colored rainbow ribbon of the Allied WorldWar I VictoryMedalUnitedStatesWorldWar I VictoryMedal ... from the WorldWar I First WorldWar is the WorldWar I VictoryMedalUnitedStatesWorldWar ...No footnotes date December 2010 Infobox Military Award name WorldWarIIVictoryMedal image Image WWIIVictory.gif 120px caption WorldWarIIVictoryMedal awarded by Department of the Army br Department ... same lower Army of Occupation Medal or BR Navy Occupation Service Medal image2 Image WorldWarIIVictoryMedal ribbon.svg 100px Ribbon for WorldWarIIVictoryMedal BR BR Image Streamer WWII V.PNG 230px Streamer for WorldWarIIVictoryMedal caption2 Ribbon bar and Campaign streamer of the medal The WorldWarIIVictoryMedal is a campaign medal of the UnitedStates military which was created by an act of UnitedStates Congress Congress in July 1945. The medal commemorates military service during WorldWarII and is awarded to any member of the UnitedStates military, including members of the armed ..., between December 7, 1941 and December 31, 1946. The WorldWarIIVictoryMedal was first issued ... which was referred to as the WorldWarIIVictoryMedal. The medal s front depicts Nike mythology ... Sheet Ribbon, WorldWarIIVictoryMedal url http assist.daps.dla.mil docimages A 0000 0000 9053 ... WorldWarIIVictoryMedal url http www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil Awards World 20War 20II 20Victory ... es Medalla de Victoria Segunda Guerra Mundial fr WorldWarIIVictoryMedal id WorldWarIIVictoryMedal nl WorldWarIIVictoryMedal ru tr II. D nya Sava ... global conflict. There is no minimum service time limit for the issuance of the WorldWarIIVictory ... by WorldWarII combatants. The thin white lines separating the central red band from the outer ... having been a veteran of WorldWarII. The reason for this late date is that President Harry S. Truman ... Reverse File WWII Seal.JPG The National WorldWarII Memorial has an engraving of it in one of the two ... more details
same image2 Image WorldWar I VictoryMedal ribbon.svg 100px BR BR Image Streamer WWI V.PNG 230px caption2 The WorldWar I VictoryMedal is a decoration of the UnitedStates military which was first created .... The UnitedStates Army published orders authorizing the WorldWar I VictoryMedal in April 1919 and the U.S. ... In 1945, the WorldWarIIVictoryMedal was created as the Victory Ribbon . Between 1945 and 1947 ... Ribbon became a full sized medal as the WorldWarIIVictoryMedal, the WorldWar I VictoryMedal adopted ... Victory Medals of WorldWar I UnitedStates fr M daille Interalli e 1914 1918 it Medaglia interalleata ...Use dmy dates date February 2012 Infobox Military Award name WorldWar I VictoryMedal image Image Ww1vm.gif caption WorldWar I VictoryMedal awarded by Department of the Army br Department of the Navy ... Historical Center, WorldWar I VictoryMedal ref Criteria Originally known simply as the VictoryMedal , the WorldWar I VictoryMedal was awarded to any member of the U.S. military who had served ... cfr 2008 julqtr 32cfr578.54.htm 578.54 WorldWar I VictoryMedal ref 6 April 1917 to 11 November ... of seniority, the devices authorized to the WorldWar I VictoryMedal were as follows Silver Citation Star The Citation Star Silver Citation Star to the WorldWar I VictoryMedal was authorized ... in major ground conflicts. UnitedStates campaigns in WorldWar I Aisne 27 May 5 June 1918 Aisne 27 May to 5 June 1918 UnitedStates campaigns in WorldWar I Aisne Marne, 18 July 6 August 1918 Aisne Marne 18 July to 6 August 1918 UnitedStates campaigns in WorldWar I Cambrai, 20 November 4 December ... November 1918 UnitedStates campaigns in WorldWar I Montdidier Noyon, 9 13 June 1918 Montdidier Noyon 9 13 June 1918 UnitedStates campaigns in WorldWar I Oise Aisne, 18 August 11 November 1918 ... April 1918 UnitedStates campaigns in WorldWar I Somme Offensive, 8 August 11 November 1918 Somme Offensive 8 August to 11 November 1918 UnitedStates campaigns in WorldWar I Vittorio Veneto, 24 ... more details
The UnitedStates participated in WorldWarII in several different ways. The following articles cover the respective topics UnitedStates home front during WorldWarII activities on the Home Front during WorldWarII Military history of the UnitedStates during WorldWarII the Military Role of the US in WorldWarII DAB ... more details
Fatherland novel Fatherland . A German or axis victory in WorldWarII is a common concept in alternate history . WorldWarII alternate histories are one of the two most popular point of divergence points of divergence in the English language the other being the American Civil War alternate histories American Civil War . ref cite web url http www.sfsite.com silverag october.html title Alternate ... 10 19 ref Such writings express visions of what the world would be like had the Axis powers of Nazi Germany Germany , Kingdom of Italy 1861 1946 Italy and Imperial Japan Japan won WorldWarII. ref ... rather than Cambridge , settling into a cold war with the UnitedStates in a particularly cruel ... The Iron Dream by Norman Spinrad Fantasy analogue of WorldWarII Farthing novel Farthing , Ha penny ... history worldwarII operation sea lion invasion of britain.shtml Alternate History After the Nazis Won WorldWarII by Fredric Smoler http www.sfgate.com cgi bin article.cgi?file chronicle archive ... The Afrika Reich Category WorldWarII alternate histories Link FL ru ko 2 ru .... In some cases, the Axis powers Axis is depicted as having won in Europe, but the UnitedStates ... UnitedStates as far south as South Carolina and as far west as central Ohio. In 1996 ... . All of these themes have obvious implications for actual UnitedStates politics at the time of writing ... Imperial Germany won the WWI First WorldWar with the whole world ending up under a centuries long oppressive ... WorldWar Two The Rewrite url http www.independent.co.uk arts entertainment films features world ... and the Empire of Japan conquer the whole world and there is none left to confront them Swastika ... the world when all hope seems lost and In the Presence of Mine Enemies posits a victorious Nazi regime eventually undergoing an analogue of Perestroyka . In some cases, the Nazi victory nightmare is reversed ... History , Timewyrm Exodus , Philadelphia Experiment II and the two part Star Trek Enterprise television ... more details
