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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European Theatre

Military; World War II

Collective term for the war in Europe. Theater can be spelled in Theatre. It can be abbreviated as ETO or ETOUSA. The war in Europe officially ended ("V-E Day") on May 8, 1945.

Clark Air field

Military; World War II

Part of Fort Stotsenberg on the Philippines, it was the main base of the Army Air Corps in the western Pacific on the eve of World War II. The Japanese bombed the base on the day after Pearl Harbor, ...

Aachen

Military; World War II

The first city in Germany to be captured by the Allies. It was taken on October 21, 1944. Aachen was a favoured residence of Charlemagne, and the place of coronation of the Kings of Germany.

Strait of Messina

Military; World War II

The straight that separates the island of Sicily from the mainland of Italy. Americans took Messina on August 17, 1943, but the Germans were able to evacuate some 60,000 troops across the straight.

Neptune

Military; World War II

Operational code name for the Allied D-Day Normandy beach landings - the naval assault phase of Operation Overlord.

Omaha Beach

Military; World War II

One of the beaches in Normandy on the coast of France, together with Utah Beach, invaded by American forces on D-Day. This was the site of the bloodiest fighting on D-Day.

Rendova Island

Military; World War II

An island just off New Georgia in the Solomons in the Pacific. U.S. Army and Marine forces landed here in June 1943 with the principal goal of taking the Japanese air base at Munda. The air base fell ...