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Those countries which joined together in the fight against the Axis Powers in World War II.
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The Allies of World War II were the countries that opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War (1939-1945).The Allies became involved in World War II either because they had already been invaded or were directly threatened with invasion by the Axis or because they were concerned that the Axis powers would come to control the world. After 1941, the leaders of the United Kingdom, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the United States of America, known as "The Big Three", held leadership of the Allied powers. France, before its defeat in 1940 and after Operation Overlord in 1944, as well as China were also major Allies. Other Allies included Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Ethiopia, Greece, India, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, the Philippine Commonwealth, Poland, the Union of South Africa, and Yugoslavia. During December, 1941, U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt devised the name "United Nations (UN)" for the Allies. He referred to The Big Three and China as a "trusteeship of the powerful", and then later "the Four Policemen".The Declaration by United Nations, on 1 January 1942, was the basis of the modern UN. At the Potsdam Conference of July-August 1945, Roosevelt's successor, Harry S. Truman, proposed that the foreign ministers of China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States "should draft the peace treaties and boundary settlements of Europe", which led to the creation of the Council of Foreign Ministers.
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"Thank God for the French Army"
Started by MORGAN C LOONEY JR Apr 16, 2011. 0 Replies 0 Likes
When Winston Churchill heard the French Army had 6 million men under arms he said, "Thank God for the French Army".Five weeks after Germany invaded France the war ended as France asked for an armistice.What happened? One French general summed it up…Continue
Pearl Harbor
Started by MORGAN C LOONEY JR. Last reply by Jackie (Owens) Williams Mar 23, 2011. 2 Replies 0 Likes
If the Japanese had not bombed Pearl Harbor, how long would it have taken for the United States to become involved?Personally, I don't believe it would have been more than a year. We were already involved with England, supplying them and helping…Continue
Communion dress was war parachute - BBC News; 13 Nov 2009
Started by Scott Lyons Dec 5, 2009. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Communion dress was war parachutePaulette Bisiaux's family sheltered the crash survivorsThe family of a Scots WWII airman who was shot down over Belgium has been contacted by a woman who used his parachute for a First Communion dress.RAF Flight…Continue
Bastogne "Battle of the Bulge" Museum to stay open
Started by Website editor Dec 3, 2009. 0 Replies 0 Likes
By Kevin Dougherty, Stars and StripesEuropean edition, Tuesday, November 24, 2009Mannequins depict a scene from McAuliffe’s Cave at a small museum in the basement of a building on Heintz Caserne in Bastogne, Belgium. BASTOGNE, Belgium — The Belgian…Continue
Wales News Vivid WWII pictures from the air bring war to life - from WalesOnline
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Wales News Vivid WWII pictures from the air bring war to lifeNov 23 2009 Western MailThe Tara archive has 10 million images. Paula Fentiman reports as 400 of them go onlineVIVID wartime scenes of prison camps and bombing raids were revealed to the…Continue
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Dr. Guy LoFaro Lectures on the 82nd Airborne Division's Contribution during WWII
By SCOTT LYONS
28 January 2012
Historian and author Guy LoFaro, retired US Army officer, and former West Point professor and alumnus, recently spoke of the research behind his 2011 book The Sword of St. Michael: The 82nd Airborne Division in World War II at the North Atlanta-area independent bookseller ‘Acworth Bookstore’. Full Story »
"With the Old Breed" Conversations of Wartime with a WWII-era US Marine
By SCOTT LYONS
21 January 2012
I had the recent privilege of learning World War II history first-hand from Mr. and Mrs. H. Paul Bailey, through in-person interviews. Paul was a U.S. Marine from 1943 to 1946, who fought in the same division, 1st Marine Division (3/7), on Okinawa as Eugene Sledge (3/5), author of With the Old Breed and subject of HBO’s ‘The Pacific’. Full story »
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Italy trip 2012
by Erwin Leydekkers Added February 19, 2012 at 5:16am
German cemetery Pomezia, Italy
by Erwin Leydekkers Added February 18, 2012 at 11:34am
Hall of Heroes: Our WWII veteran family members: 'Album One'
by Scott Lyons Added May 15, 2009 at 2:25pm 3 Comments
Hall of Heroes: Our WWII veteran family members: 'Album Two'
by Scott Lyons Added June 18, 2011 at 12:42am 2 Comments
resistance AS/GL Belgium
by Gilbert Joosten Added February 8, 2012 at 10:34am
WWII NEWS: THE TELEGRAPH
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Britain's wartime population would have been fed plankton by scientists under proposals to avert critical food shortages, newly discovered documents have disclosed.
Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler a fan of yoga
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Hitler had son with French teen
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World War Two: air ace in an unmarked grave found
The body of a decorated flying ace who was killed in his first week of war has been found in an unmarked grave in France after 71 years.
Adolf Eichmann exhibition reveals how he was captured by Israeli agents
An exhibition telling the story of how Israeli agents captured Adolf Eichmann has opened in Tel Aviv.
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