main Military history of the UnitedStates during WorldWarII main Pacific War The History of the UnitedStates Navy UnitedStates Navy grew rapidly in WorldWarII 1941 45 , and played the central role ..., History of UnitedStates Naval Operations in WorldWarII. Vol. 8, New Guinea and the Marianas 1962 ... UnitedStates Navy, History of Category UnitedStates in WorldWarII ... States Naval Operations in WorldWarII. Vol. 5 The Struggle for Guadalcanal, August 1942 February ... 189 7 Morison, Samuel Eliot. The Two Ocean War A Short History of the UnitedStates Navy in the Second WorldWar 1963 ISBN 1591145244 Morison, History of UnitedStates Naval Operations in WorldWar ... s Seminal Naval Victory of WorldWarII 2007 Smith, Steven. Wolf Pack The American Submarine Strategy ... into a formidable force in the years prior to WorldWarII , with battleship production being restarted ... American entry into the war, the U.S. Navy grew tremendously as the UnitedStates was faced with a two ... of Okinawa . ref Samuel Eliot Morison, Two Ocean War A Short History of the UnitedStates ... of all the other combatant nations in WorldWarII. ref name Tread cite book last Crocker III first ... ref By war s end in 1945, the UnitedStates Navy had added hundreds of new ships, including ... of Air Power in WorldWarII The Navy Experience, Military Affairs, Vol. 14, No. Winter 1950 , pp ... list was short by WorldWarII standards perhaps most importantly, the US did not lose its three aircraft ..., The Oxford Essential Guide to WorldWarII 2002 p 279 ref Naval technology Technology and industrial ... of WorldWarII 1997 ref Naval aviation In WorldWar I the Navy explored aviation, both land ... 1992 vol 2 ch 1 13 Sandler, Stanley. WorldWarII in the Pacific An Encyclopedia 2000 Spector, Ronald ... of WorldWar Two Pen & Sword Military Classics 2003 Blair, Clay Silent Victory The U.S. Submarine War ... Turkey Shoot of WorldWarII 2005 . Y Blood William T. The Little Giants U.S. Escort Carriers ... more details
File American WorldWarII senior military officials, 1945.JPEG thumb right 300px alt Key American military officials in Europe, 1945 see also UnitedStates Navy in WorldWarII Air warfare of WorldWarII The military history of the UnitedStates during WorldWarII covers the WorldWarII against ... II cquote Without UnitedStates home front during WorldWarII American production Allies of WorldWarII the United Nations could never have won the war. center small Joseph Stalin during a dinner ..., History of UnitedStates Naval Operations in WorldWarII. Vol. 5 The Struggle for Guadalcanal, August ... of WorldWarII The UnitedStates contributed several forces to the China Burma India theater ... Air warfare of WorldWarII Numerous bombing runs were launched by the UnitedStates aimed at the industrial ... surrendered. The military effort was strongly supported by UnitedStates home front during WorldWar ... P. Hayes, The history of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in WorldWarII The War Against Japan 1953 ref ... the UnitedStates was taking an active part in the war, despite its nominal neutrality. In spring ... that war with the UnitedStates was inevitable its only hope was to strike first. President ... the casualty list was short by WorldWarII standards. Tokyo s calculation that the Americans .... The Battle of Midway was the turning point of the war in the Pacific because the UnitedStates had ... the resounding victory at Midway, the UnitedStates began a major land offensive. The Allies came ..., WorldWarII &mdash Island Hopping, 1942 1945 , USHistory.com. ref Because air power was crucial .... ref Wesley Frank Craven and James Lea Cate, The Army Air Forces In WorldWarII Vol 7 Services ... A. Coleman, Medical support of the Army Air Forces in WorldWarII 1955 p 851 ref Marine Aviation ... planes. ref Robert Lee Sherrod, History of Marine Corps Aviation in WorldWarII 1952 ref Guadalcanal ... Essential Guide to WorldWarII 2002 p 279 ref Strategic Bombing of Japan main Air raids on Japan ... more details
This page, UnitedStates home front during WorldWarII , covers the efforts by civilians inside the UnitedStates, 1940 1945, to support the war effort in WorldWarII . See also Military history of the UnitedStates during WorldWarII . For international comparisons see Home front during WorldWarII for American comparisons see UnitedStates home front during WorldWarII and Union American Civil ... problem ended in the UnitedStates with the preparations leading up to WorldWarII. Greater wartime ... created a number of military unit insignias for the UnitedStates forces during WorldWarII, including ... of the UnitedStates during WorldWarII Rosie the Riveter Rosie the Riveter WorldWarII Home Front ... Time The Arm Behind the Army UnitedStates home front during WorldWar I Notes Reflist References ..., John Morton. V Was for Victory Politics and American Culture During WorldWarII 1995 original edition ... of a return to depression. ref Harold G. Vatter, The U.S. Economy in WorldWarII 1988 pp 27 31 ref ... production. ref Paul A. C. Koistinen, Arsenal of WorldWarII The Political Economy of American Warfare ... sales. ref name kennett1985 cite book title For the duration... the UnitedStates goes to war, Pearl ... below the development of the UnitedStates labor force by gender during the war years. ref ... Erasmo Gamboa, Mexican Labor & WorldWarII Braceros in the Pacific Northwest, 1942 1947 ref Between ... Laborers Michigan S Prisoners of War Experience during WorldWarII, Michigan History, Sept 1989, Vol ..., Wartime Strikes The Struggle Against the No Strike Pledge in the UAW During WorldWarII 1980 ... Campbell, Women at War with America ch 5 ref Civilian support for war effort See also UnitedStates civil defense WorldWarII American Theater 1939 1945 Atlantic Ocean File Synagogue D Day3.jpg right ... of USO Hostesses during WorldWarII 2008 ref Women volunteered to work for the Red Cross, the USO ... role in WorldWarII ref name Campbell and took on many paid jobs in temporary new munitions factories ... more details
