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WWII "Angels" get their due - Denver Post

Omi Jensen, 87, was a Navy flight nurse in wwii combat zones. Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post medical planes would fly eight hours from Guam, ...
http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_9199448

The Holy Land

Sixty years ago the?country which my parents referred to as the Holy Land changed for ever. Maybe the change was closer to home for us than for many English families because my Mum's older brother, a high-ranking officer in
http://my.telegraph.co.uk/janus/may_2008/the_holy_land.htm

Decorated WWII veteran gives Riverside students a hero's story The Press-Enterprise

Walt Ehlers' last combat ended 63 years ago Thursday when Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allies, ending World War II in Europe.
http://www.pe.com/localnews/riverside/stories/PE_News_Local_S_hero09.42c7355.html?npc

german spies in new york in wwii

Christopher S. Putnam writes a sad, excellent and Damn Interesting article on the Keystone Kommandos, a group of German spies who landed on Long Island in 1942 with 1 million in today??s dollars, a sabotage mission and lots and lots of explosives. I lov
http://flickeringpictures.com/2008/04/30/german-spies-in-new-york-in-wwii/

World War II

An Award winning Educational Reference site covering all aspects of World War II. Countries involved, Battles, Operations, Diplomacy, Homefront, ...
http://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/WWII.html

WWII Timeline 1917-45

World War II Timeline 1917-45 1917-1930. Revolution and Revanchism 1917-1929 Text of complete Versailles Treaty of 1919 A.J.P. Taylor thesis U.S. Isolationism 1921-33
http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/WW2Timeline/1917-45.html

World War Two in Europe Timeline

Complete World War Two in Europe timeline with photos, text, and over 100 links...
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm

Iron County&39s WWII-era open pit ore mines to reopen - Salt Lake Tribune

By Mike Gorrell This fall, Palladin Ventures Ltd. plans to begin extracting crude iron ore from the Comstock and Mountain Lion open-pit mines in the desert ...
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_9190185

The Nazis are returning from the moon

Towards the end of World War II the staff of SS officer Hans Kammler made a significant breakthrough in anti-gravity. From a secret base built in the Antarctic, the first Nazi spaceships were launched in late ???45 to found the military base Schwarze So
http://www.litwc.com/2008/05/08/the-nazis-are-returning-from-the-moon/

Russia remembers WWII with lavish victory parade Australian Broadcasting Corporation

For the first time since the break-up of the Soviet Union, heavy military hardware has featured in the Victory Day parade in Moscow.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/09/2240602.htm

Pilgrimage To WWII Concentration Camp Site Uniting Community

The Nichibei Times, the Japanese American weekly newspaper in the San Francisco Bay Area, published a story on the 39th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, held on Saturday, April 26, 2008.
http://blog.manzanarcommittee.org/2008/05/pilgrimage-to-wwii-concentration-camp.html

The Avalon Project : World War II : Documents

Read the text of World War II documents including agreements, declaration of UN, and important speeches.
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/wwii/wwii.htm

World War Two - BBC History

Examines the causes, events, and people of the Second World War through articles, images, timelines, maps, videos, and links to related resources.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo

The World at War, history of WW 1939-1945

This message board for wwii enthusiasts is devoted to exchange ideas about any topic dealing with the WW 1939-1945 history.
http://www.euronet.nl/users/wilfried/ww2/ww2.htm

Video and photos of local WWII vets&39 visit to national memorial in DC - Greenville News

Local Boy Scout troops, VFW posts, American Legion members, school groups and hundreds of family members held signs that read, "Thank You wwii Vets" and ...
http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080508/NEWS01/305080003/1001/NEWS01

Peak Oil

Peak Oil 8th May 2008, 09:40 pm It??s tough to support the free market when you feel like you??re on the wrong side of it. After all I??m making the exact same money that I was making 8 years ago after switching careers 5 years ago and knowing more
http://www.therazor.org/?p=1107

Ukraine needs program for honoring WWII veterans, true history -president Interfax

KYIV. May 7 Interfax - Ukraine needs a special state program for honoring wwii veterans and formulating a true history, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said during the recording of a special TV program - The Great Patriotic War: Lessons for Ukrain
http://www.interfax.com/3/391261/news.aspx

Bloggin' for Audey: Memories of a '40s-era Texas Garden

There's lots of chatter about WWII-era Victory Gardens on the web...and how it's time to bring them back. Wonder what it was really like in those gardens? Well, here's one lively septuagenarian woman's first-hand account of a real '40s-era Texas vegetable
http://redwhiteandgrew.blogspot.com/2008/05/bloggin-for-audey-1.html

The World at War, history of WW 1939-1945

When World War II began in 1939, Germany was the aggressor, ... This message board for wwii enthusiasts is devoted to exchange ideas about any topic dealing ...
http://www.euronet.nl/users/wilfried/ww2/ww2.htm

National WWII Memorial

The World War II Memorial honors the 16 million who served in the armed forces of the U.S., the more than 400,000 who died, and all who supported the war effort from home.
http://www.wwiimemorial.com/?False

