Phony War - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Phony War: Encyclopedia Ii - Phony War - Dates
Given dates for the start and end of the phase may vary somewhat. In France the period from the official declaration of war on Germany on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albert Camus: Encyclopedia - Albert Camus
Albert Camus (November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960) was a French author and philosopher and one of the principal luminaries (with Jean-Pa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of France - May: Low Countries And Northern France
Germany launched its offensive, Fall Gelb, on the night prior to and principally on the morning of 10 May. During the night German forces...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Allied Campaign In Norway: Encyclopedia Ii - Allied Campaign In Norway - Operations In Narvik
Main Article: Narvik The focus of the campaign then shifted northwards. Around Narvik, greater success was gained by British forces in co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of France - May: Low Countries And Northern France
See also: Battle of the Netherlands Germany launched its offensive in the early hours of May 10. During the night, German forces occupied...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolf Hitler: Encyclopedia - Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler ▶ (help·info) (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 and Führer (Leader) of Germany fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - All Quiet On The Western Front: Encyclopedia - All Quiet On The Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, a German veteran of World War I, about the horrors of that war and als...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War Ii: Encyclopedia - World War Ii
World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th century conflict that engulfed much of the globe and is accepted as the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attack On Pearl Harbor: Encyclopedia - Attack On Pearl Harbor
The Imperial Japanese Navy made its attack on Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7, 1941. The surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Oahu,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vichy France: Encyclopedia - Vichy France
Vichy France, or the Vichy regime was the de facto French government of 1940-1944 during the Nazi Germany occupation of World War II. Now...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of France - Prelude
Following the Polish September Campaign of the preceding year, a period of inaction called the Phony War occurred between the major power...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of France - Aftermath
France formally surrendered to the German armed forces on 25 June in the same railroad car at Compiègne that Germany in 1918 had been fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of France - Forces And Dispositions
See also: Order of Battle for the Battle of France The German Army was divided into three army groups: Army Group A, composed of 45½ di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of France - Prelude
Following the Polish September Campaign of the preceding year, a period of inaction called the Phony War had occurred between the war's m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of France - Aftermath
France formally surrendered to the German armed forces on 25 June in the same railroad car at Compiègne that Germany in 1918 had been fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of France - June: France
The best and most modern French armies had been sent north and lost in the resulting encirclement; the French had lost their best heavy w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of France - Casualties
Casualty estimates vary in the Battle of France. Battle of France - German. Approximately 27,074 Germans were killed and 111,034 were w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of France - Forces And Dispositions
See also: Order of Battle for the Battle of France The German Army was divided into three army groups: Army Group A under [Gerd von Rund...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of France - Historiography
The great controversy of the Battle of the France focuses on causes for the catastrophic defeat suffered by the French army, and to a les...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of France - Prelude
Following the Polish September Campaign of the preceding year, a period of inaction called the Phony War occurred between the major power...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norwegian Campaign: Encyclopedia Ii - Norwegian Campaign - German Invasion
Norwegian Campaign - Movement of the fleets. The German invasion first started on April 3, 1940 when supply vessels began to head out i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neville Chamberlain: Encyclopedia Ii - Neville Chamberlain - Overview
Chamberlain is perhaps the most ill-regarded British Prime Minister of the 20th century, largely because of his policy of appeasement tow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Morane-saulnier M.s.406: Encyclopedia Ii - Morane-saulnier M.s.406 - Mörkö-morane
By 1943 Finland had received their original 30 aircraft, as well as an additional 46 406's and 11 410's purchased from the Germans. By th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War Ii Casualties: Encyclopedia Ii - World War Ii Casualties - Casualties By Country
The casualties of World War II were suffered disproportionately by the various participants. This is especially true regarding civilian c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Siegfried Line: Encyclopedia Ii - Siegfried Line - Typical Basic Construction Types
At the start of each construction programme, basic construction prototypes were laid out on the drawing board and then built, sometimes b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish September Campaign: Encyclopedia Ii - Polish September Campaign - Details Of The Campaign
Polish September Campaign - Plans. The German plan Fall Weiss, for what became known as the September campaign, was created by General...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - World War Ii - Chronology
Main articles: European Theatre of World War II, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II, Pacific War, End of World War II in Europe World...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Suzanna Hamilton: Encyclopedia Ii - Suzanna Hamilton - Early Career
Suzanna Hamilton was discovered by filmmaker, Claude Whatham, at age 12 in a children's experimental theater in north London in the early...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jean-paul Sartre: Encyclopedia Ii - Jean-paul Sartre - Early Life And Thought
Sartre was born in Paris to parents Jean-Baptiste Sartre, an officer of the French Navy, and Anne-Marie Schweitzer, cousin of Albert Schw...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polish September Campaign: Encyclopedia Ii - Polish September Campaign - Details Of The Campaign