also List of UnitedStates Army divisions during WorldWarII Airborne Divisions U.S. 6th Airborne Division ... Division Unorganized WorldWarII Divisions UnitedStates 15th Airborne Division unorganized ... Armored Division 16th Armored Division Unorganized WorldWarII Divisions UnitedStates 18th Armored Division unorganized Unorganized WorldWarII Divisions UnitedStates 19th Armored Division unorganized U.S. 20th Armored Division 20th Armored Division Unorganized WorldWarII Divisions UnitedStates 21st Armored Division unorganized Unorganized WorldWarII Divisions UnitedStates 22nd Armored ... 59th Infantry Division phantom formation Unorganized WorldWarII Divisions UnitedStates 61st Infantry Division unorganized Unorganized WorldWarII Divisions UnitedStates 62nd Infantry Division unorganized ... WorldWarII Divisions UnitedStates 67th Infantry Division unorganized Unorganized WorldWarII ... UnitedStates 71st Infantry Division Unorganized WorldWarII Divisions UnitedStates 72nd Infantry Division unorganized Unorganized WorldWarII Divisions UnitedStates 73rd Infantry Division unorganized Unorganized WorldWarII Divisions UnitedStates 74th Infantry Division unorganized 75th Infantry ... of WorldWarIIUnitedStates Army WorldWarII Category Military units and formations of the UnitedStates Army in WorldWarII Category UnitedStates Army lists ...This is a list of formation military formations of the UnitedStates of America UnitedStatesUnitedStates Army Army during the Second WorldWar . Many of these formations still exist today, though many ..., as well as phantom formations used in the Allies of WorldWarII Allied Operation Quicksilver WWII ... Armies First Allied Airborne Army First UnitedStates Army Second UnitedStates Army Third UnitedStates Army Fourth UnitedStates Army Fifth UnitedStates Army Sixth UnitedStates Army Seventh UnitedStates Army Eighth UnitedStates Army Ninth UnitedStates Army Tenth UnitedStates Army Fourteenth ... more details
The UnitedStates entered WorldWarII with the same Administration that had been at the helm ... Of The UnitedStates During WorldWarIi Category Politics of WorldWarII Category UnitedStates home front during WorldWarII Category Politics of the UnitedStates ...Unreferenced date December 2009 The UnitedStates maintained its Representative Democracy government structure throughout WorldWarII . Certain expediencies were taken within the existing structure of the Federal ... for war for a while by the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor President of the UnitedStates President ... at the helm of the nation as it prepared for and entered WorldWarII. Roosevelt sought and won an unprecedented .... Roosevelt died in April 1945, and Truman assumed the Presidency through the end of the war. Cabinet UnitedStates Secretary of State Secretary of State Cordell Hull pre war to November 1944 Edward Stettinius to war s end UnitedStates Secretary of the Interior Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes Harold Ickes throughout the warUnitedStates Secretary of Commerce Secretary of Commerce Jesse H. Jones pre war to June 1945 Henry A. Wallace to war s end UnitedStates Secretary of the Treasury Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. pre war to June 1945 Carl Vinson to war s end UnitedStates Secretary of Labor Secretary of Labor Francis Perkins pre war to June 1945 Schwellenback to war s end UnitedStates Secretary of War Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson throughout the war Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox pre war to May 1944 James V. Forrestal to war s end UnitedStates Secretary of Agriculture Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard pre war to June 1945 Clinton Presba Anderson Anderson to war s end UnitedStates Postmaster General Postmaster General Frank C. Walker pre war to June 1945 Hannegan to war s end UnitedStates Attorney General Attorney General Francis Biddle ... McNuff, formed in April 1942. UnitedStates Maritime Commission under Chairman Land. War Shipping ... more details
Infobox book name UnitedStates Submarine Operations in WorldWarII image File Sublosses growler4.jpg ... Fred Freeman cover artist country UnitedStates language English language English series subject Pacific war Submarine warfare U.S. submarine campaign against the Japanese Empire genre Military History publisher UnitedStates Naval Institute pub date 1949 english pub date media type Print hardcover pages 577 pp first edition isbn N A oclc dewey congress preceded by followed by UnitedStates Destroyer Operations in WorldWarIIUnitedStates Submarine Operations in WorldWarII by Theodore Roscoe is a classic history of the role of UnitedStates Navy submarine s in WorldWarII , earning him the title of grandfather of WorldWarII American Submarine historiography. ref http wwii submarine ... York year 1975 isbn 0 397 00753 1 Cite book title UnitedStates Submarine Operations in WorldWarII first Theodore last Roscoe authorlink Theodore Roscoe publisher UnitedStates Naval Institute location ... appendices are in Blair as lettered ol type A li WorldWarII Submarine Squadron Commanders, Pacific li li WorldWarII Submarine Skippers Selected to Flag Rank li li Postwar Commanders of Submarines ... li li Submarine War Patrols, Pacific li li Top Skippers of WorldWarII li li Best War Patrols ... title Appendix Japanese Shipping Lost by UnitedStates Submarines work Japanese Naval and Merchant Shipping Losses During WorldWarII by All Causes publisher HyperWar Foundation date 3 February ... about WorldWarII ... WarII, John M. Will of the US Navy Bureau of Personnel hired Roscoe to reduce Richard Voge Richard ... champion of WorldWar 2. ref Blair 1975 p. 990, Roscoe 1949 p. 525 ref . On 26 July 1944 ... of Ships Sunk li li Top Submarines by Tonnage of Ships Sunk li li Submarine Losses in WorldWar ... 23 November 2011 Cite book title Silent Victory The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan first Clay ... more details
