US in WW2

Several high-ranking Nazis killed themselves as the war was ending, including Hitler and Eva Braun. Also, Goering killed himself while in prison.

The American flag, Uncle Sam, the dome of the Capitol building and a caricature of the President are four symbols used in political cartoons. The liberty bell and Independence Hall are sometimes used.

By 1776 a typical infantry regiment had a regimental staff and eight companies. Along with three field officers and six staff officers, the regimental staff included four staff NCOs: a sergeant major, a quartermaster sergeant, and two lead musicians (a drum major and a fife major).

== == No you can't do it on-line. The records are held by the Ministry of Defence (Records) office in Glasgow. You can apply yourself by downloading an application form from: http://www.veterans-uk.info/service_records/army.html The charge is £30:00 and you will have a long wait, the second option is to use the services of a military researcher who will fast-track the application in about 5/7 weeks, the fee is about £70. There is the added bonus of the researcher helping with queries and added information. The best service at present for this is provided by: www.findasoldier.co.uk

Women were forbidden to be in combat, but that doesn't mean they didn't serve. Thanks to the efforts of a congresswoman from Massachusetts (Edith Nourse Rogers) and a Texas businesswoman and lawyer (Oveta Culp Hobby), women were able to enter the military for the first time during WW2. They served as WACs (Women's Army Corps), WAVES (Women's Naval Auxiliary), etc. Their roles were largely clerical, although some were also ham radio operators or involved with supply functions; but there were also some women aviators who actually flew supply runs and put their lives in great danger. The best known of these was Jacqueline Cochran. So, regarding how many women "fought", probably not that many. How many served? A sizable number, as all of the news magazines of the early 1940s noted with pride.

Yes. The atomic bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945 on Hiroshima. Anotherbomd was dropped on Nagasaki on August 9, 1941. Japan surrendered on August 15, 1941. After the recent declassification of documents relating to Harry S Truman (the US president at the time of the bombings), there is evidence that Japan was already willing to surrender and the bombs were not needed. Some believe that the bombs were dropped not to win WW2, but rather to demonstrate to USSR (whom the US already saw as their next adversary, although allies during WW2) that the US had such a potent weapon.

165th Combat Engineers landed in St Germain 27JUL44 and served in Germany as Engineers for the 2nd Free French Infantry in the Liberation Of Strassburg 24-30NOV44, among so many other duties. Please look for website dedicated to this forgotten unit in the near future. My grandfather was a SSGT in this unit and I am still trying to transcibe all his notes, and the unit also has a book that was printed called "IS THIS IT" by Richard Ross Reibert. I also have a unit map and alot of pictures. The unit was born at Camp Dorn on 5May43, and was commanded by LTC Charles Schilling. For more information please email 165thcombatengww2@gmail.com

According to the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the population in Japan in October 1940 was estimated to be 73,114,308; in November 1945 the population was estimated at 71,998,104. Japan was visibly a thriving country that was hit very hard by the bombing.
The Little Boy atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima level over fifty percent of the city and killed seventy thousand people instantly and they estimate over 100,000 people in total. Many died from the burns, radiation poisoning and cancers or other diseases. Outside the initial blast zone a lot of damage was done too but not as much as the initial blast zone did. They rebuilt the city and it is very beautiful now.

Some estimates were that more than 1 million Allied soldiers would have died as well as over a million Japanese during the initial invasion plus the many hundreds of thousands who would have died during "conventional bombing" during invasion preparation.

The Confederate President, Jefferson Davis (an ex-soldier), gave the order to fire on Fort Sumter - the first shots of the war.

The order was carried out by General P.G.T. Beauregard, who was also in command at the war's first pitched battle, Manassas (Bull Run). Although there was some disagreement with General Joseph E. Johnston over seniority at this battle, Johnston did concede some authority to Beauregard, because of the latter's familiarity with the terrain.

Rations were necessary world wide during World War II because the prolonged wars and vast amount of troops required much of the food production to survive.

Food was not much of a problem in the US. Gasoline was rationed to reduce domestic consumption and make sure that the war machine had what it needed.

Part of the reason was to make the public focus on the war effort. Some products as laundry detergent were not rationed even though they were in short supply.

World War II (1940–1945) Total US service members--16,112,566 Battle deaths--291,557 Other deaths in service (nontheater)--113,842 Nonmortal woundings--671,846

kiled 116,516 wounded 204,002 missing/pow4.500

1. No declaration of war against the American Indian Nations.

2. No declaration of war against the Confederate States of America (which technically was an illegal war on the part of the Confederacy; they all could have been hung for high treason (same with the Revolutionary War of 1776) if the US Government had wished to pursue the matter. Secondly, a "declaration of war" against the Confederacy would have pronounced VICTORY for them as such a "declaration" would have recognized the Confederate States of America as a legitimate nation; which is exactly what the Confederacy was fighting for to begin with & which is exactly what the United States was fighting against).

