsk]].<ref>''Russian Archives'': '[http://www.

* Leff, Mark H. "The Politics of Sacrifice on the American Home Front in World War II," ''The Journal of American History,'' Vol. 77, No. 4 (Mar., 1991), pp. 129

This article deals with the origins and causes of [[World War II]] in the Pacific (1937-41) and in Europe (1939).

'''David Irving''' is a British historian specializing in World War II and Nazi Germany, called a revisionist by his supporters, but widely believ

==World War II== His memoir of the first days of the World War II, ''Strange Defeat,'' written in 1940 but not published until 1946, blamed F

* Huffman, Christopher William. "The Waffen-SS Soldier in World War II: Fanaticism, Everyday Life, and the New Military History." PhD dissertatio

* Bialer, Seweryn, ed. ''Stalin and His Generals: Soviet Military Memoirs of World War II'' (1984);

...ommissioned ship for 16 months. ''Theenim'' received one battle star for [[World War II]] service.

| title = Auschwitz and Birkenau: Why the World War II Photo Interpreters Failed to Identify the Extermination Complex

...er-effects on the World Trade Center attack, his photos of survivors the [[World War II internment of those of Japanese descent]], and of his photos while embedded

* Dear, I. C. B., and M. R. D. Foot, eds. ''Oxford Companion to World War II'' (2005) [http://www.amazon.com/Oxford-Companion-World-War-II/dp/019280670X * Doherty, T. ''Projections of War: Hollywood, American Culture, and World War II'' (1999)

* 1941-12-11 &ndash; 1941-12-24 Wake Island#World War II|Battle of Wake Island

...be authorized to act in self-defense, but, even after the [[Pearl Harbor (World War II)|attack on Pearl Harbor]], a declaration of war was still used.

...ly 1930s while he was rector at [[Freiburg University]]. Although a post-[[World War II]] investigation held that his involvement was not of the "active" type, the

...torship]] under [[Italian fascism]] in 1922, Italy suffered heavily from [[World War II]]. In the post-war period, Italy discarded monarchy in favour of the curren

...nically, the last warship to be in service that was at the [[Pearl Harbor (World War II)|attack on Pearl Harbor]]. She became the first ship sunk by torpedoes from

...Yugoslavia. Following the re-establishment of Yugoslavia at the end of the World War II, Slovenia became a part of the [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]]

...War during 1899 to 1902; sent troops to serve during both World War I and World War II. The Canadian Provost Corps in World War Two was initially created from Mou

...social and economic reforms of President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. After World War II started, while the U.S. wneutral, White became chairman of the Committee to

===World War II=== *[[World War II]]

...s first taught the [[Chinese language]] while in the US military, during [[World War II]].<ref name=sfgate1995-05-10/> He continued studying Chinese, under the [[ ...n Brooklyn, N.Y. He studied the Chinese language at Harvard as a GI during World War II, and later, on the GI Bill, at Yale. He sailed to China in 1947 and worked

...until 1946 when he returned to Germany. He became the first mayor of post-World War II Berlin and was in office during the city’s 1948-1949 blockade by Russian

...Cambridge|Cambridge University]] in 1942. During and after [[World War II|World War II]], Sturrock postponed his Cambridge studies in order to help develop [[rad

...he rank of [[Chief Boatswain]]. In December 1941, after the USA entered [[World War II]], Jester was given a [[Lieutenant (navy)|Lieutenant]]'s commission, and he |title = SUMMARY JUSTICE: THE PRICE OF TREASON FOR EIGHT WORLD WAR II GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR

...came from roles in the French military, or from groups that resisted the [[World War II]] Japanese invasion. That the ARVN had been fighting for many, many years a

==World War II==

...itect, best remembered today for designing the 'Frankfurt Kitchen'. During World War II she was active in the Nazi resistance movement. {{editintro}} ...otzky was among the foremost social architects practicing in Europe before World War II. She specialized in designing housing for the working class. Her designs re

...uld not match, let alone overcome, those of the RAF. For the first time in World War II, the Wehrmacht was defeated. Operation Sea Lion was cancelled.

Most missiles available to non-signatory states are of the World War II [[V-2]] technology exemplified by the Soviet-designed [[SCUD]]. The major n

...a group of soldiers from the [[Soviet Union]] supporting Germany during [[World War II]] and claiming an ideological battle against the [[stalinism|Stalinist]] sy

...(1882-1946) was a [[Field Marshal]] in the [[German military forces]] of [[World War II]], who headed the [[Oberkommando der Wehrmacht]] (OKW), essentially the mil

1939 '''[[World War II|Second World War]]''' (1939-45)

...' was a T2 tanker built for the United States Maritime Commission during [[World War II]]. After the War she was acquired by the [[United States Navy]] as '''USNS

In World War II, the Marines created '''Joint Assault and Signal Companies''', reporting di

The first aircraft used as water bombers were retrofits. After [[World War II]] [[PBY flying boats]] were converted to water bombers.<ref name=cbc2017-06

...in The Hague and owned a meat-processing factory in the city of Oss. When World War II broke out, they fled to Suriname, then a Dutch colony, where her father ser

* [[World War II in the Pacific]] * [[Pearl Harbor (World War II)|attack on Pearl Harbor]], 1941

"After World War II, Eastern thought was filtered through (and more or less distored by) the li

'''Operation Market Garden''', implemented by the Allies in World War II, was an unsuccessful to seize bridges over the [[Meuse River|Meuse]], [[Waa

* Doherty, T. ''Projections of War: Hollywood, American Culture, and World War II'' (1999)

...as a commissioned ship for 14 months, receiving one [[battle star]] for [[World War II]] service.

...d as a commissioned ship for 18 months, and received one battle star for [[World War II]] service.