World War II

An Award winning Educational Reference site covering all aspects of World War II. Countries involved, Battles, Operations, Diplomacy, ...
http://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/WWII.html

FRANCE - WWII About WWII, Sarkozy celebrates a &39moral victory&39 - France24

They were 177 young men volunteering to free France alongside the allied troops on D-Day. In a speech to mark the 1945 Allied victory on Nazi Germany on May ...
http://www.france24.com/en/20080508-wwii-sarkozy-celebrates-moral-victory-france-kieffer-resistance&navi=FRANCE

Misleading AP Headline: Comedy Daily Show 'a Lot Like' O'Reilly

The Associated Press today wins first place for the most misleading headline in the MSM by saying that a study shows that Jon Stewart's Comedy Central "The Daily Show" show is somehow "a lot like" Bill O'Reilly's "The O'Reilly Fa
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/warner-todd-huston/2008/05/08/misleading-ap-headline-comedy-daily-show-lot-oreilly

WWII shell shuts university site BBC News

Part of the University of Brighton is cordoned off after builders unearth a a wwii artillary shell.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/sussex/7388530.stm

Conspiracies in 20th Century 3: The White House Putsch.

Today, the topic is about the Great Depression. Since it affected a lot of countries in 1930 and became the main reason to lead WWII, there were a lot of conspiracies behind this era. One of the most interesting ones was "The White House Coup" a
http://historicalconspiracies.blogspot.com/2008/04/conspiracies-in-20th-century-iii-white.html

World War II Poster Collection from Northwestern University Library

A gallery with background and collector information.
http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govpub/collections/wwii-posters/

WWII Websites - WWII Information - WWII Discussion Forums

The Army Air Force, Army Air Corps of World War II: A Tribute and Living History Group. ... 2nd Bombardment Group - Official website of the 2nd Bombardment Group / Association
http://www.armyaircorps.us/WWII_Links.cfm

World War II Poster Collection

A gallery with background and collector information.
http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govpub/collections/wwii-posters/

Chinese President Tells Japanese Students Countries Should Not ... - Voice of America

By Daniel Schearf China&39s president has told Japanese university students their two countries should look to the future and not hold a grudge over World War ...Backgounder: Basic facts about Japan People&39s Daily Online
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-05-08-voa24.cfm

Tonight on the Tube: Moonlight, Numb3rs & Battlestar Galactica

News & Notes Tonight, ABC has the two-hour TV??s All-Time Funniest special. Prime Picks Most Outrageous Moments NBC: Repeats. Two episodes of video outtakes play that are sometimes funny, but rarely outrageous. Moonlight CBS: New. The grandson
http://www.tvaholic.com/2008/05/09/tonight-on-the-tube-moonlight-numb3rs-battlestar-galactica-3/

WWII freedom celebrations start BBC News

Guernsey's Liberation Day celebrations start with a parade to Town Church for a service.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/guernsey/7391960.stm

???special edition??? monopoly game helped wwii brit

This week, I further bolster my history geek credentials with the story of how the British army worked with John Waddington Ltd., the maker of the Monopoly board game, to smuggle escape maps, metal files, magnetic compasses and 3 kinds of European currenc
http://flickeringpictures.com/2008/05/05/special-edition-monopoly-game-helped-wwii-british-pows-escape/

historic government publications from world war ii a

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http://worldwar2.smu.edu/

World War II - History.com

Interactive history of the Second World War, featuring an historical overview of the conflict, key figures, timelines, videos, speeches, and maps.
http://www.history.com/minisites/worldwartwo

GI -- World War II Commemoration

World War II ended on September 2, 1945 with the formal surrender of Japan aboard the U.S. battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
http://gi.grolier.com/wwii/wwii_mainpage.html

Vintage WWII plane in town this weekend - Montgomery Advertiser

The Liberty Belle, a restored wwii B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, will take to the skies over Montgomery this weekend. The vintage bomber is part of the ...
http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080508/NEWS/80508037

VE Day remembered

The crew of a World War Two RAF bomber were reunited and buried with full military honours in the Netherlands, 67 years after being shot down by a German night fighter. Image: Ministry of Defence It was a poignant way to remember the sacrifices that f
http://www.britsattheirbest.com/001954.php

WWII Aces Review Wii GameSpot

WWII Aces is a frustrating, ugly, flight combat game with antiquated design elements and unresponsive motion controls.
http://www.gamespot.com/wii/sim/wwiiaces/review.html?page=1&sid=6190461&part=rss&tag=gs_reviews&subj=6190461

Parachuting Dog Helped Win WWII

The Allied airmen and women of World War II were certainly brave and skilled in battle, but even they couldn't win the war on their own.
http://www.livescience.com/history/080501-wwii-flying.html

BBC - History - World War Two

Online history of the war includes a timeline, the Holocaust, Battle of Britain and personalities involved.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/

World War II - Wikipedia

Historical overview of the Second World War, covering background information, the course of the war, its aftermath, and casualties, civilian impact, and atrocities.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II