External links commons category Cold WarVictoryMedalUnitedStates Cold WarVictoryMedal http ...Infobox military award name Cold WarVictoryMedal image Image ColdWarMed.jpg 175px caption Cold WarVictoryMedal awarded by br 1 UnitedStates National Guard br States of Alaska and Louisiana br 2 Commemorative .... Bills in the UnitedStates Senate class wikitable sortable Congress Cold WarMedal Bill number Sponsor ... Medal same image2 File LA Cold War Victory.jpg caption2 The Cold WarVictoryMedal is both an Awards and decorations of the UnitedStates military official medal of the UnitedStates National Guard National Guard and an Unofficial decorations of the UnitedStates military unofficial military medal ... navy legacy hr.asp?id 154 title Cold War Medals publisher UnitedStates Navy date 2002 02 01 accessdate 2007 10 19 ref At present the Cold WarVictoryMedal remains strictly commemorative and is unofficial other than for members of the Louisiana National Guard. The Cold WarVictoryMedal is also ... Medal . There are no devices or attachments authorized for the Cold WarVictoryMedal. Design The Cold WarVictoryMedal was designed by Nadine Russell, the Chief of Creative Heraldry at the Army s Institute ... Guard Bureau does not issue nor recognize the Cold WarVictoryMedal. citation needed date September ... of Louisiana currently authorizes the decoration as the Louisiana Cold WarVictoryMedal . Eligible ... of Louisiana National Guard Cold WarVictoryMedal publisher Cold War Veterans Association year 2007 accessdate 2007 10 19 ref Various commemorative versions of the medal The Cold WarVictoryMedal is also a civilian medal which may be privately purchased but is not distributed by the UnitedStates ... of precedence of the Cold WarVictoryMedal is immediately after the lowest authorized U.S. award. There are various ... of a Cold WarVictoryMedal or Cold War Service Medal. To date bills have successfully ... http www.govtrack.us congress bill.xpd?bill h108 3388 title H.R. 3388 Cold WarVictoryMedal Act publisher ... more details
This is an incomplete list of all battles involving the UnitedStates during WorldWarII . class wikitable sortable Name Date Location Campaign U.S. Casualties Opposing force Battle of the Atlantic 1939 1945 Battle of the Atlantic September 3, 1939 May 8, 1945 Atlantic Ocean , North Sea , Irish Sea , Labrador Sea , Gulf of St. Lawrence , Caribbean Sea , Gulf of Mexico , Outer Banks , Arctic Ocean Around 18,000 sailors and merchant seamen killed ref http www.usmm.org casualty.html U.S. Merchant Marine Casualties during WorldWarII ref ref http www.history.navy.mil library online ww2 statistics.htm active enl US Navy Personnel in WorldWarII Service and Casualty Statistics ref Nazi Germany Germany ... August 17, 1943 Sicily , Italy Italian Campaign WorldWarII Italian Campaign 9,195 br 2,572 killed ... ref name WorldWarII p.92 http cgsc.cdmhost.com cdm4 document.php?CISOROOT p4013coll8&CISOPTR 130&REC 2 Army Battle Casualties and Nonbattle deaths in WorldWarII p.92 ref Germany Invasion of Normandy ... killed, 43,221 wounded and 6,180 captured or missing ref name WorldWarII p.92 Germany Battle ... of WorldWarII Category Military lists of WorldWarII Campaigns and battles of WorldWarII ...?CISOROOT p4013coll8&CISOPTR 130&REC 2 Army Battle Casualties and Nonbattle deaths in WorldWarII p.93 ref Germany and Italy Battle of Salerno September 9 16, 1943 Salerno , Italy Italian ...?id 24591 UnitedStates Department of Defense ref Germany Operation Nordwind January 1 25 ... on Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor , Hawaii , UnitedStates 3,592 br 2,345 killed and 1,247 ... Solomon Islands campaign 6,000 br 1,600 killed, 4,400 wounded and missing ref Shaw, A, 2002 , WorldWarII Day by Day . Grange Books, p. 105 ref Japan Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands October 25 ... Campaign 5,000 ref Zaloga, S, 2005 , Kasserine Pass 1943 Rommel s Last Victory . Osprey Publishing ... more details
refimprove date November 2008 This List of WorldWarII vessel types of the UnitedStates is a list of the types of vessels used by the UnitedStates during the time period of WorldWarII . It includes ... States Army in WorldWarII The Corps of Engineers Troops and Equipment Chapter XVII Preparing to Reconstruct ... Army communications ships in the South West Pacific theatre of WorldWarII South West Pacific theater of WorldWarII provided radio relay services and acted as command posts for forward elements ... Army Small Ships in WorldWarII http www.archive.org details transportationco00byko pp. 430, 448 ... During WorldWarII under U.S. Army Control Multiple image direction vertical align right image1 USAT ... The Army s Cargo Fleet in WorldWarII http www.ibiblio.org hyperwar USA ref FM PDFs ... rowspan 3 Freight and Supply Vessel F, FT & FP were reclassified FS early in WorldWarII br plus private ... Major J. R. Wessely FS 80 Built during WorldWarII F 76 http dlaweb.whoi.edu ships gosnold.html image ... www.nap.usace.army.mil cenap pa w0102 marshall.htm The dredge William L. Marshall in WorldWarII ... hyperwar USN ref OPNAV 29 P1000.html U.S. Navy Abbreviations of WorldWarII http www.ibiblio.org ... http www.usmm.org armynavy.html Comparison of U.S. Army and U.S. Navy Vessels in WorldWarII ... military systems ship amphibious.htm Amphibious Forces DEFAULTSORT List Of WorldWarIi Vessel Types Of The UnitedStates Category Lists of ships of the UnitedStates Category WorldWarII naval ships of the UnitedStates Category WorldWarII auxiliary ships of the UnitedStates Category Military lists of WorldWarII ... with all water transport services except those specifically authorized for the UnitedStates Army ... . That same year, on July 31, the Transportation Corps UnitedStates Army Transportation Corps was established ... yawls. Mine ships Details List of ships of the UnitedStates Army Mine Planters class wikitable L ... more details
