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Norwegian Campaign - Movement of the fleets.
The German invasion first started on April 3, 1940 when supply vessels began to head out in advance of the main force. The Allies initiated their plans on the following day, with sixteen Allied submarines ordered to the Skagerrak and Kattegat to serve as a screen and advance warning for a German response to Operation Wilfred, which was launched the following day when Admiral William Whitworth in the HMS Renown set out from ...
See also:Norwegian Campaign, Norwegian Campaign - Background, Norwegian Campaign - Value of Norway, Norwegian Campaign - The Winter War, Norwegian Campaign - Vidkun Quisling and initial German investigation, Norwegian Campaign - The Altmark Incident, Norwegian Campaign - Initial plans, Norwegian Campaign - Allied plans, Norwegian Campaign - German plans, Norwegian Campaign - German invasion, Norwegian Campaign - Movement of the fleets, Norwegian Campaign - Weserzeit, Norwegian Campaign - Allied response, Norwegian Campaign - Norwegian situation, Norwegian Campaign - Ground campaign, Norwegian Campaign - Campaign in Central Norway, Norwegian Campaign - Campaign in Northern Norway, Norwegian Campaign - Occupation, Norwegian Campaign - Analysis, Norwegian Campaign - Important people, Norwegian Campaign - Norwegians, Norwegian Campaign - Germans, Norwegian Campaign - Allies, Norwegian Campaign - Neutrals, Norwegian Campaign - Notes Read more here: » Norwegian Campaign: Encyclopedia II - Norwegian Campaign - German invasion |
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| | | | | Phony War: 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 towards Nazi Germany regarding the abandonment of Czechoslovakia to Hitler at Munich in 1938.
After working in business and local government, and a short spell as Director of National Service in 1916 and 1917, Chamberlain followed his father, Joseph Chamberlain, and older half-brother, Austen Chamberlain, becoming a Member of Parliament in the 1918 general election aged 49. He declined a junior minister ...
See also:Neville Chamberlain, Neville Chamberlain - Overview, Neville Chamberlain - Early life, Neville Chamberlain - Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Neville Chamberlain - Early ministerial career, Neville Chamberlain - Becoming the heir apparent, Neville Chamberlain - Formation of the National Government, Neville Chamberlain - Return to the Exchequer, Neville Chamberlain - Appointment as Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain - Domestic policy, Neville Chamberlain - Relations with Ireland, Neville Chamberlain - Palestine White Paper, Neville Chamberlain - European policy, Neville Chamberlain - Outbreak of war, Neville Chamberlain - War premiership, Neville Chamberlain - Fall and resignation, Neville Chamberlain - Lord President of the Council and death, Neville Chamberlain - Legacy, Neville Chamberlain - Notes Read more here: » Neville Chamberlain: Encyclopedia II - Neville Chamberlain - Overview |
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| | | | | Phony War: 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 this point the planes were hopelessly outdated, but the Finns were so desperate for serviceable aircraft that they decided to start a modification program to bring all of their examples to a new standard.
The result was the Mörkö-Morane (Finnish for Bogey Morane), sometimes referred to as the LaGG-Morane. Powered by captured Klimov M-105P engines (a licensed version of the HS 12Y) of 1, ...
See also:Morane-Saulnier M.S.406, Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 - M.S.405, Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 - M.S.406, Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 - D-3800, Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 - M.S.410, Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 - M.S.411 M.S.412, Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 - D-3801, Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 - M.S.450, Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 - Mörkö-Morane, Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 - Specifications variant described, Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 - Other versions Read more here: » Morane-Saulnier M.S.406: Encyclopedia II - Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 - Mörkö-Morane |
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| | | | | Phony War: 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 casualties. The following chart gives data on the casualties suffered by each country, along with population information to show the relative impact of losses.
Notes:
Population in 1939-Sources-Vadim Erlikman. Poteri narodonaseleniia v XX veke : spravochnik. Moscow 2004. ISBN 5931651071. and Population Statistics[50]
Military Deaths Losses include deaths of ...
