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Britain in WW2
Questions regarding British participation in World War 2, in both the European and Pacific theaters of the war.
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As a true fact, WW2 oficially ended during the month of May. A definite day is not recorded because many forms were signed in order to announce that war had finally ended!
Which was the first city to be bombed in an air raid?
The first actual air raid took place over the skies of Venice, Italy in July of 1849. Unmanned balloons dropped bombs on the city at night causing fires and serious damage.
What year did Winston churchill become prime minister?
what year did Winston Churchill become prime minister?
Is Mississippi central time zone?
Mississippi is in the Central U.S. time zone. Where as in California it would be 3 pm, it would be 5 pm in Mississippi. See the related link for help:
What things would you take into an air raid shelter?
well I would put food guns for protection and a tv for the wounded soldgers and bathrooms also mounted machine guns facing the out side if you need to know more play all call a duty.
How was morale in World War 2?
Whose morale, in what place at what time? There were lots of different nations and armies and other specifiable groups of people involved in the war and they all experienced many different factors which affected their morale in different ways at different times. If you can be more specific you can get an answer. Michael Montagne
What kind of hats would boys wear in World War 2?
they usually dont were hats if you aren't talking about russia. they were helmets.
When did the british surrender in world war 2?
On October 19, 1781, General Cornwallace surrendered his army in Yorktown, Virginia, to General George Washington. For all practical purposes that ended the American Revolutionary War. The British still held three major cities, New York, New York; Charleston, South Carolina; and Savanah, Georgia. They also held Florida and Canada.
What if Germany had won the Battle of the Bulge?
There really wasn't much of a possibility of that, but if it had happened, Allied forces would have counter-attacked after a brief re-grouping and planning phase. Allied forces would never have allowed Germany to control Europe.
Edit; The German tanks and troops would have been bombed out of existence within a few days. In fine weather the Allied air-power was phenomenal by 1945 and the German, almost non-existent.
Why was there 2 prime ministers in world war 2?
Although there were three in 1941, there were a total of five during the war.
Menzies, Robert Gordon, 26 April 1939 to 29 Aug 1941, United Australia party
Fadden, Arthur W., 29 Aug 1941 to 7 Oct 1941, Country party
Curtin, John J., 7 Oct 1941 to 5 July 1945, Labour party
Forde, Francis M., 6 July 1945 to 13 July 1945, Labour party
Chifley, J. Ben, 13 July 1945 to 19 Dec 1949, Labour party
When Menzies resigned, his coalition partner Fadden took over.
However, government depended upon the support of two independents. When they voted against Fadden's budget, the government collapsed and Curtin became the longest serving prime minister during the war.
When Curtin died, his deputy Forde was immediately appointed as an interim measure until the party could meet and elect a new leader, Chifley.
What was population of Great Britain in 1939?
In the summer of 1939 the estimated population of Great Britain (ie. England, Wales and Scotland) was 46,467,000 (46 Million 467 Thousand).
What role did Bernard Montgomery play in World War 2?
He trained and commanded the best British division in France in 1939, he commanded the South-Eastern sector of the British defenses until he was assigned to the 8th Army. He did take part in the planning of the Dieppe raid but recommened it be abandonned when the Navy didn't give it full support and was still opposing the plan when he was assigned to Africa.
He won a clear defensive victory at the battle of Alam Halfa and followed that up with the decisive victory of 2nd El Alamein. He advanced 720 miles across the desert in 20 days in persuit of Rommel and defeated him again at the battle of Medinine and he defeated the Afrika Korp again at the Mareth Line but Rommel had already been sent home after the defeat at Medinine.
He took part in the invasion of Sicily and was involved in the hardest fighting there. He personally opposed Operation Baytown but was forced to put it into effect and was proved right in his fears as the Germans refused to fight him and simply employed effective delaying actions which resulted in the operation becoming pointless. He advanced up Italy and breached the Gustav line before weather forced him to abandon his breach.
He was then reassigned to command the Normandy Invasion. He chaned the plan from a two beach landing followed by a dash to Caen then a sweep to Cherbourg to a five beach landing with a holding action on the left followed by break out on the right. He was the main force behind the preparations for the invasion and worked tirelessly to get everyone up to scratch. He was assigned to be Allied Ground Forces Commander in charge of both British/Commonwealth and American forces during the Battle for Normandy.