Unreferenced date July 2009 During WorldWarII , the UnitedStates Army divided its operations around the world into four Theater warfare theater s. Forces from many different Allies of WorldWarII Allied nations fought in these theaters. Other Allied countries have different conceptions of the theaters and or different names for them. European Theater of Operations Operational command SHAEF Invasion of Normandy Normandy Campaign June 6, 1944 July 24, 1944 Northern France Campaign 1944 Northern France Campaign July 25, 1944 September 14, 1944 Rhineland Campaign Lorraine Campaign unofficial September 1, 1944 December 18, 1944 Battle of the Bulge Ardennes Alsace Campaign December 16, 1944 January 25, 1945 Central Europe Campaign March 22, 1945 May 11, 1945 Mediterranean Theater of Operations Operational command AFHQ Operation Torch Algeria French Morocco Campaign November 8, 1942 November 11, 1942 Operation Shingle Anzio Campaign January 22, 1944 May 24, 1944 Egypt Libya Campaign June 11, 1942 February 12, 1943 Allied invasion of Italy Naples Foggia Campaign Gothic Line North Apennines Campaign Spring 1945 offensive in Italy Po Valley Campaign Rome Arno Campaign Allied invasion of Sicily Sicily Campaign Operation Dragoon Southern France Campaign One month after the invasion, command was passed to SHAEF and the European Theater of Operations Tunisia Campaign Pacific Theater of Operations Operational commands were the Pacific Ocean theater of WorldWarII Pacific Ocean and South West Pacific theatre of WorldWarII South West Pacific . Following lists are from the theater info boxes Pacific Ocean Areas command Pacific Ocean Areas command Chester W. Nimitz Attack on Pearl Harbor ... of WorldWarII South East Asian Theater The American General Joseph Stilwell commanded the operational ... May 5, 1945 September 2, 1945 India Burma Campaign Category Campaigns and theatres of WorldWarII ... more details
The UnitedStates Army in WorldWarII used a variety of standard and non standard dress and battle uniforms, which often changed depending upon the theater of war, climatic environment, and supply exigencies. U.S. Army Combat Uniforms The UnitedStates Army during the inter war period followed the previous ... br US Army uniforms Category WorldWarII military equipment of the UnitedStates Category UnitedStates Army uniforms Category History of the UnitedStates Army USWWII ... green. The M 1943 Uniform The M 1943 uniform came into service in the early half of WorldWarII. The uniform ... of opposition by some U.S. commanders. However, as U.S. and Allies of WorldWarII Allied ... ref name Stanton, Shelby L. 1995 pp. 88 89 Stanton, Shelby L., U.S. Army Uniforms of WorldWarII ..., Shelby L., U.S. Army Uniforms of WorldWarII , Stackpole Books 1995 , ISBN 0 8117 2595 2, 9780811725958 .... 88 89 U.S. Army Footwear Army combat footwear in WorldWarII originally consisted of a basic tanned ... of WorldWarII , Stackpole Books 1995 , ISBN 0 8117 2595 2, 9780811725958, p. 242 ref See also Leggings Military leggings Leggings Uniforms of the UnitedStates Army Uniforms of the UnitedStates Marine Corps History of the UnitedStates Army References Reflist External links http books.google.com ... ww2 WorldWarII Living History and Reenacting Information http 90thidpg.us ... Services OSS ref Jowett, Philip S. and Walsh, Stephen, The Chinese Army 1937 49 WorldWarII and Civil War , Osprey Publishing 2005 , ISBN 1 84176 904 5, 9781841769042, p. 45 ref and the Mars ... and designated as the Type II service shoe. Soon after the US entry into the war these shoes, which ... I or II service shoes. An outer jacket or coat, either the Model 1939 Overcoat, Wool, Roll Collar or the Field ... was a light to medium olive drab OD3 OD7 U.S. Marine Corps used the USMC s pre war mustard tan shade ... the short wool Battle Dress British Battle Dress jacket . Both versions were produced locally in the United ... more details
Infobox Organization name UnitedStates Submarine Veterans of WorldWarII image border Subvetsww2.png ... 1949 title UnitedStates Submarine Operations in WorldWarII publisher U.S. Naval Institute Press location ..., representing every boat active during WorldWarII. As expected, New England and the East Coast of the United ... WarII The UnitedStates Navy Submarine Service List of lost UnitedStates submarines lost 52 submarines , ref Roscoe 1949 , p. 498. ref 374 officers and 3,131 enlisted men during WorldWarII. These personnel ... 