Decade - 1940s

The person who beats Elie in front of the French girl, in Night by Elie Wiesel, is Idek.

During the 1930's, the Nazi's were not socialists. They bitterly opposed socialism, communism, or any other ism, that promoted class interests of workers' rights above German ethnic solidarity. Adolf Hitler led the Nazi Party.

The Nazi Party rose to power during the 1930's.

I found it 8am to 5pm. :)

During the invasions of Poland and France they mostly used the so-called Pantzerkampfwagen I and II. Later on they also used the model III.

Unfortunately the Japanese did.

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That's a question that requires a very long answer, depending on how much detail you want.

The second world war caused hardships everywhere, and Americans had it a lot easier than most, because comparatively little of the war came to U.S. shores. That being said, almost everyone was affected by the rationing. You couldn't buy a new car, you could only drive on certain days, you were required by law to recycle pretty much everything, etc.

Then there also those who were affected by family members getting killed, and there were also Americans that were sent to concentration camps until well after the war ended. Only the some of the very rich were unaffected. Even in those families tragedy struck though, such as the death of JFK's brother.

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Lack of supplies, notably gas. They had to cross a number of bridges to succeed which where easily destroyed. They had to travel quickly to succeed in a time of the year when roads are covered in snow and turned into just a mud path.

I own one that my father left me. A retired Army Air Corp. officer told me that not many survived the war and that it was a museum quality piece. There was one on Ebay at the time, that had beed used as a ashtray and was badly damaged. If I recall it sold for $800 - $900. I still have mine and it's in very good shape. There are phrases etched on the back of it that I was told were placed there by the factory workers that made it and it was there way of sending a message to our pilots.

Tim

Virginia

Yes, the British Pacific Fleet (BPF) known to the american command as task force 57 was entirely comprised of british ships but was manned by British, New Zealand, Canadian and Australian. The task of the BPF was to nuetralise japanese airfields and aircraft which with thier armourd flight decks they were well suited to. :D

Could be one of three ratings. CM1---Mechanic Petty Officer 1st Class; CM1---Construction Mechanic Petty Officer 1st Class; CM1----Carpenter's Mate Petty Officer 1st Class

Most popular were Ford, Chevy, and Plymouth for the average family. Considering that there were no vehicles mfg. from 1942-45, most vehicles driven were produced during the 20's and 30's.

Hudson, Studebaker, and Nash were also popular as entry level vehicles.

Mid-priced vehicles of the time were Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, (Oakland), Dodge. and Desoto, and of course luxury included Cadillac, Lincoln, Chrysler, and Packard.

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The 1940's was known for it's swing dancing, WW2, organized crime, and people getting rich. The 40's was in my opinion the pick of American history. We had good times in the 40's. The Rat Pack was forming, America was rich again, and people were happier in those days.

Monsters never stay dead for long, especially when there is money to be made. After surprisingly successful re-releases of Frankenstein and Dracula in 1938, Universal returned to the formula with a vengeance, producing Son of Frankenstein the following year. Throughout the 1940s they recycled their classical monsters in films like Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943), House of Dracula (1945), and eventually even Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948). Producer Val Lewton at RKO created a string of moody psychological horror films like Cat People (1942), I Walked with a Zombie (1943), and The Body Snatcher (1945). After World War II, horror increasingly hybridized with science fiction and began to address fears associated with the Cold War: (alien) invasion from without, subversion from within, and the potentially monstrous effects of nuclear radiation.

Bob Hope, Abbott & Costello, Mae West, Fanny Brice. Danny Kaye, Jack Benny, Edgar Bergen and his dummy Charlie McCarthy.

The Marx Brothers

Lucille Ball was making comedy movies, but was still shown as an ingenue and not the comedienne she later became in the 50s.

There were also the 'screwball comedy' movies in the 40s with actors like Cary Grant and Tracy and Hepburn, The Thin Man movies...

The United States devised the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe after World War II. This was ti prevent the spread of Soviet Communism.

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Yes you can. In Trondheim, Norway in early 1943 an SAS agent helping you is killed by German bodyguards and he dies trying to let you into a kriegsmarine base. Guards and watchdogs attack you and you have to steel these plans and enter the kriegsmarine pen and disguise yourself as a German officer. Then you have to destroy a radar and enter a German u boat and kill all the people inside it and plant 2 bombs one in the torpedo room and another in the engine room and you need to get out and escape from the base and jump on a train quickly before it departs. It is a scary level. I use to play this game quiet often. Watch some clips of it on Youtube if you like.

Yes they did but only in a small scale and for sabotage and/or "commandos" actions.

micle Jacson

To keep West Berlin from falling to Communism.

I believe General Patton's army came through there (part of the U.S. 3rd Army) in his early thrust into Germany.

Generally they were "Demobilized." The Germans, Italians and Japanese turned in their weapons, were interviewed and questioned and for the most part they were then sent home. Those that belonged to certain units, particularly those that ran prisons, were kept longer as the Allies determined whether there were any war crimes associated with the individuals.

Maybe "At the Havana" (1940).