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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D-Day

Military; World War II

The first day of the Allied invasion of occupied Europe on Tuesday, June 6th 1944. D stands for the "day" of actual landing. Codenamed Neptune in Allied Operation Overlord, the Normandy landings were ...

Munich Pact

Military; World War II

An agreement signed by Germany, Britain, France, and Italy on September 29, 1938 giving Germany permission to invade the Sudeten territories of Czechoslovakia. This effort at appeasement was soon ...

Munda

Military; World War II

Part of New Georgia in the Solomon island group in the Pacific. Taking the Japanese air base here was the principal objective of the U.S. Army invasion that started in June 1943. The air base fell ...

Okinawa

Military; World War II

A Pacific island in the Ryukyu group south of Japan. In April 1945 this was the site of one of the bloodiest battles of the war. It was the first American assault on what the Japanese considered ...

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 ...

Messerschmitt Me 262

Military; World War II

The Me 262 Swallow was the world's first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft. Several years before World War II, the Germans foresaw the great potential for aircraft that used the jet engine, ...