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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to World War II : World War II, or the Second World War was a global military conflict that was fought between September 1, 1939, and September 2, 1945. The war pitted two major military alliances against each other: the Allies of the United States, Soviet Union, United ...
Harold Raynsford Stark authored the memo. The Plan Dog memorandum was a 1940 American government document written by Chief of Naval Operations Harold Stark. It has been called "one of the best known documents of World War II ." [1] Confronting the problem of an expected two-front war against Germany and Italy in Europe and Japan in the Pacific ...
The final battles of the European theatre of World War II continued after the definitive surrender of Nazi Germany to the Allies, signed by Field marshal Wilhelm Keitel on 8 May 1945 ( VE Day) in Karlshorst, Berlin. After German leader Adolf Hitler 's suicide and handing over of power to grand admiral Karl Dönitz on the last day of April 1945 ...
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Summary. English: Blank map of Europe with national borders, as they stood from March to September 1939 (just before World War II). English: This map is part of a series of historical political maps of Europe. All maps by Alphathon and based upon Blank map of Europe.svg unless otherwise stated.
Royal assent. 5 September 1939. Expired. 22 May 1952 [ 1] Status: Expired. The National Registration Act 1939 ( 2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 91) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom. [ 2] The initial National Registration Bill was introduced to Parliament as an emergency measure at the start of the Second World War .
Pages in category "Identity documents of Nazi Germany". The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Paper Salvage 1939–50. Wartime paper salvage propaganda poster. Paper Salvage was a part of a programme launched by the British Government in 1939 at the outbreak of the Second World War to encourage the recycling of materials to aid the war effort, and which continued to be promoted until 1950.