SECOND WORLD WAR

Wars & Treaties
Battles
Biographies
Weapons
Concepts

Wars & Treaties

Second World War (1939-1945)

Battles

Angaur and Ulithi, battle for, (Operation Stalemate II), September 1944
Arnhem, battle of 17 - 27 1944
Berlin, battle for, April – May 1945
Crete, German invasion of, Operation Mercury: 20 May-1 June 1941
Dieppe, raid on, 19 August 1942, (part one)
Dieppe Raid, 19 August 1942 (part two)
Guadalcanal, battle for (August 1942-February 1943)
Iwo Jima, battle of (Operation Detachment), February - March 1945
Makin, battle for, Operation Galvanic (2), November 1943
Market Garden, Operation September 17 - 27 1944
Mercury, Operation: The German Invasion of Crete, 20 May-1 June 1941
Midway, battle of, June 1942 (Pacific Ocean)
Midway: Turning Point in the Pacific Campaign 3 - 7 June 1942 (Longer article)
Okinawa, April-June 1945, I: Preparation"
Okinawa, April-June 1945, I: The Battle
Pearl Harbor: The Day of Infamy, 7 December 1941
Peleliu, battle for (Operation Stalemate II) - The Pacific War's Forgotten Battle, September-November 1944
Rutter, Operation, The Planned Attack on Dieppe, 7 July 1942
St. Nazaire, Raid on, (Operation Chariot), Part One
St. Nazaire, Raid on, (Operation Chariot), Part Two (28 March 1942)
Stalingrad, battle of
Tarawa, battle for, Operation Galvanic (1), November 1943

Biographies

Baskeyfield, Lance Sergeant John D., V.C 1944
Cunningham, Admiral Sir Andrew, 1883 - 1963
Wavell, General Sir Archibald, 1883 – 1950

Weapons, Armies & Units

The 25-pdr Field Gun 1939 - 1972: Part One
The 25-pdr Field Gun 1939 - 1972: Part Two
Char B1-B1 bis. Tank (1929-1942)
G4M 'Betty', Mitsubishi (Japan)
'G' Class Fleet Destroyer
HMS Glowworm
HMS Glorious
Matilda MK I / Mk II
Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC)
Sherman tank (1941)
Spitfire, Supermarine
Stuka, Junker JU 87
Thompson Sub Machine Gun (1918-1944)
Tiger II (KingTiger) main battle tank (MBT)
'Val', Aichi D3A
ZERO, Mitsubishi A6M (1939-1945)

Concepts