See also:World War II casualties, World War II casualties - Combined Totals, World War II casualties - Casualties by country, World War II casualties - Casualties by alliance, World War II casualties - Casualties by branch of service, World War II casualties - Equipment losses[1], World War II casualties - Aircraft losses, World War II casualties - Naval losses, World War II casualties - Footnotes, World War II casualties - Main articles, World War II casualties - Other articles Read more here: » World War II casualties: Encyclopedia II - World War II casualties - Casualties by country |
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| | | | | Phony War: 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 by the thousands. This standardisation of the bunkers ("pillboxes") and tank traps was necessary because of the lack of raw materials, transport and workers.
Siegfried Line - Pioneering programme.
For the main part of the pioneering programme, small bunkers were set up with three embrasures towards the front. The walls were only 50cm thick and provided no protection agains ...
See also:Siegfried Line, Siegfried Line - Origin of the name Westwall, Siegfried Line - Construction programmes 1938 – 1940, Siegfried Line - Typical basic construction types, Siegfried Line - Pioneering programme, Siegfried Line - Limes programme, Siegfried Line - Aachen-Saar Programme, Siegfried Line - Western Air Defence Zone, Siegfried Line - Geldern Emplacement, Siegfried Line - Tank traps, Siegfried Line - Working conditions during construction, Siegfried Line - Armour plates and arms, Siegfried Line - The role of the Siegfried Line at the beginning of the war, Siegfried Line - Reactivation of the Siegfried Line 1944, Siegfried Line - Clashes on the Siegfried Line, Siegfried Line - The Siegfried Line as a propaganda tool, Siegfried Line - Post-war period, Siegfried Line - The unpleasant as a memorial, Siegfried Line - Nature conservation at the Siegfried Line Read more here: » Siegfried Line: Encyclopedia II - Siegfried Line - Typical basic construction types |
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| | | | | Phony War: 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 Franz Halder, chief of the general staff, and directed by General Walther von Brauchitsch, the commander in chief of the upcoming campaign. The plan called for the start of hostilities before the declaration of war and to pursue the doctrine of lightning war, later known as blitzkrieg. The novel concept of blitzkrieg called for German tanks (panzers) to attac ...
See also:Polish September Campaign, Polish September Campaign - Opposing forces, Polish September Campaign - Germany, Polish September Campaign - Soviet Union, Polish September Campaign - Poland, Polish September Campaign - Order of battle, Polish September Campaign - Prelude to the campaign, Polish September Campaign - Details of the campaign, Polish September Campaign - Plans, Polish September Campaign - Phase 1: German aggression, Polish September Campaign - Phase 2: Soviet aggression, Polish September Campaign - Civilian losses, Polish September Campaign - Aftermath, Polish September Campaign - Notes Read more here: » Polish September Campaign: Encyclopedia II - Polish September Campaign - Details of the campaign |
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| | | | | Phony War: 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 War II - A debated starting date.
[4]The date on which World War II started is a debated subject; historians do not all agree on which event signified the start of the war. The most common date used is 1 September 1939, marking the German invasion of Poland, which resulted in the ...
See also:World War II, World War II - Causes, World War II - Participants, World War II - Chronology, World War II - A debated starting date, World War II - 1937: Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II - 1939: War breaks out in Europe, World War II - 1940: The war spreads, World War II - 1941: The war becomes global, World War II - 1942: Deadlock, World War II - 1943: The war turns, World War II - 1944: The beginning of the end, World War II - 1945: The end of the war, World War II - Resistance, World War II - The Home fronts, World War II - Technologies, World War II - Civilian impact & atrocities, World War II - Genocide, World War II - Concentration camps labour camps and internment, World War II - War crimes and attacks on civilians, World War II - Aftermath, World War II - Casualties, World War II - A world in ruins, World War II - United Nations, World War II - The Cold War begins, World War II - Main articles, World War II - Media Read more here: » World War II: Encyclopedia II - World War II - Chronology |
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| | | | | Phony War: 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 1970s. She starred in her first feature, based on the popular Arthur Ransome children's book, Swallows and Amazons, in 1974. Billed as Zanna Hamilton, she was cast in the role of Susan Walker, one of four young siblings collectively known as "the Swallows", who go on a boating excursion in the Lake District during the summer of 1929. Whatham also directed her as Princess Alexandra in the BBC miniseries, Disraeli (1978), which was later broadcast to North American audiences as a ...
