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The World War II Database has it all: Event Summaries, Book Reviews, Participant Profiles, detailed specs on ships and aircraft, and 3600+ photos.

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  • Two-Ocean Navy Act

    Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 09:00

    Since the end of WW1, the United Kingdom had been the dominant naval power in Western Europe, as she had been historically, blocking vessels of any hostile European power from venturing too far west into the Altantic Ocean. Thus, the greater focus o...

  • US Navy Report of Japanese Raid on Pearl Harbor, Enclosure E, USS Ralph Talbot

    Posted on Sunday November 22nd, 2009 at 09:01

    A16-3/DD390/(067)UNITED STATES FLEETDESTROYERS, BATTLE FORCEU.S.S. Ralph Talbot (390)December 12, 1941. From: ...

  • Review: Brothers in Arms (Hell\'s Highway)

    Posted on Sunday November 22nd, 2009 at 09:01

    I recently picked up the third installment of the Brothers in Arms series (Hell's Highway), and it did not disappoint ($17.99 at Gamestop). The Good: the one thing that separates BiA from other WW2-themed FPS's is the gameplay......

  • Casablanca Conference Announcement

    Posted on Saturday November 21st, 2009 at 09:02

    The decisions reached and the actual plans made at Casablanca were not confined to any one theater of war or to any one continent or ocean or sea. Before this year is out, it will be made known to the world-in actions rather than words-that the Casab...

  • Shiro Ishii

    Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 09:00

    Shiro Ishii was born in Shibayama Village, Sanbu District, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. He studied medicine at the Kyoto Imperial University. In 1922, after joining the Japanese Army, he was assigned to the 1st Army Hospital and Army Medical School in ...

  • Kaganovich

    Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 09:00

    Kaganovich was laid down in 1938 and was commissioned in Vladivostok in the Russian Far East. However, she was not fully completed until 29 Jan 1947, thus missing all WW2 action. She was named for Joseph Stalin's associate Lazar Kaganovich; in 1945...

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5 stars Russ Miller

I am trying to find information on a documentary showed some years ago on the Military Channel of World War II. The TV documentary showed a soldier carrying another soldier out of a forest. The soldier being carried out could have been my brother Roger. I would appreciate any information I can get on how to obtain this documentary. Russ

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5 stars Melisende

Excellent - I don't know where you find the time to impart al this knowledge!

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Good blog on world war 2 - keep up the good work Peter.

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