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D-Day
A gigantic undertaking that stretched the creative and technological genius of the Allied forces, D-Day was perhaps the most dramatic single event of World War II. Using rarely seen archival sources and oral histories of combatants, D-Day presents the brave young soldiers who brought with them the innocent belief that all ...
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Home The Invasion Leaders & Generals Veterans' Oral Histories Combat Video Interactive Charts & Maps Photo Gallery War Documents Learning Activities Internet Guide Help Back To Britannica On June 6, 1944, a date known ever since as D-Day, a mighty armada crossed a narrow strip of sea from England to Normandy, France, and cracked the Nazi grip on western Europe.
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When the American stock market collapsed in 1929, countries around the world felt the impact, including Japan. Japan decided to use military industries to boost their economy.
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This site is dedicated to my father
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He served in World War II as a Tail gunner on a B-24
in the 777th Bombardment Squadron and 464th Bombardment Group.
The information contained herein are from my father's photo album, personal notes, military records and information compiled by Bill Hollmann, 2nd Lt. and Navigator of their ship, the Repulsive Raider, after it went down. Date of document 1946.
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WORLD WAR II MEMORIES
This page is dedicated to telling the stories of air & ground crew veterans from all nations who fought the Second World War, Korea & Vietnam. The site is not a political statement. It hopes to demonstrate that the individuals, what ever side they were on, shared common experiences. From their childhood discovery of flight, the physical & emotional strain of combat, to returning to their countries & rebuilding their post war lives. This will always be a work in progress. N ...
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The Attack On Pearl Harbor
It was early morning, December 7,1941. As the sun was just beginning to rise in Oahu, Hawaii, a fleet of Japanese naval air forces were taking off from their respective aircraft carriers in various locations in the Pacific Ocean. Just as many of the islanders were waking up for breakfast, it happened. The Japanese air fleet had arrived with a vengeance. No ...
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"...we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain... Remember Dec. 7th!" U.S. Armed Forces recruiting poster from 1942.
Allied POWs with hands tied behind their backs pause during the Bataan Death March. About 76,000 prisoners including 12,000 Americans were forced on the 60 mile march under a blazing sun without food or water toward a new POW camp in the Philippines. April 1942.
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This website was created to make records and photographs of the U-boat War available to those who want to learn more about the battle between Germany's U-boats and the Allied anti-submarine forces that opposed them during World War II.
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