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Further speaking to the success of the Japanese government, there were only ~1000 deserters every year for the six years of World War II. In comparison, ~40,000 Americans and more than 100,000 British servicemen deserted during World War II. While there was some resistance from the Japanese, most were supportive of the WW II efforts. In fact ...
Miller, Sally M., and Daniel A. Cornford eds. American Labor in the Era of World War II (1995), essays by historians, mostly on California; Lichtenstein, Nelson. Labor's War at Home: The CIO in World War II (2003) Wynn, Neil A. The Afro-American and the Second World War (1977) Vatter, Howard. The U.S. Economy in World War II Columbia University ...
The Home Guard (initially Local Defence Volunteers or LDV) was an unpaid armed citizen militia supporting the 'Home Forces' of the British Army during the Second World War.
This is a Timeline of the United Kingdom home front during World War II covering Britain 1939–45. For a narrative history and bibliography of the home front see United Kingdom home front during World War II , as well as history of Scotland § Second World War 1939–45 and history of Northern Ireland § Second World War . [ 1 ]
The use of slave and forced labour in Nazi Germany (German: Zwangsarbeit) and throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II took place on an unprecedented scale. [2] It was a vital part of the German economic exploitation of conquered territories. It also contributed to the mass extermination of populations in occupied Europe.
Civilian Public Service firefighting crew at Snowline Camp near Camino, California, 1945. The Civilian Public Service (CPS) was a program of the United States government that provided conscientious objectors with an alternative to military service during World War II.
By the start of World War II in Europe in 1939, around 250,000 of Germany's 437,000 Jews had emigrated to the United States, British Mandatory Palestine, Great Britain, and other countries. [10] [11] After the invasion of Poland in September 1939, Hitler ordered that the Polish leadership and intelligentsia be destroyed. [12]
This is a timeline of events of World War II in 1939 from the start of the war on 1 September 1939. For events preceding September 1, 1939, see the timeline of events preceding World War II. Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 brought many countries into the war. This event, and the declaration of war by France and Britain two days ...