1956 leader title National President leader name Walter Gus Krause The UnitedStates Submarine Veterans of WorldWarII is a Congressional charter congressionally chartered veterans organization ... warfare ref Bastura 1981 , p. 12. ref during WorldWarII . Purpose In 1956 a group of Plankowners ... date accessdate August 3, 2010 ref WorldWarII Submarine Combat Patrol Insignia On February 19, 1943 .... During WorldWarII numerous U.S. submarines were operated from Australia from the ports of Fremantle ... main.htm title WWII Sub Losses WorldWarII publisher Naval Historical Center date accessdate August 5, 2010 ref cquote We, who survived WorldWarII and were privileged to rejoin our loved ones ... of WorldWarII survivors is approximately 850 veterans passing every day ref cite web url http www1.va.gov ... II were made Perpetual members. Auxiliary Organizations Wives of U.S. Submarine Veterans of WorldWarII ref Bastura 1981 , p. 235. ref Sons and Daughters of U.S. Submarine Veterans of WorldWarII ref ... Bastura first Bernard A. year 1981 title History of U.S. Submarine Veterans of WorldWarII publisher ... and good fellowship among its members and pledge loyalty and patriotism to the UnitedStates government ... old shipmate Ed Branin and they discussed having a reunion which would include the entire WorldWar ... Reagan administration under Title 36 of the UnitedStates Code , Chapter 2207. ref cite web url ... publisher UnitedStates Department of Veterans Affairs accessdate 2010 02 09 date 2010 02 01 ref . With their numbers ... more details
List of various weapons and vehicles used by the UnitedStates of America during WorldWarII . Rifles Standard Issue M1 carbine M1 and M1A1 Carbine .30 Carbine M1 Garand rifle M1 Garand .30 06 M1903 Springfield rifle Springfield M1903 .30 06 M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle Browning Automatic Rifle BAR M1918A2 .30 06 Substitute Standard M1917 Enfield rifle M1917 Enfield Rifle .30 06 M1941 Johnson rifle M1941 Johnson .30 06 M1941 Johnson machine gun M1941 Johnson Light Machine Gun LMG .30 06 Machine Guns M1917 Browning machine gun Browning M1917A1 .30 06 M1919 Browning machine gun Browning M1919A4 A6 and family .30 06 M2 Browning machine gun Browning M2HB .50 BMG Bren .303 British Submachine Guns M3 submachine gun M3 A1 Grease Gun .45 ACP 9 mm Parabellum Thompson submachine gun .45 ACP Reising M50 55 Reising .45 ACP United Defense M42 M42 UD42 9mm Parabellum M2 Hyde M2 Hyde .45 ACP Sten 9mm Parabellum Other Bazooka Rocket Launcher M1 M1A1 M9 Bazooka M2 flamethrower M2 2 Flamethrower M18 recoilless rifle Mk 2 grenade Mk.2 Fragmentation Hand Grenade Boys anti tank rifle Tanks M2 Light tank Light Tank M2 Stuart tank Light Tank M3 Stuart tank Light Tank M5 M22 Locust Light Tank Airborne M22 M24 Chaffee Light Tank M24 M3 Lee Medium Tank M3 M4 Sherman Medium Tank M4 Sherman M26 Pershing Heavy Tank M26 Pershing Self Propelled Guns Howitzers Mortars M6 Fargo 37mm Gun Motor Carriage M6 M3 GMC 75mm Gun Motor Carriage M3 M3 Half track 105mm Howitzer Motor Carriage T19 M7 Priest 105mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7 Stuart tank 75mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M8 M10 Wolverine 3in Gun Motor Carriage M10 M12 Gun Motor Carriage 155mm Gun Motor Carriage M12 M3 Half track Multiple Gun Motor Carriarge M15 M3 Half track Multiple Gun Motor Carriage M16 M18 Hellcat 76mm Gun Motor Carriage M18 M36 ... of crew served weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces List of vehicles of the U.S. Armed Forces List of WorldWarII weapons Category WorldWarII weapons of the UnitedStates ... more details
This is a list of fighter ace s in WorldWarII from UnitedStates . For other countries see List of WorldWarII aces by country TOC A Robert Wilson Abernathy USAAF Fred F. Ackerman Burnell W. Adams Charles E. Adams Jr. Fletcher E. Adams Robert H. Adams John M. Ainlay Donald Nathan Aldrich John R. Alison Calvin D. Allen Jr. David W. Allen William H. Allen Richard L. Alexander Stuart C. Alley Jr. Ernest J. Ambort Robert H. Ammon Dudley Moore Amoss Benjamin C. Amsden Leslie E. Andersen Alexander L. Anderson Bud Anderson Bud Clarence E. Anderson Charles F. Anderson Jr. Richard H. Anderson Robert H. Anderson William Y. Anderson Wyman D. Anderson Stephen W. Andrew Stanley O. Andrews Lester L. Arasmith Lee A. Archer Jr. David Barnes Archibald William E. Aron Robert W. Aschenbrener Abner M. Aust Jr. Eugene D. Axtell George C. Axtell B Donald Arthur Baccus Jack Albrecht Bade Oscar Clark Bailey Robert Baird Douglas Baker Ellis Crain Jr. Baker Robert Morris Baker Fred Edward Bakutis Donald Luther Balch Frank Bernard Baldwin Henry William Balsinger Raymond Matt Bank Ernest Bankey Ernest Edward Bankey Jr. John Lawrence Banks William Mcgowan Banks Bruce Mcdonald Barackman Rex Theodore Barber Frederic Abshire Bardshar James Doyle Bare Robert Merrill Barkey Lloyd Glynn Barnard James Malcolm Barnes Truman Sheldon Barnes John Wilson Bartol Robert Lee Baseler Hugh Nash Batten Harold William Bauer ... WorldWarII flying aces Category Lists of WorldWarII flying aces UnitedStates Category UnitedStates Army Air Forces lists Category Lists of American military personnel Ame ... author Mersky, Cmdr Peter B., USNR series Marines in WorldWarII Commemorative Series publisher Marine ... Stanley Conants Henry L. Ii Condon Jack E. Conger Paul A. Conger Thomas J. Conroy Philip J. Conserva ... H. Strand John R. Strane Johnnie C. Strange Frederick J. Streig Chris T. Streng II Harvey W. Sturdevant ... C. Sutcliffe James E. Swett , Medal of Honor Harry W. Swinburne James S. Swope William J. Sykes John ... more details