His general strategic plan for Normady unfolded 90% to the way he wanted it to but the tactics had to change to make it work. People generally accuse him of messing up in Nomandy because things changed from the initial plan on a Tactical level but when looking at it from a Strategical level not much changed at all.
Before Eisenhower took over Monty tried to close the Faliase Gap but Omar Bradley, without informing or consulting Monty, halted Patton at Argentan when Monty had ordered Patton to charged for Chambois then Patton decided taking Paris was a better use of his time than finishing of the Germand and went east without orders to do so.
Monty met Eisenhower and told him that if he wanted the war to end quickly in Europe then Ike couldn't command the ground forces. Ike had no experience and him being more or less and amatuer would be a hinderance to the Allied. Monty wanted to be Ground Force Commander himself but was not ignorant of the changed in power int he Allies and stated that if a British commander could not be the Ground Forces commander he would willingly serve under Bradley. Eisenhower dissmissed this suggestion with little thought and subsequently split the Allied forces into three different forces and sent them off with three different tactical objectives and thus split the allied manpower.
Monty came up with the concept of Market Garden and was its main proponent but its planning was actually don by Frederick Browning and Lewis Brereton. Nevertheless it was Monty's failures but it was not a catarostrophic one. The Hurtgen Forrest Offensive and the Battle for Metz were both bigger wastes of time, manpower and resources than Market Garden was and offered results no better than Market Garden did when they had concluded.
Monty assigned the Canadians to clear he Scheldt Estruary but underestimated the size of the task at hand and realized too late to avert the situation that h
When the battle of the Bulge took place Bradley became completely isolated from the northern half of his Army Group and the American Commanders lost control there. Eisenhower assigned Monty to command the Northern half of the battle to bring order back to it and that is what he did. He rearanged the front andrestored communication to all parts of the Allied forces there and thus brought order from the chaos. His press conference that followed was not truly insulting to the American soldiers or Eisenhower but the ommision of Bradley and Patton from the speech coupled with the implied criticism of losing control of the battle lead to Bradley and Patton taking great offense to it and the rise of much bad blood between American and Monty in many years to come.
Thereafter Monty commanded the norther part of the invasion of Germand and took the accepted the surrender of troops opposing him. He finished the war as the most successful and well known British commander of the conflict but having made many powerful enemies but of British/Commonwealth commanders and Americans and they wasted little time in dragging his reputation through the mud and belittling his accomplishments once the war was over.
He successfully led British forces to victory over the Nazis .
What did the allies win by refining sonar equipment and developing fast escort ships for convoys?
The factors mentioned allowed the allies to win the submarine war in the Atlantic. The ability of the U.S. to build the so-called liberty ships so quickly and in such great numbers and the broadening of the effectiveness of allied air power also contributed to attrition among the German submarines. Losses continued to mount for the Kriegsmarine, and they were running out of u-boats and had difficulty servicing those remaining as the war wound on.
How many troops died during operation market garden?
There were probably more than 11,413 Allied caualties and just less than
6,000 Axis Killed in Action. Civilian caualty numbers were low but that is
still disputed.
Why was Portsmouth bombed in the battle of Britain?
it is the main port where the british boats where and some still are there
Where did the great come from in great Britain?
Britain come from the welsh word prydain
http://www.geiriadur.net/atebion.php?prefLang=en
as the Welsh or Celtic was the first people to inhabit the island.
http://UK.youtube.com/watch?v=j617mImHVvk
Why its called Great Britain because Britain was the centre of everything in the world 100's of years ago because the British Empire.
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The Romans named Britain, Brittania .. when the countries united it was the united kingdom and great Britain
What is the b-17 long-range bomber nicknamed in world war 2?
B-17 is an American bomber (flying fortress). The Germans had other models of aircrafts.
Of the American B-17s, the Memphis Belle is the most famous, the first to survive twenty-five bombing missions. American fighter pilots were required to fly fifty missions, and American bomber crews were required to fly twenty-five.
Many B-17s crash landed in German held territory. So the Germans had several captured B-17s. These were used for training German pilots. Allied pilots reported seeing unmarked B-17s shadowing bomber formations just out of range of the allied guns. These were believed to crewed by Luftwaffe personnel.
The mission requirements for bomber crews was raised from 25 to 30 as the war progressed and experienced crews were needed to continue the air offensive against Germany. Fighter pilots mission requirements were measured in "combat hours". The requirement being set at 200 combat hours.
