The good news for 1942 was that mobilization exceeded all expectations. Cooperation and patriotism swept the country. In the Detroit suburbs, Ford and Hudson turned from cars and trucks to bombers.

Introduction -- Politics 1940-1941. Europe in July 1940 ; Hitler's ideology and strategy ; The monstrous scheme : a Greater Germanic empire ; Stalin's ideology and strategy -- The eve of war. The ...

The War Years (Part 2) 1941-1945 (Extract from a personal history) Another chapter of wartime childhood commenced in 1941 with my being billeted in a detached mansion (with its own tennis courts) on ...

“There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies, and that is fighting without them!” — Churchill to Brooke, April Fool’s Day 1945. Time and again, Churchill seems like the odd man out in a ...

A striking and philosophical look at the everyday citizens who helped shape the course of WWII, The War is masterfully narrated by author Burns and an assortment of Hollywood talent, including Tom ...

Wall St. Insights Japan occupied all or part of over 20 countries during World War II. The U.S. and its allies liberated many ...

In their July 25 presentation “Stories from the Home Front, 1941-1945,” Elmhurst’s GreenMan Theatre Troupe will invite history lovers to journey back to the years of World War II with their Readers’ ...

On June 22, 1941, German troops invaded the Soviet Union’s territory. German planes dropped bombs on Kiev (now the capital of Ukraine), Minsk (now the capital of Belarus), Riga (now the capital of ...

"Hour of elation" / Jonathan Daniels -- "Salesman's era" / Stuart Chase -- Benefits of war -- "Volunteers in offense" -- "What can I do?" -- "Town meetings for war ...

Staten Island , NY , December 3 rd, 2010– Matrix Games ( www.matrixgames.com) and 2by3 Games ( www.2by3games.com) are thrilled to release another batch of screenshots for their highly anticipated turn ...

Putin said that at a meeting with war veterans as Russia was marking 75 years since the breakthrough of the Siege of Leningrad KIROVSK (Leningrad Region), January 18. /TASS/. Russian President ...

Jun 29, 2009 - The veteran game developers Gary Grigsby, Joel Billings and Keith Brors are working hard to bring gamers WWII on the Eastern Front.