units and formations of the UnitedStates in WorldWarII Category Engineer Regiments of the UnitedStates Army ...Unreferenced date March 2009 This is a list of known UnitedStates Engineer Regiment s in existence at the time of WorldWarII . 13th Engineer General Service Regiment 38th Engineer General Service Regiment 41st Engineer General Service Regiment 42nd Engineer General Service Regiment 43rd Engineer General Service Regiment 45th Engineer General Service Regiment 46th Engineer Battalion UnitedStates 46th Engineer General Service Regiment 47th Engineer General Service Regiment 91st Engineer General Service Regiment 92nd Engineer General Service Regiment 93rd Engineer General Service Regiment 94th Engineer General Service Regiment 95th Engineer General Service Regiment 96th Engineer General Service Regiment 97th Engineer General Service Regiment 98th Engineer General Service Regiment 175th Engineer General Service Regiment 177th Engineer General Service Regiment 224th Engineer General Service Regiment 226th Engineer General Service Regiment 330th Engineer General Service Regiment 332nd Engineer General Service Regiment http www.332ndengineer.com 333rd Engineer Special Service Regiment 334th Engineer Special Service Regiment 337th Engineer General Service Regiment 338th Engineer General Service Regiment http www.angelfire.com journal 338eng 340th Engineer General Service Regiment 341st Engineer General Service Regiment 343rd Engineer General Service Regiment 344th Engineer General Service Regiment 345th Engineer General Service Regiment 346th Engineer General Service Regiment 349th Engineer General Service Regiment 350th Engineer General Service Regiment 351st Engineer General Service Regiment 352nd Engineer General Service Regiment 354th Engineer General Service Regiment 355th Engineer General Service Regiment 356th Engineer General Service Regiment 357th Engineer General Service ... more details
see also Air warfare of WorldWarII Image Assembling B 25 bombers at North American Aviation, Kansas City, Kansas.jpg thumb right Assembling North American B 25 Mitchell B 25 bombers at North American Aviation , Kansas City, October 1942. Total Production class wikitable style background khaki Type of airplane align center Total align center 1940 align center 1941 align center 1942 align center 1943 align center 1944 align center 1945 Grand total align center 295,959 align center 3,611 align center 18,466 align center 46,907 align center 84,853 align center 96,270 align center 45,852 style background eeeeee Combat airplanes 200,443 align center 1,771 align center 8,395 24,669 53,183 74,564 37,861 Very heavy bombers align center 3,740 align center align center align center 4 align center44 91 align center 1,147 align center 2,498 Heavy bombers 31,685 align center 46 align center 282 align center 2,513 align center 9,574 15,057 align center 4,213 Medium bombers 21,461 align center 52 align center 762 align center 4,040 align center 7,256 align center 6,732 align center 2,619 Light bombers 39,986 align center 453 align center 2,617 align center 5,954 11,848 12,376 align center 6,738 Fighters 99,465 align center 1,157 align center 4,036 10,721 23,621 38,848 21,082 Reconnaissance align center 4,106 align center 63 align center 698 align center 1,437 align center 793 align center 404 align center 711 style background eeeeee Support airplanes align center 95,516 align center 1,840 10,071 22,238 31,670 21,706 align center 7,991 Transports 23,900 align center 164 align center 525 align center 1,887 align center 6,913 align center 9,925 align center 4,486 Trainers 58,085 align center 1,676 align center 9,294 17,237 20,950 align center 7,936 align center 1,352 Communications 13,531 ... align center 255 Source http www.usaaf.net digest index.htm AAF Digest Table 79 Category WorldWarII aircraft of the UnitedStates Production USWWII ... more details
See also List of aircraft of WorldWarII Military aircraft of the UnitedStates Reflist Aviation lists Category Lists of military aircraft UnitedStates Army Air Force Category UnitedStates military lists WorldWarII Aircraft Category Military lists of WorldWarII it Lista di aerei statunitensi ...A list of UnitedStates Army Air Force USAAF , UnitedStates Navy USN , UnitedStates Coast Guard USCG , and UnitedStates Marine Corps USMC aircraft of the WorldWarII time period. Expand list date November 2011 Organized by service UnitedStates Coast Guard ref cite web url http www.bluejacket.com ww2 12 07 41 uscg aircraft.htm title US Coast Guard Aircraft and their Stations December 7, 1941 author Jack McKillop date 2012 accessdate 11 January 2012 ref ref cite web url http www.joebaugher.com coastguardseries.html title US Coast Guard Aircraft Serial Numbers author Joe Baugher date September 25, 2011 accessdate 11 January 2012 ref Consolidated PBY Catalina Consolidated PBY 5 Catalina flying boat Curtiss SOC Seagull Curtiss SOC 4 Seagull floatplane Douglas Dolphin Douglas RD 4 Dolphin flying boat Grumman JF Duck Grumman JF 2 Duck floatplane Grumman J2F Duck Grumman J2F 4 Duck floatplane Grumman G 21 Goose Grumman JRF Goose flying boat Grumman G 44 Widgeon Grumman J4F 1 Widgeon flying boat Hall PH flying boat Lockheed Model 10 Electra Lockheed XR3O 1 executive transport Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar Lockheed R5O 1 Lodestar executive transport Naval Aircraft Factory N3N Canary Naval Aircraft Factory N3N 3 trainer Vultee BT 13 Valiant Vultee SNV 1 trainer UnitedStates Navy Aeronca LNR Navy version of L 3 grasshopper observation liaison aircraft Beechcraft Beech SNB Navy version of Beechcraft Model 18 C 45 transport Bell Aircraft Bell XTDL 1 Navy version of P 39 Airacobra fighter ... BT 15 trainer UnitedStates Marine Corps Brewster Aeronautical Corporation Brewster Brewster F2A Buffalo ... L 5 Sentinel L 5 O 62 Sentinel liaison aircraft UnitedStates Army Air Forces Aeronca Aeronca L 3 L ... more details