...acted to Stalin's worldwide intentions; she instead says that events after World War II in the Balkans and Korea demonstrate a legitimate basis for NSC 68 and the ...an, Lee E. "The Macroeconomic Effects of War Finance in the United States: World War II and the Korean War" ''American Economic Review.'' 87#1 (1997) pp 23-40 [htt

During [[World War II]], before [[Germany]] attacked the [[Soviet Union]], Germany hired Soviet i

...ra (T-AO-111)|''Mission Buenaventura'']]-class fleet oilers built during [[World War II]] for service in the [[United States Navy]], and the only U.S. Naval vessel

| title = Army Air Forces in World War II

* Werrell, Kenneth P. "The Strategic Bombing of Germany in World War II: Costs and Accomplishments," ''Journal of American History'' 73 (1986) 702- * Craven, Wesley Frank and J. L. Cate. ''The Army Air Forces in World War II'' (1949), vol 1-5 standard, very thorough history of strategy and operation

...ticing law in [[Detroit]]. He served in the American [[army]] during the [[World War II]], and was wounded in the [[Normandy]] [[D-Day]] offensive. After returning

==== Before World War II ==== ===World War II===

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...led nationwide coal strikes damaging the American economy in the middle of World War II. His massive leonine head, forest-like eyebrows, firmly set jaw, powerful ==World War II==

...media to events in [[Osaka]] to showcase Japan's emergence from its post-[[World War II|war]] malaise. As of March 2010, there has never been a fatal accident, des

| title = Auschwitz and Birkenau: Why the World War II Photo Interpreters Failed to Identify the Extermination Complex

• '''WWII'''- during [[World War II|WWII]] many of these “social statement” artists were forced underground

...r of 6 million Jews, making him one of the most notorious war criminals of World War II. During the war he built up the military strength of his [[SS]], which beca * [[World War II, Holocaust]]

...tructiveness with respect to size, while the first nuclear weapons used in World War II weighed approximately 4 tons and had the explosive power of 15-20 kilotons

...scientists associated with Unit 731: [[U.S. intelligence involvement with World War II Japanese war criminals|immunity from war crimes]] prosecution in exchange f

...in 1944-45, it was designed as one of [[Hitler]]'s secret weapons to win [[World War II]], along with the [[V-1]] [[cruise missile]], but it had no significant dir

...at unguided rockets such as the Russian GRAD series, the descendant of the World War II Katyusha rockets. Phalanx systems have shot down rockets, and mortar shells

* Dower, John W. ''Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II.'' (1999). 688 pp. [http://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Defeat-Japan-Wake-Worl * Hellegers, Dale M. ''We, the Japanese People: World War II and the Origins of the Japanese Constitution.'' (2 vol. 2002). 826 pp.

...y and support group training base for the U.S. Army until after the end of World War II.

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...ommunist rule were the nations of Europe which the U.S.S.R. conquered in [[World War II]] ([[Estonia]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Poland]], [[Czechoslovakia]], After [[World War II]], the Red (Soviet) Army had conquered most of central Europe, and installe

...in St. Louis, and received his undergraduate education at Harvard. During World War II, he served in Army intelligence in Europe and was awarded the Bronze Star.A

...Award for Best Sound for [[Fred Hynes]]. The film is set in 1943, during [[World War II]], on an island in the South Pacific.

This is the first time since World War II, and only the second time in Naval history, that a warship has been named f

..., at that point, generational: Lodge and [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] were of the World War II generation, in which the government's word was to be trusted unless proved

...eased a documentary about a film Riefenstahl had been working on, during [[World War II]], about [[Roma people]] held in [[Nazi death camp]]s, including the infamo

...British forces engaged in communications jamming using shotguns. In the [[World War II|Second World War]], the [[behaviorism|behaviourist]] [[B.F. Skinner]] propo

...oseph Warren Stilwell''' (1883 - 1946), was a senior American general in [[World War II]] as commander of American forces in the [[China-Burma-India theater]] (194 ==World War II==

EUCOM is a direct descendant of the World War II command, '''Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces (SHAEF)''' Th

...six carriers of the Mobile Striking Fleet that were at the [[Pearl Harbor (World War II)|attack on Pearl Harbor]] were present, rather than the four that were used

...2's photos. The founding analysts included Dino Brugioni and small team of World War II photo interpreters, under the direction of [[Arthur C. Lundahl| Art Lundahl ...ites and test blast areas. He provided intelligence to policymakers during World War II, the [[Cold war|Cold War]], the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]], the [[Vietnam war

Jakobson left Prague at the start of [[World War II|WWII]] for [[Scandinavia]]. As the war advanced west, he fled to [[New York

...e the main overland supply routes to China [[CBI|in the CBI Theater during World War II]]. When Japan blockaded the China's coastline in 1937-45, an overland route ...ovan. ''The Burma Road: The Epic Story of the China-Burma-India Theater in World War II'' (2004) 400pp, the best history. [http://www.amazon.com/Burma-Road-Story-

...homogeneity and predictability of American cuisine began to change during World War II with the adaptation of Italian-American and Chinese foods. Spaghetti was

His father, a World War II veteran, started as a janitor in the Cranston, RI schools, and worked his w

...ip for 2 years and 6 months. ''Centaurus'' received six battle stars for [[World War II]] service.

...friendship with beautiful Islanders, high-ranking military officers during World War II, and Hollywood celebreties. His jocular notion of "The Ideal Breakfast" wa

...Infantry Branch (United States)|infantry]] in the [[Philippines]] during [[World War II]].<ref name=paretsky>[[Sara Paretsky]] (preface) in {{cite book|title=The F ...'' "'''Mac'''" '''McCorkle''', former Army special-operations officer in [[World War II]] [[Burma]] and now co-owner of Mac's Place, a bar/restaurant first in [[Bo

...iding relief to [[refugee]]s in [[Europe]] and China in the aftermath of [[World War II]]. ...nitarian]] success of UNRRA in repairing the social fabric of Europe after World War II is not as well known as Allied military and political successes, but it des

* Smith, Larry, ed. ''Iwo Jima: World War II Veterans Remember the Greatest Battle of the Pacific'' (2008) [http://www.a

In World War II, submachine guns such as the British [[Sten]] were useful with insurgent gr

...y Gen. [[Shiro Ishii]], who was given [[U.S. intelligence involvement with World War II Japanese war criminals|immunity from war crimes prosecution]] in exchange f | contribution = Chapter 16: Japanese Biomedical Experimentation during the World War II Era

=World War II= During World War II, Point first served refugees who were fleeing from the Germans who had inva

...to the fleet and failed to attack American supply lines in the pacific in World War II.

