According to the protagonist in Kurt Vonnegut's "Timequake":
"...The world's second unsucessful attempt to commit suicide."
"...The world's second unsucessful attempt to commit suicide."
A Japanese anti-tank mine in World War II? A 1000Kg bomb placed in a hole in the road with a Japanese soldier wielding a hammer.
by Pork King November 05, 2005
A war in which over 56 million lives were snubbed out and people like to debate about who made the biggest contribution in winning against the axis powers.
1939 - 1945 NOT 1937.
Country Men in war Battle deaths Wounded
Australia 1,000,000 26,976 180,864
Austria 800,000 280,000 350,117
Belgium 625,000 8,460 55,5131
Brazil2 40,334 943 4,222
Bulgaria 339,760 6,671 21,878
Canada 1,086,3437 42,0427 53,145
China3 17,250,521 1,324,516 1,762,006
Czechoslovakia — 6,6834 8,017
Denmark — 4,339 —
Finland 500,000 79,047 50,000
France — 201,568 400,000
Germany 20,000,000 3,250,0004 7,250,000
Greece — 17,024 47,290
Hungary — 147,435 89,313
India 2,393,891 32,121 64,354
Italy 3,100,000 149,4964 66,716
Japan 9,700,000 1,270,000 140,000
Netherlands 280,000 6,500 2,860
New Zealand 194,000 11,6254 17,000
Norway 75,000 2,000 —
Poland — 664,000 530,000
Romania 650,0005 350,0006 —
South Africa 410,056 2,473 —
U.S.S.R. — 6,115,0004 14,012,000
United Kingdom 5,896,000 357,1164 369,267
United States 16,112,566 291,557 670,846
Yugoslavia 3,741,000 305,000 425,000
All of the above except for the axis powers contributed to the end of the war and none should have there bravery taken away by overpatriotic fools.
To all our glorious dead. Lest we forget
1939 - 1945 NOT 1937.
Country Men in war Battle deaths Wounded
Australia 1,000,000 26,976 180,864
Austria 800,000 280,000 350,117
Belgium 625,000 8,460 55,5131
Brazil2 40,334 943 4,222
Bulgaria 339,760 6,671 21,878
Canada 1,086,3437 42,0427 53,145
China3 17,250,521 1,324,516 1,762,006
Czechoslovakia — 6,6834 8,017
Denmark — 4,339 —
Finland 500,000 79,047 50,000
France — 201,568 400,000
Germany 20,000,000 3,250,0004 7,250,000
Greece — 17,024 47,290
Hungary — 147,435 89,313
India 2,393,891 32,121 64,354
Italy 3,100,000 149,4964 66,716
Japan 9,700,000 1,270,000 140,000
Netherlands 280,000 6,500 2,860
New Zealand 194,000 11,6254 17,000
Norway 75,000 2,000 —
Poland — 664,000 530,000
Romania 650,0005 350,0006 —
South Africa 410,056 2,473 —
U.S.S.R. — 6,115,0004 14,012,000
United Kingdom 5,896,000 357,1164 369,267
United States 16,112,566 291,557 670,846
Yugoslavia 3,741,000 305,000 425,000
All of the above except for the axis powers contributed to the end of the war and none should have there bravery taken away by overpatriotic fools.