See also:Suzanna Hamilton, Suzanna Hamilton - Early Career, Suzanna Hamilton - Nineteen Eighty-four 1984, Suzanna Hamilton - Film appearances in the late 1980s, Suzanna Hamilton - Television appearances and the 1990s, Suzanna Hamilton - Theater Career, Suzanna Hamilton - Current Activities, Suzanna Hamilton - Trivia, Suzanna Hamilton - Personal Quotes, Suzanna Hamilton - Film and Television Credits Read more here: » Suzanna Hamilton: Encyclopedia II - Suzanna Hamilton - Early Career |
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| | | | | Phony War: 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 Schweitzer. When he was 15 months old, his father died of a fever and Anne-Marie raised him with help from her father, Charles Schweitzer, who taught Sartre mathematics and introduced him to classical literature at an early age.
As a teenager in the 1920s, Sartre became attracted to philosophy upon reading Henri Bergson's Essay on the Immediate Data of Consciousness. He studied in Paris at the eli ...
See also:Jean-Paul Sartre, Jean-Paul Sartre - Early life and thought, Jean-Paul Sartre - La Nausée and Existentialism, Jean-Paul Sartre - Sartre and World War II, Jean-Paul Sartre - Sartre and Communism, Jean-Paul Sartre - Sartre and literature, Jean-Paul Sartre - Sartre after literature, Jean-Paul Sartre - Critiques, Jean-Paul Sartre - Munich 1972 and Israel, Jean-Paul Sartre - Works, Jean-Paul Sartre - Quotes Read more here: » Jean-Paul Sartre: Encyclopedia II - Jean-Paul Sartre - Early life and thought |
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| | | | | Phony War: 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 Franz Halder, chief of the general staff, and directed by General Walther von Brauchitsch, the commander in chief of the upcoming campaign. The plan called for the start of hostilities before the declaration of war and to pursue a traditional doctrine of mass encirclement and destruction of enemy forces, assisted by the Germans' material advantages, including the use of mo ...
See also:Polish September Campaign, Polish September Campaign - Opposing forces, Polish September Campaign - Germany, Polish September Campaign - Soviet Union, Polish September Campaign - Poland, Polish September Campaign - Order of battle, Polish September Campaign - Prelude to the campaign, Polish September Campaign - Details of the campaign, Polish September Campaign - Plans, Polish September Campaign - Phase 1: German aggression, Polish September Campaign - Phase 2: Soviet aggression, Polish September Campaign - Civilian losses, Polish September Campaign - Aftermath, Polish September Campaign - Notes Read more here: » Polish September Campaign: Encyclopedia II - Polish September Campaign - Details of the campaign |
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| | | | | | Phony War: 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 amalgamation of the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) and the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry), forming the 1st and 2nd Battalions, The Oxfordshire Light Infantry on 1 July 1881.
In 1908 the Regiment's title was altered to become the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry< ...
See also:Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry - History, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry - First World War 1914-18, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry - Inter-War, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry - Second World War 1939-45, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry - Post-WWII 1945-1966, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry - Victoria Cross recipients, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry - Other Information, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry - Battle Honours Read more here: » Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry: Encyclopedia II - Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry - History |
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| | | | | Phony War: 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-standing tensions between the Japanese Empire and the United States resulting from these military adventures were rising. The United States and the United Kingdom reacted to Japanese military actions in China by imposing a scrap metal boycott followed by an oil boycott, a freeze of assets and the closing of the Panama Canal to Japanese shipping. Diplomatic negotiations climaxed with the Hull note of Novemb ...