Suggested Reading:
The Mighty Eighth: The Air War in Europe as Told by the Men Who Fought It, by Gerald Astor, Special:Booksources
Peter Minuits was the guy who was in charge for some time then it was took over by the first governor of New York.
Another term for a city-state is?
Polis, or thate what the ancient Greeks called it. not sure if that refers to ww2.
Which military regiment is the best?
British regiments date back hundreds of years, so some have a long history of wars and campaigns and awards. You question was posted under WW2, so I assume you refer to WW2, only. Also, British Regiments were divided into Battalions and each battalion could serve in different areas of the war. The regiments were given Names and the numbers were dropped in 1881. This explains why you will see some listed as "8 Royal Fusiliers"; which is identifying the 8th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers. Royal Parachute Regiment was an elite airborne unit that was used at Normandy and Market-Garden. Royal Scots Greys became an armored unit in WW2 but their history goes back to the charge of the Light Brigade in the Crimean War. Any of the palace guards:
Coldstream Guards
Scots Guards
Grenadier Guards Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders
What make of engine was in a spitfire?
Almost all Spitfires had versions of the famous Rolls Royce Merlin engine. Near the end of the war some were built with a larger Rolls Royce engine called the Griffon.
What clothes did soldiers adults wear during World War 2?
Men wore suits with ties or casual clothes such as slacks, button down shirts, polo shirts, swearter tops and dress shoes or sneakers. The women wore dresses nearly all the time. They wore pants or jumpsuits if they were working, especially when working in the the manufacturing industry. They wore dress or casual shoes.
If you want to see they styles they wore watch the movie Since You Went Away a 1944 movie with Claudette Colbert or watch Mrs. Miniver a 1942 movie. These movies are probably available to be checked out for free from your local library.
Did France hate Germany in World War 2?
The French have hated Germany since Germany was united in a single nation by Bismarck in the 1860s. This development, threatening to French continental domination, so upset the French that they picked a fight with the new German nation, started a war, and promptly lost (the Franco-Prussian War). As part of the humiliating peace of that war the French had to give up to Germany the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine. This really stuck in the French craw, and they burned for revenge for the next forty years, and for the recovery of the lost provinces.
In WWI Germany invaded France, the French could not expel them, and an entire generation of Frenchmen were slaughtered trying. Finally, with help from her Allies, the Germans were beaten, the lost provinces recovered, and Germany's face mashed into and scrubbed around in it, in the humiliating peace terms imposed on the Germans in the peace after THAT war.
And none of this was forgotten when, twenty years later, the French and Germans went into WWII. This time, the Germans, once they started an active campaign against France, completely conquered France in six weeks.
So for patriotic Frenchmen, the Germans were unspeakably horrible, but there they were, all over the country. The French formed a Resistance movement, in which French Communists were very prominent, acting out of solidarity with their Soviet Communist brothers, whom the Germans were slaughtering on the Eastern Front. This Resistance - also called "the Maquis", or the FFI (French Forces of the Interior) - did what they could to damage the German war effort, much like Iraqis, whom we call "insurgents", are doing to the US today. Sabotage, ambushes, and so on. "Sabotage", the word, actually comes from the wooden shoes, "sabots" worn by French peasants.
All that being said, nations are made up of individuals, and each individual had his or her own reaction to the occupying Germans. The patriots felt as outlined above. Many women decided to make the best of things, and started dating German soldiers (after France was liberated, these women had their heads publicly shaved by the Resistance fighters). The Germans set up a puppet government in France, manned by "collaborationists", headed by the ancient Field Marshal Petain, then in his 80s. hero of WWI. This government was based in Vichy, France, and is called the Vichy regime. Many Frenchmen detested it, but it was the official government of France, and a German ally. As the French government it controlled the colonies of France, such as Morocco and Algeria, where the US landed troops in November, 1942. We do not always remember that for the first three or four days after those landings US troops fought French troops, under the orders of Vichy, until the Frenchmen quit and came over to our side.
After the war, there were a large number of criminal trials in France of persons who had collaborated with the Germans, and who faced death sentences. Many were executed.
But there are right-wing fascists in every country, including the US today. Many of these felt about things just like the Nazis, and were happy to see the Nazis in France, and wanted to help the Nazis. There was an entire SS division of Frenchmen, the Charlemange Division, fighting for Germany on the Eastern Front.
Today the French like to remember the Resistance, and forget the Charlemange Division. The answer to your question is as complicated as millions of individuals, with their varying reactions to the situation, could possibly make it.