To all our glorious dead. Lest we forget
by krilled April 24, 2006
This covers the lead up to war and the war:
Japan invades Manchuria and aims to take the rest of China under the first two stages of the Tanaka Memorial (this starts the Second Sino-Japanese War), Hitler becomes Chancellor, Hinderburg dies-Hitler becomes Fuhrer, readies to invade Austria, but Mussolini mobilises and readies to go to war with Hitler if he invades (not many people know this), Anglo-German Naval Agreement, Britain allows hitler to build the Kriegsmarine to 35% the total tonnage of the Royal Navy, Mussolini invades Ethiopia, and hitler invades the Rhineland at the aame time, Spanish Civil War, Condor Legion of Germany and the Aviazione Legionaria of Italy help the Spanish Nationalists (in fact Germany and Italy were testing their militaries), Italy, Japan and German sigh a few treaties creating the Axis powers, Mussolini lets Hitler take Austria this time (the Austrian people wanted Anschluss, but the voters are kept under close observation by German Soldiers), Czechoslavkia, Britain and France tell Hitler to stop it, Hitler agrees but invades the rest six months later, Hitler invades Poland, angering Britain (Britain and Poland had a treaty), Britain gives Hitler and ultimatum, Hitler ignores it, Britain goes to war, France goes to war, Britain bombs German warships on the Kiel canal (not many people know this), Soviets invade Eastern Poland and sign the Russo-German Non-Agression Pact, Russian invades Finland for no reason (The Winter War), Russia condemned, Russia thrown out of League of Nations, Britain and France plan to send 100,000 and 50,000 men to Finland respectivly, Norway and Sweden don't allow this, Britain, France and America send planes to Finland, Finland overwhelmed, Russia takes parts of Finland, Hitler turns west, defeats Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France, Dunkirk, Battle of Britain, British defend their nation, British bomb Berlin, Hitler gets mad and flattens Coventy which kills thousands of innocent civilians, Hitler turns east again,British Swordfish attack German Warships at Petsamo and lose three aircraft it is meant to show support to the Soviet allies, Finland joins Hitler to try to get back areas of land lost to Russia (The Continuation War), Germany invades Russia, Britain declares war on Finland, Hurricanes of No. 151 Wing RAF provide air cover to Soviet troops, Hitler stopped at the gates of Moscow, Japan, tired of America's embargoes bombs Pearl Harbour, America declares war on Germany, Italy and Japan,Japanese sink Force Z, US and Filipino troops fight at the Battle of Bataan, the day after Manila is captured by the Japanese, Five days after that the Siege of Bataan begins, three days after that the last German raid on Liverpool destroys the home of Hitler's Nephew (lol), the day after Japan declares war on the Netherlands and the Netherlands East Indies, Japanese capture Kuala Lumpur, Japanese forces invade Burma, the Battle of Rabual begins, Thailand declares war the US and the UK, D. Roosevelt interns Japanese Americans and seizes their property, Japanese take Singapore (it was actually in a bluff as the Japanese were running out of ammo as they were finding it difficult getting it through the jungles), Japanese attack Darwin, Doolite Raid the first raid on Tokyo, Operation Anthropoid (Czech paratroopers attempt to assasinate Reinhard Heydrich), Japanese subs infiltrate Sydney Harbour, Axis forces capture Tobruk and a Japanese fires upon Fort Stevens, Oregon the same day, Battle of Coral Sea and Midway,Americans take Guadalcanal ,Operation Torch Allied forces land in North Africa, Afrika Core defeated, Allies take Sicily and invade Italy, Mussolini defeated, D-Day, Continuation War ends and Finland helps Britain and Russia expel German soldiers in Finland (The Lapland War) and Germans employ Scorched Earth on the whole of Northern Finland as they retreat to Norway, Allies in France head east, all allies attack Berlin, air-raids are becoming normal, German jet-fighters cause pain to B-17's and Lancaster's, in April the last Germans are expelled from Finland, ending the Lapland War, the allies take Berlin and Hitler commits suicide, Okinawa, allies re-take Burma and atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, end of WWII, not long after American and Russian relations take a nose-dive and the Cold War begins, the world enters the nuclear age, all forms of Nazism are outlawed in Germany.
Japan invades Manchuria and aims to take the rest of China under the first two stages of the Tanaka Memorial (this starts the Second Sino-Japanese War), Hitler becomes Chancellor, Hinderburg dies-Hitler becomes Fuhrer, readies to invade Austria, but Mussolini mobilises and readies to go to war with Hitler if he invades (not many people know this), Anglo-German Naval Agreement, Britain allows hitler to build the Kriegsmarine to 35% the total tonnage of the Royal Navy, Mussolini invades Ethiopia, and hitler invades the Rhineland at the aame time, Spanish Civil War, Condor Legion of Germany and the Aviazione Legionaria of Italy help the Spanish Nationalists (in fact Germany and Italy were testing their militaries), Italy, Japan and German sigh a few treaties creating the Axis powers, Mussolini lets Hitler take Austria this time (the Austrian people wanted Anschluss, but the voters are kept under close observation by German Soldiers), Czechoslavkia, Britain and France tell Hitler to stop it, Hitler agrees but invades the rest six months later, Hitler invades Poland, angering Britain (Britain and Poland had a treaty), Britain gives Hitler and ultimatum, Hitler ignores it, Britain goes to war, France goes to war, Britain bombs German warships on the Kiel canal (not many people know this), Soviets invade Eastern Poland and sign the Russo-German Non-Agression Pact, Russian