...ontrol, the region became part of the puppet state of [[Manchukuo]]. After World War II, Liáoníng played a significant part in the conflict between the [[People'

...d for 24 years and 4 months. ''Pamina'' received one [[battle star]] for [[World War II]] service. ...the South, Southwest and Western [[Pacific]] areas for the remainder of [[World War II]]. Immediately thereafter she transported [[Occupied Japan|occupation force

...r of ''[[Astounding Science Fiction|Astounding Science-Fiction]]''. When [[World War II]] broke out he first made himself available to the Navy and then went to wo

Some of the most intense combat of World War II on the islands and waters of this area, beginning with the [[Battle of the

...to a museum. The end for the ''Graf Zeppelin'' came with the outbreak of [[World War II]]. In March 1940, [[Hermann Göring]], the German Air Minister ''(Reichsluf

...the city of [[Ottawa]], where they would stay during the remainder of [[World War II]].

...olonized and which, in most cases, gained their independence in the post-[[World War II]] era.

The art and science of combat loading were developed in [[World War II]], and contributed greatly to the success of [[Allied]] amphibious campaign

...ia]] to [[Adolf Hitler]]’s Germany. It was a massive step on the road to [[World War II]]. ...(Ed. Igor Lukes and Erik Goldstein) ''The Munich crisis, 1938 : prelude to World War II'' (London, 1999)

==World War II== * Koistinen, Paul A. C. ''Arsenal of World War II: The Political Economy of American Warfare, 1940-1945'' (2004)

| title = U.S. Army Special Operations in World War II

A variation on the [[Essex-class]] built in World War II, the [[United States Navy]]'s '''Ticonderoga-class''' or "long-hull Essex"

Developed as a general-purpose mending tape for the U.S. military in [[World War II]], the original version, made by the Permacel division of [[Johnson and Joh

...a commissioned ship for 15 months, and received one [[battle star]] for [[World War II]] service.

{{main|World War II, air war}} ...warfare]], ''' air warfare in the [[Southwest Pacific Area]]''' theater of World War II under [[Douglas MacArthur]], were a considerable part of warfare in that re

* Haney, Richard C. ''A History of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin since World War II''

...er six million people-the majority of Europe's Jewish population, in the [[World War II, Holocaust|Holocaust]] ...mpletely closed Palestine to Jewish immigration in the years leading up to World War II-a move designed to placate the Arabs, who feared being made a minority in t

...xis]] political illustrations, [[caricature]]s, and [[cartoon]]s during [[World War II]], as well as his illustrations for magazine and newspaper articles and boo

In World War II, the Germans introduced a Lightweight MRL using spin-stabilized rockets, ca

...1958, the term UAV had not yet been introduced, and it used a term from [[World War II]], [[drone]].

...the Vietnamese resistance against the Vichy French and the Japanese during World War II: the ICP as the nucleus of the Viet Minh, and the VNQDD as the principal co

...of the [[nerve agent]] family. It was first synthesized by Germany in [[World War II]], but was not produced at the time as its manufacture was more difficult t

...first atomic weapon was developed under a heavy cloak of secrecy during [[World War II]], and has been known variously as '''''Site Y''''', '''''Los Alamos Labora ===''World War II and the Manhattan Project''===

...of Nazi death camps as defining the term “concentration camp.” But before World War II, this phrase was used to describe the detention of civilians without trial

...1.jpg/credit}}<br />The station platform at San Diego in the early days of World War II. The ''Valley Flyer'', filling in as train No. 70, the ''San Diegan'', is a

...Grove, Iowa. He attended [[University of Iowa]] but dropped out. During [[World War II]] he joined the United States [[Army]] and fought in [[Italy]] and [[Africa

In the years 1919–1991 Vitebsk was part of the Soviet Union. During World War II, the city was under German occupation (1941-44). Up to 150,000 Jewish peopl

...circuit clerk and recorder of Madison County. He joined the army in the [[World War II]]. After the war he resumed in politics and became the State Highway Commis

* Chernus, Ira. "Eisenhower's Ideology in World War II," ''Armed Forces & Society'' 1997 23(4): 595-613. Issn: 0095-327x Fulltext: ====World War II aides====

During World War II, Shannon performed classified research for the U. S. government on [[crypto

The Japanese could make more of a case that the [[Pearl Harbor (World War II)|attack on Pearl Harbor]] was preventive, but certainly not preemptive. Fro

...began on the night of 9 July, 1943, and ended 17 August in an [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] victory. The invasion of the island was codenamed '''Operation Hus ...Mafia Allies: The True Story of America's Secret Alliance with the Mob in World War II] | publisher=Zenith Press|location=St. Paul| year=2007| | id=ISBN 0-7603-24

When World War II broke, Vogel was arrested again, ironically, as an alien citizen. After the

...the Ottoman Empire and who were living in France from certain death during World War II.

...the father of modern plastic surgery. His work was expanded upon during [[World War II]] by one of his former students and cousin, [[Archibald McIndoe]], who pion

* [[Canada, World War II]]

| title = Unit 731: Japan's Secret Biological Warfare in World War II

...ic instability, allowing the rise of the [[Nazi Party|Nazis]]. Defeat in [[World War II]] was followed by the east-west split.

During [[World War II]] at least two fireboats served, temporarily, in [[Halifax]].<ref name=Robb

...entura-class oiler|''Mission Buenaventura'']]-class tankers built during [[World War II]] for service as fleet oilers in the [[United States Navy]]. Named for Cali

...ated AKA-14 seven months later. ''Oberon'' received six battle stars for [[World War II]] service and five for duty in the [[Korean War]].