See also:Attack on Pearl Harbor, Attack on Pearl Harbor - Japanese preparations, Attack on Pearl Harbor - United States preparedness, Attack on Pearl Harbor - Breaking off negotiations, Attack on Pearl Harbor - The attack, Attack on Pearl Harbor - Nagumo's decision to withdraw after two strikes, Attack on Pearl Harbor - Immediate aftermath, Attack on Pearl Harbor - Subsequent attacks, Attack on Pearl Harbor - Longer-term effects, Attack on Pearl Harbor - Historical significance, Attack on Pearl Harbor - Japanese views of the attack, Attack on Pearl Harbor - Film dramatizations, Attack on Pearl Harbor - Recipients of the Medal of Honor, Attack on Pearl Harbor - Notes Read more here: » Attack on Pearl Harbor: Encyclopedia II - Attack on Pearl Harbor - Japanese preparations |
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| | | | | Phony War: 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 of Denmark and Norway
Battle of France (Fall Gelb)
Battle of Britain ( + Operation Sealion Unternehmen Seelöwe )
Balkans and Greece (Operation Marita)
Eastern Front (initially Operation Barbarossa)
Western Front (1944-1945)
Battle of Normandy (ETO: ...
See also:List of World War II theaters and campaigns, List of World War II theaters and campaigns - Pre-World War 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, List of World War II theaters and campaigns - Pacific Asian Theatre, List of World War II theaters and campaigns - Middle East Theatre, List of World War II theaters and campaigns - Mediterranean Theatre, List of World War II theaters and campaigns - African Theatre, List of World War II theaters and campaigns - Naval War, List of World War II theaters and campaigns - Strategic Air Campaigns, List of World War II theaters and campaigns - Contemporary Wars Read more here: » List of World War II theaters and campaigns: Encyclopedia II - List of World War II theaters and campaigns - World War II Theatres and Campaigns |
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| | | | | Phony War: 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 acted as the reconnaissance regiment of the British 4th Infantry Division of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) that was deployed to the continent shortly after war broke out. On 10 May 1940 the Germans launched their invasion of the Low Countries, thus ending what was known as the Phony War. The German invasion was swift and successful, the Allied forces in Belgium having to retreat to the Escaut Ri ...
See also:5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards - The Beginning, 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards - Second World War, 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards - Post-WW II, 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards - Battle Honours, 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards - Other Information Read more here: » 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards: Encyclopedia II - 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards - Second World War |
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| | | | | Phony War: 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 Kingdom Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's government in the late 1930s. The Munich Agreement in particular stands as a major example of appeasement. There is, however, a large historiographical debate about appeasement.
Appeasement - Reasons why the British government appeased Hitler.
Memories of the First World War. The United Kingdom and especially France w ...
See also:Appeasement, Appeasement - Different views on appeasement, Appeasement - Appeasement of Hitler, Appeasement - Reasons why the British government appeased Hitler, Appeasement - Peace in our Time, Appeasement - Origins of the concept of the Western Betrayal, Appeasement - Chamberlain and rearmament, Appeasement - Appeasement's effect on the Second World War, Appeasement - Responses to criticism of appeasement, Appeasement - Useful textbooks especially A-level-oriented Read more here: » Appeasement: Encyclopedia II - Appeasement - Appeasement of Hitler |
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| | | | | Phony War: 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 Frenchman before the war, much less have reason to kill them, but that is now what they are doing. Some of the soldiers ponder how the war was started, what is it for, and who it benefits. Nobody has any answers.
All Quiet on the Western Front - The horror of war.
The main theme in All Quiet on the Western Front is the brutality of war. The archetypical war novel ...
