Prophetic cartoon from a US newspaper from 1920

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History of WW2

Battles, Military Production and Personages of WW2.

Ju 52 landed on Maleme airfield
Ju 52 landed on Maleme airfield
Operation Merkur (Mercury), the 'Battle of Crete'. German Plan of Attack and assault troops, deployed forces, intelligence, the fighting and
Soldiers of the 69th US Division and the Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front
Soldiers of the 69th US Division and the Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front
Second World War, overview of the course from 1943 to 1945 with the defeat of the Axis powers by the
pilots were running to their Spitfires
pilots were running to their Spitfires
The Battle of Britain in 1940-1941. Operation Sea lion, strengths of the German Navy and Luftwaffe vs RAF, the air
Altmark
Altmark
Operation Weser Crossing (Unternehmen Weserübung), the German invasion of Denmark and Norway in April 1940. The six-month hiatus known as
Japanes aircraft factory
Japanes aircraft factory
Military production and imports of Japan in World War II. The annual Japanese armaments and military equipment production (excluding ammunition)
Outbreak of British infantry from Tobruk
Outbreak of British infantry from Tobruk
From August 1941 until the end of the Siege of Tobruk in December 1941 (Part III). Australians withdrawn and replaced
Control of territories
Control of territories
The map of the control of territories in the European theater of war from 1942-45. Above is the strategic map
Geramn infantry on Panzers
Geramn infantry on Panzers
German Orders of Battle of 11 May 1942 and the Planning of the Summer Offensive (Operation Blue). Here to the
Roosevelt is talking with his foreign minister Cordell Hull.
Roosevelt is talking with his foreign minister Cordell Hull.
Part III of 'Why did Hitler declare war on the US?' Back to PART II: The 'undeclared war' of the
German assault party Tobruk
German assault party Tobruk
The Siege of Tobruk, from April to December 1941 (Part II). Rommel’s attack on the defensive perimeter, trench warfare and
The pensive Hitler
The pensive Hitler
The Five Faces of Adolf Hitler. An attempt to describe the character of the German leader or 'Fuehrer' of the
German infantry, armed with 98K rifles as well as grenade throwers
German infantry, armed with 98K rifles as well as grenade throwers
Could had Operation Barbarossa - Hitler's attack on Soviet Russia - a different course and why was the invasion carried
Tobruk harbour
Tobruk harbour
The siege of Tobruk from April to December 1941. Tobruk is a tiny but significant harbor on the coastline of
Ein Volk Reich Fuehrer
Ein Volk Reich Fuehrer
Collection of pictures about Adolf Hitler. Hitler was the driving force and uncontested leader of National Socialism, whose rise and
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
A compressed Biography of the German Führer (Leader) of the Third Reich and Supreme Commander Armed Forces, Adolf Hitler (1889-1945).
P-63 Kingcobra lend-lease aircrafts for Russia
P-63 Kingcobra lend-lease aircrafts for Russia
Lend-Lease tanks and aircraft for the Red Army 1941 to 1945. Figures of supplied armored vehicle and aircraft types from
Narrow missed hit on a Allied destroyer
Narrow missed hit on a Allied destroyer
Artic convoys to Russia in 1941 and 1942. First convoys, the destruction of PQ-17 and losses of PQ-18, new tactics
Panzer III under fire at Kursk
Panzer III under fire at Kursk
Battle of Kursk in July 1943, the greatest tank battle in military history. The strategic decisions, preparations, the German offensive
German NOC in front of a burning hut
German NOC in front of a burning hut
German Orders of Battle from 3 September 1941 and the Eastern Front after the successful start of Operation Barbarossa from
assembly line at Avro's Woodford plant
assembly line at Avro's Woodford plant
British and Commonwealth arms production in WW2 from 1939-1945. Following are tables of the British and Commonwealth armaments and military

Prophetic cartoon from a US newspaper from 1920
Prophetic cartoon from a US newspaper from 1920 after the Treaty of Versailles which ended WWI – the French P.M. Clemenceau (nicknamed the ‘Tiger’) leaving the conference, which had met to ensure peace, hears one of the children it had doomed to become a soldier in 1940 weeping at his fate.
WW2 History defines that war as beginning in 1939 in Europe with the battles for Poland.
Post-Versailles Poland was a country of some 24 million. Poland was only 75 percent Polish; the rest was Russian or Ukrainian in the east or German in the west. The Polish Corridor (including the port of Danzig) not only was heavily German but separated East Prussia from the Fatherland, a source of tension that Hitler eagerly exploited.

Poland had beaten the Red Army during the Russian civil wars after 1918 and remained impressive enough to motivate France to sign a mutual defense treaty in the 1920s. But if the Poles detested Germany, they detested Russia even more and so rejected French entreaties to permit Soviet troops into Poland if Germany attacked.
By mid-1939 Hitler, deprived of war in Czechoslovakia, was committed to one in Poland. Despite the Franco-Polish treaty and the growing alarm in London, he did not think the West would interfere, particularly after he signed a startling nonaggression and trade pact with Premier Joseph Stalin that included a secret protocol allowing the Soviets to occupy eastern Poland in case of war.
Even so, the Poles did not altogether despair. They believed that France and Britain would eventually respond and that the Polish army could withstand the Wehrmacht for many months, long enough for the West to mobilize and confront Hitler with what he feared most – a two-front war. This proved only partly accurate. When the Germans attacked on September 1, France and Britain, after issuing an ultimatum, did declare war. But they intended less to fight for Poland, which they considered indefensible without Russian involvement, than to signal to Hitler that they would fight him at some point.
The Poles moreover did not hold out, largely because the Germans fought a war that emphasized surprise and velocity as well as firepower. However, WW2 History has begun…

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