...U.S. gave its allies $50 billion in military aid in 1941-45 to help win [[World War II]].<ref> The U.S. GDP was about $200 billion a year.</ref>. There was no rep

...ssioned ship for 10 years and 5 months, receiving two [[battle star]]s for World War II service and five battle stars for [[Korean War|Korean]] service. ...which was headquarters for U.S. naval forces in the western Pacific after World War II, and had put the marines ashore by 18 October.

...ears, Hambledon continues his career as an intelligence agent throughout [[World War II]]. In ''They Tell No Tales'' (1941), he is faced with the problem of a seri ...n in charge of the [[Officer Training Corps]] at Chappell's. By the end of World War II, he has been in and out of Germany for nearly 30 years but that background

...000 American Marines over 22,000 Japanese defenders of a small island in [[World War II, Pacific]]. Although the military advantages of winning were minor, the bat * Smith, Larry, ed. ''Iwo Jima: World War II Veterans Remember the Greatest Battle of the Pacific'' (2008) [http://www.a

...issioned ship for 5 years and 4 months, and earned five battle stars for [[World War II]] service. ...was entering the [[Mare Island Navy Yard]] the day of the [[Pearl Harbor (World War II)|attack on Pearl Harbor]], when, receiving emergency sailing orders, she sh

...rked as a [[mess attendant]].<ref name=UscgMelvinBellInterview/> Prior to World War II the Coast Guard, Army and Navy were segregated, and non-white personnel wer ...to Arnold's mentorship. Bell continued to mentor Bell for the duration of World War II.<ref name=UscgMelvinBellInterview/>

| title = History of United States Naval Operations in World War II

...d the only member of Congress to vote against [[World War I]] (1917) and [[World War II]] (1941). She was elected in [[Montana (U.S. state)|Montana]].

...ranklin D. Roosevelt|President Roosevelt's]] support for his notion that [[World War II, air war|air power]] was the way to defeat Japan. After the war he was a st ==World War II==

...l the technological advantages. It was the largest naval battle so far in World War II, surpassed only by the [[Battle of Leyte Gulf]] in October 1944; the [[Batt

== World War II and the ''Herenigde'' (Reunited) National Party ==

...nts; a few take place in [[Europe]]; one particularly grim one is set in [[World War II]], during which Mr. Behrens is the bomb-maker in a failed attempt to assass Both Calder and Behrens were educated in various parts of Europe before World War II and speak a number of languages: Mr. Behrens is rated A+ for Standard-Germa

* Dower, John W. ''Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II.'' W. W. Norton, 1999. 688 pp. [http://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Defeat-Jap

| title = A Counterintelligence Reader: American Revolution to World War II

...ar]] of 1898, [[American Expeditionary Forces|World War I]] (1917-1918), [[World War II]] (1941-45), the [[Korean War]] (1950-53), the [[Vietnam War]] (1965-72), a Created during World War II as a paratroop division and based at Fort Campbell, [[Kentucky (U.S. state)

...taxes.<ref> Leff, "The Politics of Sacrifice on the American Home Front in World War II," (1991)</ref>

Following World War II, systems engineering was developed to address the design, implementation an

{{main|World War II, air war}} ...ved had to be exposed to air strikes, or else confined to moonless nights; World War II [[radar]] could not guide ground attack. A large fraction of tactical air p

...e-enactments as a Civil War Union infantryman, a World War I dough boy and World War II American infantryman and paratrooper.<ref name=TA2010-10-08/> </blockquote>

...ingdom, [[Demeterton (1926-1941)|one]] being sunk by a [[u-boat]] during [[World War II]].

...ten, Andrew. ''Labor's Home Front: The American Federation of Labor during World War II'' (2006) [http://www.amazon.com/Labors-Home-Front-American-Federation/dp/08 *Lichtenstein, Nelson. ''Labor's War at Home: The CIO in World War II'' (2003)

...s Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean and Pacific Ocean Areas (CINCPAC) in [[World War II]], [[Chief of Naval Operations]], and [[Fleet Admiral]]. As overall comman ...ty. When he relieved Admiral [[Husband Kimmel]] after the [[Pearl Harbor (World War II)|attack on Pearl Harbor]], Nimitz made a point of keeping Kimmel's staff an

...served as a commissioned ship for 19 months, earning one battle star for [[World War II]] service. ...on previously unpublished material in a history of an attack cargo ship in World War II, whose mission was to land amphibious troops in enemy territory and supply

During [[World War II in the Pacific]], the '''''USS Johnston'' (DD-557)''' was a [[Fletcher-clas

...strategies, all of which contributed significantly to US naval success in World War II.

...aventura-class oiler|Mission Buenaventura]]''-class tankers built during [[World War II]] for service as fleet oilers in the [[United States Navy]]. Named for Cali

...entura-class oiler|''Mission Buenaventura'']]-class tankers built during [[World War II]] for service as fleet oilers in the [[United States Navy]]. Named for Cal

While the U.S. had dealt with insurgencies well before World War II, the situation increased significantly in the Cold War. The 1940 U.S. Marin

...as a commissioned ship for 15 months, receiving one [[battle star]] for [[World War II]] service. She later spent ten years as a training ship for the [[New York

Iris Chang, ''The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II, ''(1998) [http://www.amazon.com/Rape-Nanking-Forgotten-Holocaust-World/dp/ ...ina in the War: The Trans-Himalayan `Hump' Airlift and Sino-US Strategy in World War II." PhD dissertation Ohio State U. 2007. </ref>

...ended on September 4, 1939, when the question of South Africa's entry into World War II was brought to a vote in Parliament.