Polish September Campaign - Plans. The German plan Fall Weiss, for what became known as the September campaign, was created by General...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Vereker 6th Viscount Gort: Encyclopedia Ii - John Vereker 6th Viscount Gort - Inter-war Years And Second World War
Gort taught at the Staff College, Camberley after the war. He was promoted to Colonel in 1925 and went on to command the Guards Brigade f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oxfordshire And Buckinghamshire Light Infantry: Encyclopedia Ii - Oxfordshire And Buckinghamshire Light Infantry - History
The Regiment was formed as a consequence of Childers reforms of the armed forces, a continutation of the Cardwell reforms, by the amalgam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attack On Pearl Harbor: Encyclopedia Ii - Attack On Pearl Harbor - Japanese Preparations
The Japanese had seized Manchuria in 1931, and had been fighting the Second Sino-Japanese War with China since 1937. During 1941 the long...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of World War Ii Theaters And Campaigns: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of World War Ii Theaters And Campaigns - World War Ii Theatres And Campaigns
List of World War II theaters and campaigns - European Theatre. Blitzkrieg Battle of Poland (Operation Fall Weiss) Phony War Invasion...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards: Encyclopedia Ii - 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards - Second World War
On 3 September 1939, two days after Germany had invaded Poland, the UK, France and their Allies declared war on Germany. The Regiment act...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Appeasement: Encyclopedia Ii - Appeasement - Appeasement Of Hitler
By far the most well-known case of appeasement is one which ultimately failed — the appeasement of Adolf Hitler's Germany by United Kin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - All Quiet On The Western Front: Encyclopedia Ii - All Quiet On The Western Front - Themes
There are many central themes in the book. Among them is that war is total nonsense. For example, none of the characters have ever seen a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Destroyers For Bases Agreement: Encyclopedia Ii - Destroyers For Bases Agreement - Background
For the United Kingdom, the Second World War started in September 1939. After the brief non-events of the Phony War, the Battle of France...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Dunkirk: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Dunkirk - Operation Dynamo
From May 22 preparations for the evacuation began, codenamed Operation Dynamo, commanded from Dover by Vice-Admiral Bertram Ramsay. He ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of The United Kingdom During World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of The United Kingdom During World War Ii - The War At Sea
Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - Opening Moves. At the start of the war the British and French expected to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - European Theatre Of World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - European Theatre Of World War Ii - The Eastern Front
On June 22, 1941, Germany launched an invasion against the Soviet Union, code-named Operation Barbarossa. The leader of the USSR, Josef S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolf Hitler: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolf Hitler - Early Years
Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889, at Braunau am Inn, Austria, a small town 90 km (55 miles) west of Linz in the province of Upper ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vichy France: Encyclopedia Ii - Vichy France - Vichy Composition And Policies
The composition of the Vichy cabinet, and its policies, were mixed. Many Vichy officials such as Pétain, though not all, were reactionar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The British Army: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The British Army - The Great War 1914-18
History of the British Army - Organisation. At the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, the British Army was a small, profes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Germany During World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Germany During World War Ii - Foreword
When in 1933 Hitler gained, and set on a massive program of rearmament, no one could have predicted the scope, intensity, and duration of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Evacuations Of Civilians In Britain During World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Evacuations Of Civilians In Britain During World War Ii - The Phony War
On September 3, at 11:27, the first air raid siren sounded over London. An unscheduled French aircraft provoked the alert and the two RAF...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - European Theatre Of World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - European Theatre Of World War Ii - The Eastern Front
On June 22, 1941, Germany launched an invasion against the Soviet Union, code-named Operation Barbarossa. The leader of the USSR, Josef S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - World War Ii - Chronology
Main articles: European Theatre of World War II, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II, Pacific War, End of World War II in Europe World...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Military Engagements Of World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Military Engagements Of World War Ii - Major Campaigns
List of military engagements of World War II - European Theatre. Blitzkrieg Polish September Campaign (Operation Fall Weiss) - see al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albert Camus: Encyclopedia Ii - Albert Camus - Literary Career
During the war Camus joined the French Resistance cell Combat, which published an underground newspaper of the same name. This group work...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - E. F. L. Wood 1st Earl Of Halifax: Encyclopedia Ii - E. F. L. Wood 1st Earl Of Halifax - Halifax And Appeasement
The same year Irwin turned down the position of Foreign Secretary in favour of some time at home but inexplicably followed this up with a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - World War Ii - Chronology
Main articles: European Theatre of World War II, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II, Pacific War, End of World War II in Europe World...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Western Betrayal: Encyclopedia Ii - Western Betrayal - Poland
Western betrayal - First World War aftermath. After the First World War, Poland regained independence after 123 years of partitions. Wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attack On Pearl Harbor: Encyclopedia Ii - Attack On Pearl Harbor - Japanese Preparations