invades Finland for no reason (The Winter War), Russia condemned, Russia thrown out of League of Nations, Britain and France plan to send 100,000 and 50,000 men to Finland respectivly, Norway and Sweden don't allow this, Britain, France and America send planes to Finland, Finland overwhelmed, Russia takes parts of Finland, Hitler turns west, defeats Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France, Dunkirk, Battle of Britain, British defend their nation, British bomb Berlin, Hitler gets mad and flattens Coventy which kills thousands of innocent civilians, Hitler turns east again,British Swordfish attack German Warships at Petsamo and lose three aircraft it is meant to show support to the Soviet allies, Finland joins Hitler to try to get back areas of land lost to Russia (The Continuation War), Germany invades Russia, Britain declares war on Finland, Hurricanes of No. 151 Wing RAF provide air cover to Soviet troops, Hitler stopped at the gates of Moscow, Japan, tired of America's embargoes bombs Pearl Harbour, America declares war on Germany, Italy and Japan,Japanese sink Force Z, US and Filipino troops fight at the Battle of Bataan, the day after Manila is captured by the Japanese, Five days after that the Siege of Bataan begins, three days after that the last German raid on Liverpool destroys the home of Hitler's Nephew (lol), the day after Japan declares war on the Netherlands and the Netherlands East Indies, Japanese capture Kuala Lumpur, Japanese forces invade Burma, the Battle of Rabual begins, Thailand declares war the US and the UK, D. Roosevelt interns Japanese Americans and seizes their property, Japanese take Singapore (it was actually in a bluff as the Japanese were running out of ammo as they were finding it difficult getting it through the jungles), Japanese attack Darwin, Doolite Raid the first raid on Tokyo, Operation Anthropoid (Czech paratroopers attempt to assasinate Reinhard Heydrich), Japanese subs infiltrate Sydney Harbour, Axis forces capture Tobruk and a Japanese fires upon Fort Stevens, Oregon the same day, Battle of Coral Sea and Midway,Americans take Guadalcanal ,Operation Torch Allied forces land in North Africa, Afrika Core defeated, Allies take Sicily and invade Italy, Mussolini defeated, D-Day, Continuation War ends and Finland helps Britain and Russia expel German soldiers in Finland (The Lapland War) and Germans employ Scorched Earth on the whole of Northern Finland as they retreat to Norway, Allies in France head east, all allies attack Berlin, air-raids are becoming normal, German jet-fighters cause pain to B-17's and Lancaster's, in April the last Germans are expelled from Finland, ending the Lapland War, the allies take Berlin and Hitler commits suicide, Okinawa, allies re-take Burma and atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, end of WWII, not long after American and Russian relations take a nose-dive and the Cold War begins, the world enters the nuclear age, all forms of Nazism are outlawed in Germany.
World War II killed millions
by Iameverywhereyetno-whereatall August 11, 2009
Briefly: A war in which aproximately 12 million allied soldiers and 33 million civilians lost their lives defending the freedoms many now take for granted.
by doc June 10, 2004
Yes it is true the Red Army contributed largely to the Allied victory, but they too committed many atrocities to the citizens of the various countries they occupied. Especially the Baltic countries, Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania were pretty wealthy, and had a standard of living on par with most of western Europe before World War II. However, Soviet occupation annihilated their economies, wealth, and severely damaged their environmental beauty.
by cheesypotato July 23, 2009
the yanks didnt single handedly turn the tide in the pacific. midway and the battle of the coral sea was fought with australia and the USA combining there forces to create a battle fleet to counter-attack the japs.
by filthy gee August 28, 2005
A war where American supremacists act like they did all the work. I'm not pro-german, nor am I saying they should have won, but it pisses me off when T.V. shows and documentaries give completely biased information towards U.S. troops. The American documentaries tend to talk about brave heroic actions and how American's broke through by themselves and without us, we would never have won the war. Here's a few reasons why the U.S. did nothing and had a complete advantage coming into the war in the first place.
1. They're out of bomber range. Every other country in Europe was heavily bombed heavily.
2. The German's had basically lost the war in the first place in early 1944 to Russia. After losing The Battle of Stalingrad and Leningrad and battles in the Caucasian areas, Russia was advancing many many miles a day.
3. Germany was drained of resources. It was running extremely low and the country, while stretched thin on its own fault, had EXTREMELY limited ammo, fuel, and manpower. 50% of troops in the western front against the U.S. and Britain were 35 year old + reserve troops and there were virtually no crack special forces units like the S.S.
(to be continued)
1. They're out of bomber range. Every other country in Europe was heavily bombed heavily.
2. The German's had basically lost the war in the first place in early 1944 to Russia. After losing The Battle of Stalingrad and Leningrad and battles in the Caucasian areas, Russia was advancing many many miles a day.
3. Germany was drained of resources. It was running extremely low and the country, while stretched thin on its own fault, had EXTREMELY limited ammo, fuel, and manpower. 50% of troops in the western front against the U.S. and Britain were 35 year old + reserve troops and there were virtually no crack special forces units like the S.S.
(to be continued)
by azndude1111 November 18, 2011