Finland has striven to maintain a policy of neutrality, and since [[World War II]] has participated in many peace-keeping operations. Although membership in

:*'''<u>Excerpt:</u>''' In the decade following World War II, Bethe and Feynman and their students played a central role in developing [ During World War II, he headed the theoretical physics division at Los Alamos, New Mexico, wher

==World War II== The need for ships of this type became apparent during [[World War II]], when amphibious warfare doctrine underwent a period of rapid development

...n that they both became top players whose careers were then interrupted by World War II. They were also life-long friends and at least once Schroeder mortgaged his

...usually is used in the context of "the holocaust", which occurred during [[World War II]] as a part of [[Hitler]]'s campaign to destroy the [[Jews|Jewish]] populat

...with occupation that most European countries only discovered at the end of World War II. <ref> Laurence VanYpersele, and Xavier Rousseaux, "Leaving the War: Popula ===World War II===

...ill]], which provided government subsidy of education for soldiers after [[World War II]]. Accreditation standards were set up to ensure that organizations that ch

...et agents and their murderous struggles with Nazis both during and after [[World War II]], it was published by Futura in England and by St. Martin's Press in the U

...ng man, and soon became [[Adolf Hitler]]'s protege and even friend. During World War II, he was the extremely effective Nazi Minister of Armament and Munitions (1

See SIGINT from 1945 to 1989 for the history of SIGINT after the end of World War II, through the end of the Cold War and the rise of regional and nonstate conc ...ort of intercepts and cryptanalysis for the whole of the British forces in World War II came under the code name "ULTRA" managed from Government Communications Hea

In 1941, during [[World War II]], Duncan held a seance in [[Portsmouth]] at which she indicated knowledge

...he traffic analysis and cryptanalysis <ref name=Lee>Lee p. 10-12</ref>. In World War II, the British referred to their traffic analysis function as the "Y service" }}</ref>. These stations, after the end of World War II, were not used immediately for intelligence. While there were 52 Navy MF DF

...sciples of Christ]] |signature = |branch=[[United States Army]] |battles=[[World War II]] |footnotes = }} '''Oren Ethelbirt Long''' (March 4, 1889 – May 6, 1965)

...a commissioned ship for 17 months. She received one battle star for her [[World War II]] service.

* Mcginley, Theresa Kurk. "Embattled Polonia Polish-Americans and World War II." ''East European Quarterly.'' 37#3 2003. pp: 325+. [http://www.questia.com

During [[World War II]] he worked with his mentor [[Harold Gosnell]] at the Bureau of the Budget.

...period of cargo cult activity, however, was in the years during and after World War II. The vast amounts of [[Matériel|war matériel]] that were [[airdrop]]ped i ...tune on believers; his image originates in the appearance and behaviour of World War II [[American people|U.S.]] servicemen stationed on the islanders. No individu

...birth rate in the United States between 1945 and 1960. Between the end of World War II and 1964, 78 million [[Social generation|baby boomers]] were born and now a

In Japanese planning for the eventual [[World War II in the Pacific]], the '''Strike-South Faction''' favored invasion of [[Sout

...consciously attacked [[political correctness]]. "When I was a kid during World War II, every garage and machine shop had a pin-up calendar...We started with a gi

...ctive Efficiency and Labor Productivity in Western European Industry after World War II; Technological Literature Surveys and Plan-Organized Plant Visits Supplemen

...ps to name them. The National Archives holds records referring to several World War II Nazi concentration camps by location, including [[Buchenwald Concentration ...struction of Peenemünde, was located on the outskirts of Nordhausen during World War II to provide labor for the Mittelwerk V-2 rocket factory in the Kohnstein. Ov

...[[Franz Kline]], and others— became the leading art movement of the post-[[World War II]] area. Albert Kotin took part in '''[[World War II]] [[Military]] Service'''. He served 1941-1945 in the U.S. [[Army]] [[Engi

...ommissioned ship for 13 years and 4 months, earning two battle stars for [[World War II]] service and four battle stars for service in the [[Korean conflict]]. ==World War II campaigns==

* Hempel, Andrew. ''Poland in World War II: An Illustrated Military History'' Hippocrene, 2005 ...Introduction to English-Language Literature on the Polish Armed Forces in World War II," ''The Journal of Military History'' 70 (October 2006) pp. 1029-1064. in [

In World War II, strategy was at the level of theaters of operations, operational art was a

...ioned ship for 4 years and 3 months, receiving five [[battle star]]s for [[World War II]] service.

...naventura (T-AO-111)|Mission Buenaventura]]''-class tankers built during [[World War II]] for service as fleet oilers in the [[United States Navy]]. Scrapped in 19

...bu, ''Singapore 1941-1942: The Japanese Version of the Malayan Campaign of World War II'' (1988), p.13, ''quoted in'', "The Fall of Fortress Singapore: Churchill's

...sioned ship for 15 months. ''Prentiss'' received one [[battle star]] for [[World War II]] service.

...]], witnessing at first hand the latter's hopeless attempts to stave off [[World War II]]. He lost his parliamentary seat in 1945, but regained it in 1950, being f

...lacing the hundreds of U.S. [[cargo ships]] lost to enemy attacks during [[World War II]]. The [[Maritime Commission]] administered the program, which existed prim Built by the [[North Carolina Shipbuilding Co.]] in the last year of [[World War II]], ''Rankin'' was a commissioned ship for 21 years and five months. Immedia

After World War II, the shrunken head of a Polish prisoner was found at the [[Buchenwald]] [[c

...character, [[Inspector Hazlerigg]]. The events take place mostly in post-[[World War II]] London, in either 1945 and '46 or 1946 and '47—it is difficult to put a

===World War II=== ...hibious attack''', although North Korean resistance was far less than by [[World War II]] Japanese island garrisons.