3. No declaration of war against North Korea in 1950.

4. No declaration of war against Red China in 1950.

5. No declaration of war against North Vietnam during the course of US involvement.

6. No declaration of war during any of the post Vietnam War military campaigns; Operations Urgent Fury (Grenada), Just Cause (Panama), Desert Storm (Iraq/Kuwait), Restore Hope (Somalia), Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan), Iraqi Freedom (Iraq), or Odessey Dawn (Libya).

After the event of Pearl Harbor, Americans felt threatened by the Japanese-Americans. The Americans thought the Japanese-Americans on the East coast had contact with their kind in Japan and that they should cut that conact. They immedietly started moving all Japanese-Americans to interment camps all over, but left them the choice of either going to the camps, or going to Japan. Not many moved back to Japan, feeling defient and angry. The Japanese-Americans lived in their camp for under ten years, and then where allowed to leave.

Commanders and leaders

United States Dwight Eisenhower
(Supreme Allied Commander)
United States Anthony McAuliffe (101st Airborne Division)
United States Omar N. Bradley (12th U.S. Army Group)
United States Courtney Hodges (1st U.S. Army)
United States George S. Patton (3rd U.S. Army)
United Kingdom Bernard Montgomery (21st Army Group)

John Mauchly and Presper Eckert.

They based the machine's architecture and programming system on Vannevar Bush's mechanical analog Differential Analyzer at MIT and "stole" the idea for digital processing from John Vincent Atanasoff in Ames, Iowa. The decimal accumulators used ring counters acting as an electronic implementation of the wheels of the adding machines in use at the time.

Japan never had a president. Instead, they had an emperor. The emperor at that time during WWII was Emp. Hirohito. He died in 1989.

Considering children to be those 18 years of age and younger there were 13 killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor: ADAMS John Kalauwae, age 18, CIVILIAN, HONOLULU ARAKAKI Nancy Masako, age 8, CIVILIAN, HONOLULU FAUFATA Matilda Kaliko, age 12, CIVILIAN, HONOLULU FOSTER Rowena Kamohaulani, age 3, CIVILIAN, PEARL CITY HIRASAKI Jackie Yoneto, age 8 CIVILIAN, HONOLULU HIRASAKI Robert Yoshito, age 3 CIVILIAN, HONOLULU HIRASAKI Shirley Kinue, age 2 CIVILIAN, HONOLULU MANGANELLI George Jay, age 14 CIVILIAN, HONOLULU ODA Yaeko Lillian, age 6 CIVILIAN, EWA OHTA Janet Yumiko, age 3 months CIVILIAN, HONOLULU ORNELLAS Barbara June, age 8 CIVILIAN, HONOLULU ORNELLAS Gertrude, age 16 CIVILIAN, HONOLULU WILSON, Eunice, age 7 months CIVILIAN, HONOLULU

he had the element of surprise. the japanese thought that they were going to an island with little supplies and little defense but in actuality they were falling into a trap. upon their arrival they find that midway is heavily defended despite what they were told in decoded messages.

The 110th and 112th Regiments were almost definitely in the Mortain/Sourdeval region on August 12th. The Battle of Mortain lasted 7th-12th August, So it's likely to assume they were in the Region on the 11th August aswe

Soldiers of the 28th ID liberated Sourdeval on the 13th August.

The Japanese launch code was "Tora Tora Tora" Tora translates into "tiger" in English.

The construction of the first motorcycle is credited to Gottlieb Daimler (working with Wilhelm Maybach), who adapted an internal combustion engine (a downsized version of Daimler's own "grandfather clock engine") to a bicycle in November of 1885. (It never went into production.) There are a number of records of steam powered bikes that date back further, however. The earliest recorded use of steam to power a motorcycle may very well have been by American (who else?) Sylvester Howard Roper of Roxbury, Massachusetts, who was demonstrating his vehicle at fairs and circuses in the northern east coast of the U.S. in 1867. If a picture is worth a thousand words, there are several thousand words just a mouse click away at Steve's site. All the pics are there in one place. By the way, the first motorcycle made for sale was the Hildebrand & Wolfmüller built in 1894. The Wikipedia links are provided.

All branches of the US armed forces are responsible for the preparation for war and prosecution of war