enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. California during World War II - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_during_World_War_II

    California during World War II was a major contributor to the World War II effort. California's long Pacific Ocean coastline provided the support needed for the Pacific War. California also supported the war in Europe. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, most of California's manufacturing was shifted to the war effort ...

  3. Battle of Los Angeles - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Los_Angeles

    The Battle of Los Angeles, also known as the Great Los Angeles Air Raid, is the name given by contemporary sources to a rumored attack on the continental United States by Imperial Japan and the subsequent anti-aircraft artillery barrage which took place from late 24 February to early 25 February 1942, over Los Angeles, California.

  4. Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical ...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_the_Riveter_World...

    Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park is a United States national historical park located in Richmond, California, near San Francisco.The park preserves and interprets the legacy of the United States home front during World War II, including the Kaiser Richmond Shipyards, the Victory ship SS Red Oak Victory, a tank factory, housing developments and other facilities ...

  5. Desert Training Center - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Training_Center

    Desert Training Center map US Army 1943. The Desert Training Center (DTC), also known as California–Arizona Maneuver Area (CAMA), was a World War II training facility established in the Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert, largely in Southern California and Western Arizona in 1942.

  6. Wikipedia : Featured pictures/History/World War II

    en.wikipedia.org/.../History/World_War_II

    An appeal to self-interest during World War II, by the United States Office of War Information (restored by Yann) Wait for Me, Daddy , by Claude P. Dettloff (restored by Yann ) Selection on the ramp at Auschwitz-Birkenau at Auschwitz Album , by the Auschwitz Erkennungsdienst (restored by Yann )

  7. San Francisco Port of Embarkation - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Port_of...

    The Port of Embarkation in the Overseas Supply System, 1942 Army ports: Passengers and tons of cargo embarked during the period December 1941 – August 1945.. The San Francisco Port of Embarkation (SFPOE) was a United States Army command responsible for movement of supplies and troops to and from the Pacific during World War II with extensive facilities in the San Francisco area.

  8. Massive World War II-era blimp hangar burns in Southern ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/news/massive-world-war-ii-era...

    Fire raged Tuesday in a massive World War II-era wooden hangar that was built to house military blimps based in Southern California. The Orange County Fire Authority said in a social media post ...

  9. History of California (1900–present) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_California_(1900...

    The Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park was established on the shipyard site to commemorate and interpret the role of the home front in winning World War II. Richmond Shipyards Images [98] [99] Map of Kaiser-Permanente Yard #1, #2, #3 and #4 [100] Kaiser Shipyards [99]