...eering for the French military in October, 1939, just after the start of [[World War II]], he fled the subsequent Germany occupation of France to Spain in March, 1 ...ions felt betrayed by the failure to implement reforms promised just after World War II. He also wrote about the origins of the [[Secret Army Organization|Secret

Henry would serve on seven more cutters, after World War II, including the [[USCGC Mackinac (WAVP-371)|USCGC ''Mackinac'']].<ref name=m [[Category:United States Coast Guard personnel of World War II]]

...t Wessel''. The ship was taken as a war prize by the United States after [[World War II]]. After repairs and modifications, it was commissioned on 15 May 1946 into

...rs Diesel which evolved from an engine design used on landing craft during World War II. -->

...bore." This may be in part because in the Merrivale novels written after World War II H.M. frequently became a comic caricature of himself, especially in the phy

Ironically, the U.S. perceived him as the prime mover for the [[Pearl Harbor (World War II)|attack on Pearl Harbor]]. Admiral [[William Halsey]] believed he had said

...ts second FA Cup in 1934 and its first League Championship in 1937. During World War II, City played in the Northern Division of the Wartime League and shared Main

...cover and Restore Gold and other Assets Stolen or Hidden by Germany During World War II

* One vessel was provided to the [[USSR]] during World War II. ...dor|HMCS ''Labrador'']] was provided to the [[Royal Canadian Navy]] during World War II.

...ians emphasized the success of national economic planning since the end of World War II and tried to make it clear that the economic development in this period ste

...sioned ship for 20 months, receiving two battle stars for her service in [[World War II]].

Prior to [[World War II]], income from the fund was used to pay prizes annually to turret and gun c Since the end of World War II, the Navy has emphasized readiness and fitness of the ship rather than comp

...rt dealer]] who fled [[Holland]] when it was invaded by [[Nazi]]s during [[World War II]], leaving an extensive and significant art collection including over 30 "[ Following World War II, the Allied forces recovered these treasures from Germany and gave them to

...ul American invasion of [[French North Africa]] in November, 1942 during [[World War II, Europe]]. With the British pushing eastward from [[Egypt]], and with Allie * [[World War II, Europe]]

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During World War II an airfield was constructed on Norfolk Island to take advantage of its stra

[[Containment]], as a concept in American foreign policy after World War II, was intellectually founded by [[George F. Kennan]], first in an internal d

...ringent than in most other western countries. The rise of technology after World War II, along with increasing financial support of medical research and education,

* Koistinen, Paul A. C. ''Arsenal of World War II: The Political Economy of American Warfare, 1940-1945'' (2004) [http://www. * Vatter, Harold G. ''The U.S. Economy in World War II'' (1985) [http://www.questia.com/read/72528987 online edition]

...ller, Donald M. "Salvo-splash! The Development of Naval Gunfire Support in World War II". ''United States Naval Institute Proceedings'' 1954 80(8): 839-849, 1011-1

...missioned ship for 11 years and 10 months, receiving one battle star for [[World War II]] service and six battle stars for [[Korean war]] service.

.... He joined the ''Washington Post'' after serving in the military during World War II.

...omas Joseph Dodd, was a prosecutor in the [[Nuremberg Trials]] following [[World War II]] and later served in the U.S. Senate.<ref name="m">{{cite news

..., was a [[Germany|German]] [[Generalfeldmarschall|Field Marshal]] during [[World War II]] although his military career dated back to [[World War I]]. He died when

After the [[World War II]] (1938-1945), the hitlerism was condemned and punished; then fascism is no

===World War II=== see [[World War II in the Pacific]]

==World War II: Defending the nation== ...illion Australians, men and women, served during [[World War II, Australia|World War II]].<ref>Unless otherwise specified, information in this subsection is from A

* Codevilla, Angelo M. ''Between the Alps and a Hard Place. Switzerland in World War II and the Rewriting of History'' (2000)

...to assist the U.S. and Philippines Governments in learning the effects of World War II on the Philippines, and later served as public information officer for PHIL

==World War II== Eleanor Roosevelt was very active on the [[Homefront-United States-World War II|homefront]]. With New York Mayor [[Fiorello LaGuardia]] she cochaired a nat

...he most obscure, although often tracing to a tradition. At the start of [[World War II]], for example, Admiral [[Chester Nimitz]] took over the Pacific Command, c

...entura-class oiler|''Mission Buenaventura'']]-class tankers built during [[World War II]] for service as fleet oilers in the [[United States Navy]]. Named for Cali

...deralists and Unitarians and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, an era of Peronist authoritarian rule and interference in subsequent gover

...tack on Pearl Harbor]] in December 1941, triggering America's entry into [[World War II]]. Japan rapidly expanded at sea and land, capturing [[Malaya-Singapore Cam After its defeat in World War II, Japan was occupied by the U.S. until 1951, and recovered from the effects

...eal]] official. He graduated from [[Harvard University]] in 1940. During [[World War II]] he joined the United States [[Navy]] and participated in war's Pacific th

...vative Mind: From Burke to Eliot''.</ref> gave shape to the amorphous post-World War II conservative movement. It traced the development of conservative thought in ...ip, then took an M.A. at Duke University. After serving in the Army during World War II, he attended the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. In 1953, he became

...] even managed survive the atomic blast that leveled much of the city in [[World War II]]<ref name=Gorman1997>Gorman, C. (1997). More than a funny name. ''Time''.

...fy the way in which class and race were viewed in the nation until after [[World War II]], and the segregation that was practised as a result of those views. The s

...ence function was fairly small-scale and it wasn't until the outbreak of [[World War II]] and the subsequent [[Cold War]] that saw an expansion of the RCMP's secur

===World War II=== see [[World War II, Homefront]]

...e of a war and in effect giving Hitler a free hand in [[Poland]], seeing [[World War II]] break out on September 1939.

...ity (1926-29), the Great Depression (1929-41), victory and defeat in the [[World War II in the Pacific|Pacific War]] (1937-45), the [[American Occupation]] (1945-5 ===World War II===

...[television]]. After the dissolution of the Baird company on the eve of [[World War II]], he paid the staff out of his own pocket. In 1940 he demonstrated a 600-

...[television]]. After the dissolution of the Baird company on the eve of [[World War II]], he paid the staff out of his own pocket. In 1940 he demonstrated a 600-

In the early days of World War II, orders were issued by the Pacific coast military commander ([[lieutenant g

...ed as a commissioned ship for 7 years, and received six battle stars for [[World War II]] service.