1 cite web title U.S. Navy Motor Torpedo Boat Operational Losses in WorldWarII Circumstances, Location ...nofootnotes date August 2009 List of UnitedStates Navy and UnitedStates Coast Guard Coast Guard ships lost during WorldWarII , from 31 October 1941 to 1 October 1945, sorted by type and name. See also List of ships of the UnitedStates Navy . Battleships class wikitable sortable Name Location Date Cause USS Arizona BB 39 2 coord 21 21 N 157 57 W , Attack on Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor dts 7 December 1941 Sunk by carrier based aircraft bombs USS Oklahoma BB 37 2 Attack on Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor dts 7 December 1941 Sunk by carrier based aircraft torpedoes, raised in 1943, sank 17 May 1947 in a storm while being towed to San Francisco for scrapping Aircraft carriers class wikitable sortable Name Location Date Cause USS Hornet CV 8 2 coord 08 38 S 166 43 E , Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands dts 26 October 1942 Sunk by carrier based aircraft bombs and torpedoes USS Lexington CV 2 2 coord 15 12 S 155 27 E , Battle of the Coral Sea dts 8 May 1942 Sunk by carrier based aircraft bombs and torpedoes USS Princeton CVL 23 2 coord 15 21 N 123 31 E , Battle of Leyte Gulf dts 24 October 1944 Sunk by land based aircraft bomb USS Wasp CV 7 2 coord 12 25 S 164 08 E dts 15 September 1942 Torpedoed by Japanese submarine I 19 USS Yorktown CV 5 2 coord 30 36 N 176 34 W , Battle of Midway dts 7 June 1942 Crippled by carrier based aircraft bombs and torpedoes, sank after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine I 168 Escort aircraft carriers class wikitable sortable Name Location Date Cause USS Bismarck Sea CVE 95 2 coord 24 2 21 N 141 18 49 E , Battle of Iwo Jima dts 21 February 1945 Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft USS Block Island CVE 21 2 coord 31 13 N 23 03 W dts 29 May 1944 Torpedoed by German submarine ... The Coast Guard at War 8 Lost Cutters url http www.ibiblio.org hyperwar USCG VIII LostCutters ... Ships, WW II url http www.history.navy.mil faqs faq82 2.htm accessdate 28 April 2012 ref USCGC Natsek ... more details
Medal of Honor recipients WorldWarII , or the Second WorldWar , was a Worldwar global military War ... as the Second WorldWar, while the UnitedStates official histories refer to the conflict as WorldWarII. English translations of the official histories of other nations tend to resolve into English as Second WorldWar also, for example zweite weltkrieg in German. See C.P. Stacey Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second WorldWar , for example. Official usage of these terms ... for the UnitedStates Coast Guard received the Medal for his actions during this war. The Medal of Honor ... s capital, Washington, D.C. to be awarded the Medal of Honor for actions during WorldWarII ... history. ref This global conflict split the Participants in WorldWarII majority of the world s nations into two opposing military alliances the Allies of WorldWarII Allies and the Axis powers ..., industrial, and scientific capabilities for the purposes of the war effort. Over WorldWarII casualties ... Little Secrets of WorldWarII Military Information No One Told You About the Greatest, Most Terrible ... lectures WWII.html WorldWarII course lecture notes on Emayzine.com Victorville, California Victor ..., WorldWarII Resource Guide Gardena, California The American War Library ref making it the most costly war in capital as well as lives. The Allies were victorious, and, as a result, the UnitedStates and Soviet Union emerged as the world s two leading superpower s. During this conflict 464 UnitedStates military personnel received the Medal of Honor , 266 of them posthumously. Only 17 of these were ... of the UnitedStates. Due to the nature of this medal, it is commonly presented Posthumous recognition ... earned him the Medal of Honor. center nowrap Sortname Vito R. Bertoldo UnitedStates Army Army Sort ... Medal of Honor recipient UnitedStates Army Army Sort E 05 Sergeant UnitedStates Sergeant near Guignola ... e3d9ff nowrap Sortname Robert Craig Robert Craig Medal of Honor recipient UnitedStates Army Army ... more details
Refimprove date May 2009 Prisoner of war camp s in the UnitedStates during WorldWarII . In the UnitedStates, at the end of WorldWarII there were 175 Branch Camps serving 511 Area Camps containing over 425,000 German Prisoners of War in the UnitedStates prisoners of war mostly German . The camps ... last Buck first Anita Albrecht year 1998 title Behind Barbed Wire German Prisoners of War in Minnesota During WorldWarII publisher North Star Press of St. Cloud, Inc. location St. Cloud, Minn. isbn ... history haw22.php WorldWarII Camp Had Impact on CIty by Michael Hawfield, The News Sentinel 15 ... Camp Thomas A. Scott Fort Wayne, Indiana WWII Prisoner of War Camps on Waymarking.com ref Camp Scottsbluff Nebraska Camp Shanks SortKey New York Point of embarkation New York WorldWarII Prisoner of War ... Fort Meade Maryland Fort Meade housed about 4,000 German and Italian POWs during WorldWarII. Thirty ... Massachusetts Windfall Indiana WorldWarII POW Camp Indiana Camp Tyson POW Camp Paris, Tennessee Rose ..., Arizona ref It is now used as UnitedStates Immigration and Naturalization Service INS . Camp Fond ... col1 Camp Rucker Fort Rucker , Alabama Use dmy dates date April 2011 DEFAULTSORT Pow Camps In The UnitedStates Category UnitedStates Department of Defense lists Category Lists of WorldWarII prisoner of war camps UnitedStates Category UnitedStates related lists Category UnitedStates military lists Category WorldWarII prisoner of war camps in the UnitedStates Category Detention centers for extrajudicial prisoners of the UnitedStates de Liste von US amerikanischen Kriegsgefangenenlagern ... SortKey Arizona Florence, Arizona Largest all new prisoner of war compound ever constructed ... camphale chh 005.html Camp Hale Prisoners of War ref Camp Gueydan Louisiana Camp Hartford Wisconsin ... for prisoners, later reused for housing after the war Camp McLean Texas Camp Mackan North Carolina ... of Will Rogers World Airport, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Camp Ono SortKey California San Bernardino ... more details
VictoryMedal , also referred to as the Inter Allied VictoryMedal , can refer to one of the following WorldWar I medals WorldWar I Victory medals VictoryMedalUnited Kingdom WorldWar I VictoryMedalUnitedStates M daille Interalli e 1914 1918 France Allied VictoryMedal Italy or WorldWarIIVictory medals WorldWarIIVictoryMedalUnitedStates disambig Category Interallied Victory Medals of WorldWar I he ... more details
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