By 1941, the US Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act which provided aid to Great Britain. In June 1941, Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa which ordered the German invasion of the Soviet Union. At the same time, the Final Solution or extermination of the Jewish race was also introduced by ...
The Rape of Nanking, also known as the Nanking Massacre happened during the Sino-Japanese war and is said to have been a brutal murder of between 40,000 and 300,000 civilians in China’s capital city. The massacre happened over six weeks in December of 1937 and is considered the worst a...
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Known as 'The White Death' Simo Häyhä fought during the Winter War (1939–1940) between Finland and the Soviet Union. Häyhä served as a sniper for the Finnish Army. He earned his nickname, The White Death, for the all white camouflage he would wear. In his career he earned 50...
Winston Churchill WW2When people ask “who is Winston Churchill?”, the first answer that comes to mind is usually related to his role as one of the most central figures of World War II. Indeed, Churchill was not just Britain’s leader during the war, but one of the key figures who ...
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Germany and the Soviet Union made a secret agreement known as the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, which required tacit Soviet support for the invasion plan and involved the partitioning of Poland. British-Polish Alliance and Postponement of Attack (August 1939): ...
Thunderbolts served in a number of other countries’ air forces as well. More than 800 went to Britain and Commonwealth powers during the war. Free France operated nearly 500 of the aircraft too. As many as 400 Jugs were also transferred to the Soviet Union underLend Lease, where they larg...