The U.S. state of Utah played a significant role in World War II, with its military bases, industrial capacity, and strategic location making it a key...
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World War II saw the largest scale of war crimes and crimes against humanity ever committed in an armed conflict, mostly against civilians and POWs. Most...
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World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history. An estimated total of 70–85 million people perished, or about 3% of the estimated global population...
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The military history of the United States during World War II covers the nation's role as one of the major Allies in their victory over the Axis Powers...
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Below is a list of video games that center on World War II for their setting. Alternate history franchise Indiana Jones in Revenge of the Ancients (1987)...
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The United States home front during World War II supported the war effort in many ways, including a wide range of volunteer efforts and submitting to...
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fight in the war. Almost 1500 Utah residents were casualties of World War II. Whenever these soldiers returned from the war, they wanted to attend school...
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The American Theater was a theater of operations during World War II including all continental American territory, and extending 200 miles (320 km) into...
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involvement in World War II from 1941–45, and played a central role in the Pacific War against Imperial Japan. It also assisted the British Royal Navy in the...
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This is a timeline of events that occurred during 1944 in World War II. 3: Major Gregory Pappy Boyington, the USMC fighter ace, was shot down after downing...
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of German resident aliens and German-American citizens occurred in the United States during the periods of World War I and World War II. During World...
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occupation of the city. After the American entrance into World War I, Utah was stationed at Berehaven in Bantry Bay, Ireland, where she protected convoys from...
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During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Utah for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters...
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as 25,000 Native Americans in World War II fought actively: 21,767 in the Army, 1,910 in the Navy, 874 in the Marines, 121 in the Coast Guard, and several...
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World War II saw the end of the battleship as the dominant force in the world's navies. At the outbreak of the war, large fleets of battleships—many inherited...
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During the early years of World War II, Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated from their homes on the West Coast because military leaders and public...
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the entrance of the United States into World War II. The US had previously been officially neutral but subsequently entered the Pacific War, and after Italy's...
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Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (redirect from Theodore Roosevelt II)
son of President Theodore Roosevelt and First Lady Edith Roosevelt. Roosevelt is known for his World War II service, including the directing of troops...
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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...
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Below is an incomplete list of fictional feature films or miniseries released since 1990 which feature events of World War II in the narrative. The film or...
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Robert Walker (actor, born 1918) (category Burials in Utah)
boy-next-door roles, often as a World War II soldier. One of these roles was opposite his first wife, Jennifer Jones, in the World War II epic Since You...
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operations during World War II. Naval historians such as Evan Mawdsley, Richard Overy, and Craig Symonds concluded that World War II's decisive victories...
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Utah (/ˈjuːtɑː/ YOO-tah, /ˈjuːtɔː/ YOO-taw) is a state in the Southwest United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region...
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Hill Air Force Base (redirect from Hill AFB, Utah)
List of Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) documentation of Hill AFB List of United States Air Force installations Utah World War II Army Airfields...
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Moab (/ˈmoʊ.æb/ ) is the largest city and county seat of Grand County in eastern Utah in the western United States, known for its dramatic scenery. The...
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Fort Douglas (redirect from Fort Douglas (Utah))
Historic Landmark in 1975, for its role in the Civil War and in furthering the settlement of Utah. Early in the Civil War, the threat of violence increased...
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American Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II and the Gulf War. It also includes US involvement in widespread periods of conflict...
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University of Utah (the U, U of U, or simply Utah) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah. It was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret...
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of armed forces in World War II, in part due to the German occupation. In 1940, General Maurice Gamelin commanded the French Army, headquartered in Vincennes...
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here. d. ^ World War I figures include expeditions in North Russia and Siberia. See also World War I casualties da.^ World War II Note: as of March 31,...
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