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Timeline For World War 2 - The World Goes to War

By: Daniel M Delott | 2010-04-04 | News and society
Ignoring the well-meaning, peace-keeping actions of the British and French, Hitler continued his attack on Poland, proceeding deeper into the country after the success of his initial attack. The ultimatum delivered by the Allies on September 1st demanded that he withdraw, but when Hitler blatantly ignored the request, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and France declared war on Germany on September 3rd. Within a few days, Canada, South Africa, and Nepal also joined the War on the side of the Allies. read more

World War I Facts

By: Jay Villaverde | 2010-04-04 | News and society
Many of us know about the first World War, but did you know that the United States wanted nothing to do with it? Find out why they got involved. read more

World War II Facts

By: Jay Villaverde | 2010-04-04 | News and society
There are many theories about what started World War II. The most popular belief is that Hitler wanted more land to expand Germany. Looking for a reason to start a war and invade Poland, but not wanting it to appear that he instigated it, Hitler staged a polish attack on Germany. read more

The End of the Cold War

By: Brian John | 2011-01-07 | College
The early 1980s witnessed a final era of friction between the United States and the USSR, resulting mainly from the Soviets' invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 to prop up a Communist regime and from the firm line assume by U.S. president Ronald Reagan after his 1980 election. Reagan saw the USSR as.... read more

World of WarCraft about

By: gaqeqere | 2010-12-29 | Games
We had the opportunity, an extensive interview with Bill Roper, vice president of Blizzard North, to carry on World of WarCraft read more

Operation Barbarossa - World War 2

By: Daniel M Delott | 2010-04-04 | News and society
Operation Barbarossa was the code name for the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany on 22 June 1941. At this time, three million German troops entered the USSR ranging across an 1,800 mile front. read more

Rememberance - World War 2 - Reflections Of A Modest Man

By: Keith Lovejoy | 2010-04-04 | News and society
The three men sat on the bench outside the gift shop in the main hall of the Imperial War Museum whilst Barbara browsed inside. Albert glanced to his right where the armoured car stood. "Last time I was in one of those all the back end got blown off" read more

Tanks In World War I

By: gaga | 2010-11-05 | Business
Conceptual roots of the tank read more

Lithium War Over the World

By: mihawk09 | 2010-09-13 | Electronics
Since June, a number of international auto companies and electronics companies are using large-scale lithium battery joint investment competition. This includes the Toyota and Matsushita, Nissan and NEC, the public and Sanyo, Bosch and Samsung, they believe that lithium batteries in the coming years will gradually replace the nickel-metal hydride batteries, lead the direction of development of hybrid vehicles. read more

Timeline For World War 2 - The Beginning of War

By: Daniel M Delott | 2010-04-04 | News and society
Aside from the mistake of allowing the German annexation of Austria, when the French and British tried to take affirmative action to stop Hitler's quest for power and land they made another significant mistake. Grossly underestimating and misinterpreting their soon-to-be enemy, Hitler was given a large part of Czechoslovakia at the Munich Conference in September 1938, in an attempt to keep peace... read more

Timeline For World War 2 - Advances and Setbacks

By: Daniel M Delott | 2010-04-04 | News and society
With only Great Britain left as a major adversary to Europe, Hitler focused on destroying both their weapons and the country's morale. Operation Sealion was to include bombardments on both sea and land. Luckily, the Royal Navy was still much stronger than the German Kriegsmarine, as they had larger fleet of ships, more experience with naval battles, and the ability to recover more quickly from attacks. read more

British Evacuees of World War II

By: David Carter | 2010-04-04 | News and society
During World War II over 800,000 British children were evacuated from the big cities and moved to more rural areas to escape the bombing. Many of these children were separated from their parents for the first time. They were usually placed with complete strangers and the recipients had no say in whether they accepted them or not. Most hosts treated the children well, but of course, some did not... read more

Japanese Marine Paratroopers Of World War Ii

By: gfgn | 2010-10-10 | Presentation
Formation and tactics The 1st Yokosuka SNLF (Special Naval Landing Force) was formed 20 September 1941, at Yokosuka Naval District, round a battalion of 520 paratroopers read more

Suning Appliance End Of The Year Before World War Ii Opened Fire On Chongqing

By: sdsv | 2010-09-11 | Negotiation
Although there nearly two months from the time New Year's Day, Home Appliances The market end of the year war broke out in advance read more

German Memories - Kaiser William II & the End of the First World War

By: Rajkumar Kanagasingam | 2010-04-04 | Politics
Though William was not a clever statesman like his erstwhile chancellor Bismarck, he tried his best diplomacy to avoid the war with Great Britain as it would attack if Germany would start its warring frontier in France through Belgium. Upon the conclusion of the Treaty of Versailles in early 1919, Article 227 expressly provided for the prosecution of William "for a supreme offense against international morality and the sanctity of treaties", but Queen Wilhelmina refused to extradite him, despite appeals from the Allies. Pathetically some years ago only William hosted US President Theodore Roosevelt in a review of the German army on parade and Roosevelt exclaimed, "My God, if I had an army like this, I could rule the world!" read more