WWII Online: Battleground Europe

WWII Online:Battleground Europe features the armies, vehicles, weapons and equipment found on the battlefields of Western Europe 1939-1943.
http://www.wwiionline.com/

CoD 5 not set in WWII? - CVG Online

The next Call of Duty game may not delve back into familiar wwii territory after all, as Activision CEO Mike Griffith reveals that the fifth game will take ...
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=188640

Quote Of The Day

"The way the Japanese could tell they were losing wwii was that the great victories reported by their media were getting closer and closer to home. Our media problem is like a fun-house mirror version of this - the way we can tell we are winning is
http://eddriscoll.com/archives/013243.php

Local dentist was WWII Air Force vet Daily Herald

After graduating from the University of Illinois College of Dentistry in 1953, Robert E. Lee of Batavia began his career as a dentist in the same Aurora building where his father had practiced medicine and his father-in-law had practiced dentistry.
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=187914&src=109

Operation Darkness Demo on Xbox LIVE

The demo for Operation Darkness, a wwii TBS game developed by Atlus U.S.A. Inc, has been release on Xbox LIVE for your playing pleasure. The game blends the fantasy genre with the modern strategy game by integrating the use of magicks and the existance of
http://www.gamingshogun.com/Article/1482/Operation_Darkness_Demo_on_Xbox_LIVE

World War II Photos

Select World War II photos in the United States National Archives and Records Administration.
http://www.archives.gov/research/ww2/photos/

World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

World War II , or the Second World War , was a worldwide military conflict , the amalgamation of what had initially been two separate conflicts. The first began in Asia in 1937 as ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II

National WWII Memorial

WWII Memorial E-Store A variety of high-quality memorial products are available from a commercial vendor through the link below.
http://www.wwiimemorial.com/

Haunting memories of WWII - Metro Canada - Halifax

By Neil Mackinnon It??sa horrific jaunt down memory lane that never gets any easier for Robbie Waisman. His pain is palpable, his memories haunting ?? even ...
http://www.metronews.ca/halifax/local/article/50577

Our World of Agribusiness...

This abandoned farmhouse house on the High Texas Plains touches a sad cord and I share this memento from my trip through the area this spring. I want to paint Andrew Wyeth's yearning girl in the foreground to give it deeper meaning, an idea that speaks o
http://motherpie.typepad.com/motherpie/2008/05/our-world-of-ag.html

Vintage WWII bomber lands in Capital City Montgomery Advertiser

The Liberty Belle, a restored World War II B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, will take to the skies over Montgomery this weekend.
http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080509/NEWS01/805090312

America's Chemically Modified 21st Century Soldiers

Amphetamines and the military first met somewhere in the fog of WWII, when axis and allied forces alike were issued speed tablets to head off fatigue on the battlefield.More than 60 years later, the U.S. Air Force still doles out dextro-amphetamine to pil
http://www.informationliberation.com/index.php?id=25231

EyeWitness To World War Two

Hitler&39s interpreter describes the reaction of the Fuhrer and his henchmen to an ultimatum from Britain and the beginning of World War II. ...
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/w2frm.htm

National WWII Memorial

Register By Mail: Download a form to print out, complete and submit in the mail by clicking here . Register Electronically : *If you have previously submitted an honoree, you have ...
http://www.wwiimemorial.com/registry/edit/donor_nameaddr.asp

World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

World War II, or the Second World War, was a global military conflict, the joining of what had initially been two separate conflicts. The first began ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II

Russia flexes muscle at WWII parade - PRESS TV

Russia will hold a huge World War II commemoration parade highlighting Moscow&39s assertiveness after the inauguration of its&39 president. ...Russia remembers wwii with lavish victory parade ABC Online
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=54849§ionid=351020602

CoD 5 not set in WWII?

Next instalment to be set in a "new military theatre", reveals Activision boss. The next Call of Duty game may not delve back into familiar wwii territory after all, as Activision CEO Mike Griffith reveals that the fifth game will take the seri
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=188640?cid=OTC-RSS&attr=CVG-General-RSS

Video and photos of local WWII vets' visit to national memorial in D.C. The Greenville News

Hundreds of people clapped and waved signs and American flags as about 100 wwii veterans from Simpsonville and across the Upstate arrived home from a day-long trip to Washington, D.C.
http://greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080508/NEWS01/305080003

US Soldier Delivered Cyanide to Nazi Hermann Goering in WWII

Herbert Lee Stivers, 81, of Hesperia, California, a World War II veteran of the Army, speaks of his involvement as a guard in the courtroom and prison during the Nuremberg Trials in Germany, where high-ranking Nazi officials were tried as war criminals.
http://www.sbsun.com/search/ci_9034080?IADID=Search-www.sbsun.com-www.sbsun.com

Internet Modern History Sourcebook: World War II

8, 1941 At U Oklahoma Japanese Surrender Documents of World War II Sept. 12, 1945 At U Oklahoma Use of Atomic Bomb. WEB Documents Relating to American ...
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook45.html

World War II

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http://www.wwii.org/

Second World War

An online encyclopedia focused on the Second World War.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WW.htm