See also:All Quiet on the Western Front, All Quiet on the Western Front - Plot, All Quiet on the Western Front - Themes, All Quiet on the Western Front - The horror of war, All Quiet on the Western Front - Effect on soldiers, All Quiet on the Western Front - Nature, All Quiet on the Western Front - Adaptations, All Quiet on the Western Front - Film, All Quiet on the Western Front - TV film, All Quiet on the Western Front - Sequel Read more here: » All Quiet on the Western Front: Encyclopedia II - All Quiet on the Western Front - Themes |
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| | | | | | Phony War: 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 called for as many naval vessels as possible as well as every ship capable of carrying 1,000 men within reach. It initially was intended to recover around 45,000 men of the British Expeditionary Force over two days, this was soon stretched to 120,000 men over five days. On May 27 a request was placed to civilians to provide all shallow draught vessels of 30 to 100 feet (9 to 30 m) for the operation, th ...
See also:Battle of Dunkirk, Battle of Dunkirk - Background, Battle of Dunkirk - Operation Dynamo, Battle of Dunkirk - Aftermath, Battle of Dunkirk - What if?, Battle of Dunkirk - Later fighting at Dunkirk Read more here: » Battle of Dunkirk: Encyclopedia II - Battle of Dunkirk - Operation Dynamo |
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| | | | | Phony War: 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 have command of the seas, as they believed their navies were superior to those of Germany and Italy. The British and French immediately began a blockade of Germany, which had little effect on German industry. The German Navy began to attack British shipping with both surface ships and U-boats, sinking the S. S. Athenia within hours of the declaration of war. The German Panzerschiff (a heavy cruiser) Admiral G ...
See also:Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - Pre-war tensions, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - The Beginning of the War, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - Western and northern Europe 1940 and 1941, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - Norwegian Campaign, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - The Battle of France, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - Fall of France, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - Dunkirk, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - The Battle of Britain, 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, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - Battle of the Atlantic, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - The Mediterranean, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - Operation Overlord and the Normandy Landings, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - The East, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - The North African Desert, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - Onto the offensive, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - Greek interlude and Crete, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - Iraq Syria and Persia, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - Ethiopia, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - Rommel arrives, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - To and fro in the Western Desert, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - Operation Torch and El Alamein, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - Battle for Tunisia, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - The Italian Campaign, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - Invasion of Sicily, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - Surrender of Italy, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - The Winter Line and the Battle for Monte Cassino, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - Anzio and Rome, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - The Gothic Line and Victory in Italy, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - Greek Civil War, 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, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - Breakout from Normandy, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - Riviera Invasion, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - Operation Market Garden, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - Walcheren, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - Battle of the Bulge, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - Crossing the Rhine and Final Surrender, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - Combined Bomber Offensive, 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, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - Burma Campaign, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - Okinawa and Japan, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - The Air War, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - Airfields, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - Special Forces, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - Military Structures, Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II - Technology Read more here: » 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 |
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| | | | | Phony War: 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 Stalin, had been warned repeatedly by outside sources and his own intelligence network of the impending invasion, but he ignored the warnings. Moreover, on the very night of the invasion Soviet troops received a directive undersigned by Marshal Timoshenko and General of the Army Georgi Zhukov that commanded: "do not answer to any provocations" and "do not undertake any actions without specific orders". The e ...
See also:European Theatre of World War II, European Theatre of World War II - Preceding events, European Theatre of World War II - Outbreak of war in Europe, European Theatre of World War II - Nightfall in Northern Europe, European Theatre of World War II - War comes to the West, European Theatre of World War II - The war in the air, European Theatre of World War II - The Mediterranean and Balkans, European Theatre of World War II - The eastern front, European Theatre of World War II - The Allies' invasion of Italy, European Theatre of World War II - The Allies' liberation of France, European Theatre of World War II - The end of the war in Europe Read more here: » European Theatre of World War II: Encyclopedia II - European Theatre of World War II - The eastern front |
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