...velist [[Pearl Buck]].<ref> Xiaohua Ma, "The Sino-American Alliance During World War II and the Lifting of the Chinese Exclusion Acts," ''American Studies Internat

{{Image|private_joe_louis_says.jpg|right|150px|World War II poster featuring Joe Louis}} ...on fights. Louis would retire from the military a month after the end of [[World War II]].

Immediately following World War II two other South African sites, [[Makapansgat Cave| Makapansgat]] in what wa Another research thrust occurring in South Africa post [[World War II| WWII]] was that of Raymond Dart, [[Alun Hughes]] and [[James Kitching]], D

...d then served overseas with the [[United States Army]] toward the end of [[World War II]]. He was ordained as a [[Baptist minister]] in 1948, and two years later h

[[Image:private_joe_louis_says.jpg|150px|thumb|World War II poster featuring Joe Louis]] ...on fights. Louis would retire from the military a month after the end of [[World War II]].

During World War II, active acoustic [[sonar]] could localize targets much better than the simp ...torpedoes, both air-dropped and submarine-launched, came into use late in World War II, but with primitive guidance. With the advent of solid-state electronics an

On 15 February 1942, Singapore was conquered by the [[Japan]]ese in their [[World War II]] [[Malaya]]n campaign after a short battle of just one week, The fall of S

...rzkopf as [[George C. Marshall]] had been to [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] in [[World War II]]. The personality management, however, was more like Eisenhower's manageme

...rials/nuremberg/Jacksonclose.htm here]</ref> With the actual outbreak of [[World War II]] in 1939, however, Ley's importance declined. The militarisation of the wo

Some firearms, like the [[World War II]] [[M1 Garand]] rifle, employed a "en bloc clip".<ref name=SilentDrillPlato

During [[World War II]], Germany invaded Norway on April 9, 1940. The southern parts of Norway qu

She was armed with a small cannon during [[World War II]].<ref name=MarinersLog2004-04/>

...a Croatian puppet state could have succeeded.</ref> of Nazi Germany during World War II. ==World War II==

...ng]] secured Parliament’s approval for [[Military history of Canada during World War II|entry into the Second World War]] in September 1939, after Germany invaded Economic integration with the United States has increased significantly since World War II. The [[Canada-United States Automotive Agreement]] (or Auto Pact) in 1965 a

...1940. One of two [[Bismarck-class]] battleships deployed by the navy in [[World War II]] its sister-ship was [[KMS Tirpitz]]. ''Bismarck'' had four turrets of two

...on a very large number of [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] ships in the [[World War II]] era. It was a [[dual-purpose gun]] (DP), effective for both [[anti-surfac

...ssel reported to Transport Division 65 for duty. During the remainder of [[World War II]], ''Alamance'' shuttled cargo and personnel from Pearl Harbor to ports in

...iration to action; a number of these were popular in [[World War I]] and [[World War II]]. With titles such as "Joan of Arc They Are Calling You," these songs att

...1940, Wendell Willkie, and the Political Convention That Freed FDR to Win World War II'' (2006)

...ime in 37 years, not since Russell, a British Army major in Italy during [[World War II]], had saved the youthful Abdel from being summarily executed by an angry F

...making penicillin available to the public and saving millions of lives in World War II, becoming a Baron.

RAF Sgt. [[Nicholas Alkemade]], who during [[World War II]] baled out of a RAF [[Avro Lancaster]] without a parachute and landed unin

RAF Sgt. [[Nicholas Alkemade]], who during [[World War II]] baled out of a RAF [[Avro Lancaster]] without a parachute and landed unin

...d screening and treatment by the Surgeon General Thomas Parran after the [[World War II| Second World War]], reported cases of primary and secondary syphilis dropp

...rical Commission board has permitted the removal and relocation of several World War II monuments in Chattanooga, and has approved the sale of several acres of the

...olitics, society, culture and the economy. Life on the home front during [[World War II]] was a significant part of the war effort for all participants, and had ma |+ Munitions Production in World War II

...probably two-thirds of eligible Indiana Quakers served in the military. In World War II, most Quakers regarded it as a just war and it is estimated that 90% served ...bjectors during World War I, the AFSC continued to promote pacifism during World War II. During the Cold War, it focused on providing relief to European countries

* Hartzwell, Karl Drew ''The Empire State at War: World War II'' (19490 [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=73981944 online edition]

While growing up in Missouri, he retained his French citizenship, and when World War II began in 1939, he went to the French consulate in Chicago and joined the Fr

...oined the United States Air Force|United States Army Air Force to serve in World War II. At the beginning of 1943 in an obstacle course he tore a muscle in his sho ...en of the all-time greats, singles out Budge as the greatest player before World War II, and gives him second place overall behind Jack Kramer (tennis player)|Jack

Calvino begun to write after [[World War II]] and, as with virtually all Italian writers of that period, his work was s

...Harvard and Yale, remained bastions of old Yankee culture until well after World War II. ...Australia and New Zealand, "Yank" has been in common use since at least [[World War II]], when millions of Americans were stationed in the UK and Australia. Depen

...gitimately look at Armitage as representing a successor generation; during World War II Weinberger had been an infantryman and an intelligence officer under Genera

Mize spent 1943, 1944 and 1945 in military service during World War II. Returning to the Giants in 1946, a broken toe caused him to fall one short

...[[World War II, Holocaust|Holocaust]], a massacre that took place during [[World War II]] killing millions of [[Jew]]s, did not occur. However, academics generally ...as further well documented by the Allied forces who conquered Germany in [[World War II]]. Among the evidence produced was film and stills of the existence of pris

...rowing mystery based on his time in an Italian prisoner-of-war camp during World War II. Except for '''Captivity''', however, most of the other books have only a p

...no'' (T-AO-112)]] shown above, served with the United States Navy during [[World War II]] and on into the [[Cold War]].

