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| Welcome to www.worldwar-2.net! |
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The
modern world is still living with the consequences of World
War 2, the most titanic conflict in history. Just over
68 years ago on September 1st 1939, Germany invaded Poland without
warning.
By
the evening of September 3rd, Britain and France were at war with
Germany and within a week, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and
South
Africa had also joined the war. The world had been plunged into
its second world war in 25 years. Six long and bloody years
of total
war, fought over many thousand of square kilometres followed. From
the Hedgerows of Normandy to the streets of Stalingrad, the
icy
mountains of Norway to the sweltering deserts of Libya, the insect
infested jungles of Burma to the coral reefed islands of the
pacific.
On land, sea and in the air, Poles fought Germans, Italians fought
Americans and Japanese fought Australians in a conflict which
was
finally settled with the use of nuclear weapons. World War 2 involved
every major world power in a war for global domination and at
its
end,
more than 60 million people had lost their lives and most of Europe
and large parts of Asia lay in ruins.
I hope you will enjoy viewing
worldwar-2.net
and find its information both
helpful and interesting. The
website includes an exhaustive day by day timeline,
covering every event
that occured during World
War 2, by military theatre and in chronological order from 1939
through to 1945, which gives a fascinating insight into the
most devastating
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Recently I have made a number
of updates to the site. These include adding China, Hungary and
Luxembourg to the Casualties section, adding further quotes to
the 1944 Famous Quotes section and updating the 1945 Scandinavia
timeline. You will also find that a lots more detail has been
made available for the Prelude to War timeline. Work also continues
on other projects which I shall update you about in due course.
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"The heavy casualties inflicted on the enemy have greatly
affected his morale and will prove to be a turning point in
the battle of the Atlantic."
Admiral Sir Max Horton
Commander
of the Western Approaches
May 1943
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24th March 1943
N/A
25th March 1943
Greek partisans
temporarily take over Samos Island from the Italian garrison.
26th March 1943
The Eighth Army
wins the battle of the Mareth line, forcing the axis troops
to retreat to the
North.
27th March 1943
N/A
28th March 1943
The
British First Army goes onto the offensive in northern Tunisia.
29th March 1943
Meat
rationing begins in the USA and is set at 28oz per week.
British and Indian troops begin to withdraw from Arakan in
western Burma, under heavy
Japanese
pressure.
30th March 1943
Elements of the Eighth Army
break through at the Gabes Pass, over 100 miles into Tunisia and heads
North.
31st March 1943
Newly built gas chamber/crematory
II opens at Auschwitz. The Australian 9th Division march's through Melbourne
watched by more than half a million people.
1st April 1943
Attempting
to stem inflation in the USA, President Roosevelt freezes
wages, salaries, and prices. Meat, fats, canned goods, and
cheese are now rationed in the US.
2nd April 1943
N/A
3rd April 1943
N/A
4th April 1943
Newly
built gas chamber/crematory V opens at Auschwitz.
5th April 1943
Dietrich
Bonhöffer is arrested, charged with subverting the German armed forces
and imprisoned.
6th April 1943
British
and American forces in Tunisia launch an attack against the 5th Panzerarmee.
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SU-76 was a rather rushed wartime conversion of the T-70 light
tank to carry a 76mm field gun. It was produced in huge numbers,
but was unpopular with its crews, who generally nicknamed it "The
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Casualties
(1940 - 1945):
Soldiers (Allied) - 17,200 Killed
Soldiers (Axis) - 2,000 Killed
Civilians - 362,000 Killed
Jews - 67,000 Killed
Resistance - 55,000 Killed |
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