Japan had seized Manchuria in 1931, and had been fighting the Second Sino-Japanese War with China since 1937. During 1941 the long-standi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolf Hitler: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolf Hitler - Early Years
Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889, at Braunau am Inn, Austria, a small town 90 km (55 miles) west of Linz in the province of Upper ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vichy France: Encyclopedia Ii - Vichy France - Vichy Composition And Policies
The composition of the Vichy cabinet, and its policies, were mixed. Many Vichy officials such as Pétain, though not all, were reactionar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - All Quiet On The Western Front: Encyclopedia Ii - All Quiet On The Western Front - Themes
There are many central themes in the book. Among them is that war is total nonsense. For example, none of the characters have ever seen a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The 20th Century In Review: Encyclopedia Ii - The 20th Century In Review - Major Events
The 20th century was marked by a period of change. With inventions such as the light bulb, the automobile, and the telephone in the late ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Western Front World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Western Front World War Ii - 1939 – 1941
Fighting on the Western Front was preceded by the Phony War. Fighting began with Operation Weserübung, the German invasion of Denmark an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Western Betrayal: Encyclopedia Ii - Western Betrayal - Yugoslavia
At the Tehran Conference in November 1943, a decision was made by the Allies to cease their support of the Royalist Chetniks, and switch ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Evacuations Of Civilians In Britain During World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Evacuations Of Civilians In Britain During World War Ii - The Plan
The plan had been developed in the summer of 1938, by the Anderson Committee. The country was divided into zones, classified as either "e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Evacuations Of Civilians In Britain During World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Evacuations Of Civilians In Britain During World War Ii - The First Evacuation: Operation Pied Piper
There was a steady flow of evacuees during June 1939. The official evacuations began on September 1, two days before the declaration of w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Evacuations Of Civilians In Britain During World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Evacuations Of Civilians In Britain During World War Ii - Initial Preparations
In the 1930s, aerial bombing became an ever larger spectre in the minds of the government and the public (see Trenchard, Douhet, Spain). ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Siegfried Line: Encyclopedia Ii - Siegfried Line - Clashes On The Siegfried Line
In August 1944 the first clashes took place by the Siegfried Line. The section of the line now fought over the most was the Hürtgenwald ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Western Betrayal: Encyclopedia Ii - Western Betrayal - Essays And Articles
Western betrayal - Dictionaries. Betrayal - Wiktionary Betrayal - Cambridge Dictionary Betrayal - Dictionary.com ... See also:Weste...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - European Theatre Of World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - European Theatre Of World War Ii - The Allies' Liberation Of France
Main articles: Western Front (WWII)#1944 – 1945, and [[]], and [[]], and    » Read the article

Encyclopedia - European Theatre Of World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - European Theatre Of World War Ii - The End Of The War In Europe
Mussolini, having been rescued by German paratroopers from his prison, tried to flee Italy to Switzerland with a German anti-air battalio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Western Betrayal: Encyclopedia Ii - Western Betrayal - Spain
A similar feeling occurred among the supporters of the Second Spanish Republic. During the Spanish Civil War, the democratic countries ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Siegfried Line: Encyclopedia Ii - Siegfried Line - Reactivation Of The Siegfried Line 1944
With the D-Day landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944, war in the west broke out once more and a new situation arose. On August 24, 1944 Hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Western Betrayal: Encyclopedia Ii - Western Betrayal - Czechoslovakia
See also: History of Czechoslovakia#Before WWII (1938 – 1939) and later sections Unlike many of its neighbours, Czechoslovakia formed a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The British Army: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The British Army - Crimea Mutiny Colonial Wars & The Cardwell-childers Reforms 1854-1914
History of the British Army - Organisation. Due to the Indian Mutiny (1857-58), the Army was extremely overstretched, to such an extent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Western Betrayal: Encyclopedia Ii - Western Betrayal - Diplomacy & Eastern Europe Between The Wars
Starting in 1919, it was the policy of France to construct a cordon sanitaire (security cordon) in Eastern Europe that was designed to ke...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The British Army: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The British Army - American Revolution Napoleonic Wars And The Long Peace 1774-1854
The American War of Independence began in 1775 when the Thirteen Colonies rose up against British rule. Many Americans, however, sought t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Western Betrayal: Encyclopedia Ii - Western Betrayal - Finland
Contrary to many countries reborn after the World War I, Finland remained neutral and did not enter direct military alliances. The League...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Suzanna Hamilton: Encyclopedia Ii - Suzanna Hamilton - Television Appearances And The 1990s
In 1986, Suzanna Hamilton starred, opposite Peter MacNicol, as a Cockney bride living with a 1940s Pennsylvania coal-mining family in the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The British Army: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The British Army - Origins 1661-1774
Prior to the English Civil War in 1642, there was no standing army in England or Scotland. Men were raised by the King when required, a d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - European Theatre Of World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - European Theatre Of World War Ii - The Allies' Invasion Of Italy
Successes in the North African desert left the Allies in complete control of the Mediterranean's southern shore and using this as a sprin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vichy France: Encyclopedia Ii - Vichy France - The Fall Of France And The Establishment Of The Vichy Regime
France declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939 following the German invasion of Poland. After the eight month Phony War the Germans l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of The United Kingdom During World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of The United Kingdom During World War Ii - The Far East
Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - Disaster in Malaya and Singapore. The outbreak of war in the Far East foun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vichy France: Encyclopedia Ii - Vichy France - Liberation Of France And Aftermath
Following the Allied invasions of France, Pétain and his ministers were taken to Germany by the German forces where they established a g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of The United Kingdom During World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of The United Kingdom During World War Ii - The Air War
Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - Airfields. Duxford Southend ... See also:Military history of the Unite...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of The United Kingdom During World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of The United Kingdom During World War Ii - Combined Bomber Offensive
The combined bomber offensive was born out of the need to strike back at Germany during the years when the United Kingdom had no forces o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of The United Kingdom During World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of The United Kingdom During World War Ii - The Liberation Of Europe
Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - Operation Overlord. Main article Battle of Normandy On 6 June 1944, the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Suzanna Hamilton: Encyclopedia Ii - Suzanna Hamilton - Film Appearances In The Late 1980s
Nineteen eighty-five proved to be a very active year for Suzanna Hamilton. She starred in British playwright David Hare's film, Wetherby,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of The United Kingdom During World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of The United Kingdom During World War Ii - Greek Civil War
A little-known British military operation took place in Greece in late 1944 and early 1945. After being ignominiously ejected from Greece...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vichy France: Encyclopedia Ii - Vichy France - Liberation Of France And Aftermath
Following the Allied invasions of France, Pétain and his ministers were taken to Germany by the German forces where they established a g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - European Theatre Of World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - European Theatre Of World War Ii - Preceding Events
Main articles: Events preceding World War II in Europe, Causes of World War II After Germany was defeated in World War I, the Treaty of V...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Siegfried Line: Encyclopedia Ii - Siegfried Line - The Siegfried Line As A Propaganda Tool
The Siegfried Line was much more valuable as a propaganda tool than as a military defence. German propaganda, both at home and abroad, re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - European Theatre Of World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - European Theatre Of World War Ii - The War In The Air
Prewar doctrine had held that waves of bombers hitting enemy cities would cause mass panic and the rapid collapse of the enemy. As a resu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - European Theatre Of World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - European Theatre Of World War Ii - The Mediterranean And Balkans
Main articles: Mediterranean Theatre of World War II, Balkans Campaign Italy had invaded Albania on April 7, 1939 and had officially anne...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - European Theatre Of World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - European Theatre Of World War Ii - War Comes To The West
On May 10 the Phony War ended with a sweeping German invasion of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, that bypassed French fortificat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - European Theatre Of World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - European Theatre Of World War Ii - Nightfall In Northern Europe
Several other countries, however, were drawn into the conflict at this time. By September 28, 1939, the three Baltic Republics felt they ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vichy France: Encyclopedia Ii - Vichy France - German Invasion November 1942
President Roosevelt continued to cultivate Vichy and promoted General Henri Giraud as a preferable alternative to de Gaulle, despite the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - European Theatre Of World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - European Theatre Of World War Ii - Outbreak Of War In Europe
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, the two most powerful dictatorships in Europe, were sworn enemies, but following the Munich Agreement,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The British Army: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The British Army - Inter-war Period 1919-1939
In the immediate aftermath of the First World War, Britain faced serious economic woes and heavy defence cuts were consequently imposed b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The British Army: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The British Army - World War Ii 1939-1945
History of the British Army - Organisation. By the time the British Empire, France and their allies declared war on Germany on 3 Septem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norwegian Campaign: Encyclopedia Ii - Norwegian Campaign - Initial Plans
Norwegian Campaign - Allied plans. With the end of the Winter War, the Allies determined that any occupation of Norway or Sweden would ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - World War Ii - The Home Fronts
Home front is the name given to the activities of the civilians in a state of total war. In the United Kingdom, women joined the work for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - World War Ii - Resistance
Resistance during World War II occurred in every occupied country by a variety of means, ranging from non-cooperation, disinformation and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norwegian Campaign: Encyclopedia Ii - Norwegian Campaign - Background
Norwegian Campaign - Value of Norway. Both the United Kingdom and France had signed military assistance treaties with Poland, and two d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - World War Ii - Technologies
[8]The massive research and development demands of the war, including the Manhattan Project's efforts to quickly develop the atomic bomb,...   » Read the article