World War II

World War II

A major global military conflict involving most countries in the world which began in 1939 and ended in 1945. With about 70 million in fatalities, World War II is the most widespread and deadliest conflict in human history. The war was marked by significant events that saw unprecedented mass killing of civilians including the Holocaust, the Nanjing Massacre and the only use of nuclear weapons in warfare.

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Michel Thomas

Military; World War II

A remarkable, heroic holocaust survivor. Was a polyglot linguist, language teacher and decorated war veteran. He survived imprisonment in several different Nazi concentration camps after serving in ...

Baker Street Irregulars

Military; World War II

The unofficial name of a small British spy ring during World War II that counted among its members children's author Roald Dahl and James Bond creator Ian Fleming. The group was tasked with using ...

B-29 superfortress

Military; World War II

A nickname for the technologically-advanced Boeing B-29 bomber at the time which was designed in 1940 to replace the B-17s and B-24s. The first B-29 bomber took its maiden flight in late 1943. The ...

Schutzstaffeln (SS)

Military; World War II

Protection Units - The principal elite organisation of the Nazi party which consisted of the Allgemeine (General) SS and Waffen (Armed) SS, the latter forming military divisions as part of the ...

Port Moresby

Military; World War II

A city in southeastern New Guinea, an island nation in the Southwest Pacific, just north of Australia. The Japanese were repulsed in their efforts to take Port Moresby by sea in the Battle of the ...

Potsdam Conference

Military; World War II

A summit between the U.S., Britain, and the USSR that began in Germany on July 16, 1945. Disagreements over the future of Europe at the Potsdam Conference planted more seeds for the coming Cold War. ...

Rabaul

Military; World War II

An important Japanese base on the Pacific island of New Britain, northeast of Australia and New Guinea. Rabaul was the main base in the Japanese Southeast Area and was well situated to support ...