...Budge]]''' (USA) '''P.''' || [[Fred Perry]] (GBR) '''P.''' || Because of [[World War II]] there were no more world rankings of amateurs by the '''Telegraph''', but || 1943 || '''[[World War II]]''', no world rankings || || '''The United States Lawn Tennis Association'

...ience degree in 1938), and served in the United States Navy Reserve during World War II. He was married to Kathleen Hamilton (née Stick) from 1941 until her death

The term "war criminal" was, especially in the period of late World War II and the trials between 1945 and 1948, a [[term of art]] for those for whom ...of other countries later ratified it. In practice, it did nothing to deter World War II, or preliminary conflicts such as the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]]. It did,

...warship for 28 years and two months, receiving two [[battle star]]s for [[World War II]] service, and eight for [[Korean war]] service.

...for over nineteen years, receiving four battle stars for service during [[World War II]], and seven for service during the [[Korean War]].

After [[World War II]] Halle served as the capital of the short-lived administrative region of S * [[Reinhard Heydrich]], one of the leading Nazis in [[World War II]], was born in the town. He was seen as the successor to Hitler. Heydrich w

After the end of World War II, all the Western allies began a rapid drawdown. This article covers the per ...CT) - which became the Naval Security Group in June 1950. During and after World War II, a portion of Army COMINT assets was dedicated to support of the U.S. Army

...a-class oiler|''Mission Buenaventura''-class fleet oilers]] built during [[World War II]] for service in the [[United States Navy]], and the only U.S. Naval vessel

...ttacks made by Japanese aircraft against Allied targets, near the end of [[World War II, Pacific]]. The attacks began in October 1944 and continued to the end of t ...i Nakajima, and Roger Pineau. ''The Divine Wind: Japan's Kamikaze Force in World War II'' (1994) [http://www.amazon.com/Divine-Wind-Japans-Kamikaze-Force/dp/155750

...uenaventura''-class was a series of twenty-seven T2 tankers built during [[World War II]] by Marinship of Sausalito, [[California (U.S. state)]] under contract to

...discovery by Mr. Wetherall that even a number of years after the end of [[World War II]] there is a flourishing black market in London for rationed food and other

...military fronts and became familiar with military issues that he used in [[World War II]]. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was formed in 1922, with ==1939-1945: World War II==

...r government priority on the Korean Peninsula, and the still confused post-World War II U.S. intelligence structure. It is less clear why South Korea also was sur ...result of the combined cutbacks in military and intelligence budgets after World War II, and the [[containment strategy]] against the Soviet bloc, which was princi

...already learned to play a few tunes on the mouth-organ when, at the end of World War II, he joned the Merchant Navy, serving on a tanker, where he practiced trumpe

...[[nuclear reactor]] fuel. The US forged the way on both paths during its [[World War II]] [[Manhattan Project]]. The fundamental aspects of both paths are well und

...rface ships without aircraft support, and submarines. The [[Pearl Harbor (World War II)|attack on Pearl Harbor]], of course, brought the U.S. into the war. That r ...V-6) at sea, ''circa'' 1943-44.<ref>The "Big E" earned 20 battle stars for World War II service, making her the most decorated ship in U.S. history. SHe was also t

...d as a commissioned ship for 20 months, earning two battle stars for her [[World War II]] service.

...lan Furst]] but haven't yet had a chance to add my favorite post war (WWII|World War II) entry on [[The Little World of Don Camillo]] about an [[Italy|Italian]] pa

...Chicago and Denver respectively, and then Worldcon went on hiatus due to [[World War II]].

During [[World War II]], Müller was heavily involved in espionage and counter-espionage, particu ...endable Spy]]'', an espionage thriller set in Germany in the final days of World War II and its immediate aftermath by [[Jack D. Hunter]], the author of ''[[The Bl

...ler, Sally M., and Daniel A. Cornford eds. ''American Labor in the Era of World War II'' (1995)] essays by scholars, mostly on California ...ler, Sally M., and Daniel A. Cornford eds. ''American Labor in the Era of World War II'' (1995)] essays by scholars, mostly on California [http://www.questia.com/

...riously injured and disabled became a recognized field of medicine after [[World War II]]. Along with the medical speciality of [[physiatry]] (rehabilitation medic

...tender to an indefinite amount. This was not always the case, as during [[World War II]] the Scottish banknotes were made legal tender by the Currency (Defence) A ...[US dollar|US$]]3.75 [[1000000000 (number)|billion]] in the aftermath of [[World War II]].

...anges in Cold War emphasis and alliances, the first submarine attack since World War II in the context of a regional war involving extensive power projection, low-

After [[World War II]] Germany ceded territory in the east to [[Poland]], [[Russia]], and the [[ Testimonials of American soldiers serving in Germany in [[World War II]] showed that American soldiers were able to pick up substantial amounts of

===World War II=== ...of starvation. About 110,000 Jews were deported from the Netherlands to [[World War II, Holocaust|concentration camps]], the majority of them from Amsterdam. Onl

...[Second World War]], although its structure changed several times from the World War II and [[Korean War]] organizational structures.

===World War II=== see [[World War II, Pacific]]

...es, form a great empire and early success in [[World War II in the Pacific|World War II]] to utter ruin and surrender. In 1931 seized Japan [[Manchuria]], and in

...ed viewer, the illuminator revealed the position of one's own system. The World War II generation was quite heavy; both power consumption and weight were reduced

...n, Bagley worked as a printer's assistant and factory worker, and during [[World War II]] he worked in the aircraft industry. Bagley suffered from a [[speech imped

...meal was a decisive force in defeating [[Adolf Hitler]] and winning the [[World War II|Second World War]].<ref>''Seafish Industry Authority'': '[http://www.seafis

Kyoto was the only major Japanese city not bombed in World War II; it was put off-limits by Secretary of War [[Henry Stimson]], who appreciat

...upper-class society of a somewhat unlikely innocent and golden era of pre-World War II England, and he is considered by most readers to be a quintessentially Brit

* Davis, David Brion. "Slavery and the Post-World War II Historians," ''Daedalus'' (1974), vol 103#2, pp 1-16