Introduction to World War II

WW2 Intro Photo (Normandy Landing) Introduction to World War II is a series of relatively short writings aimed at introducing WW2 to those who might not be familiar with it. It is broken down into five sections:

The goal of this section is to lay out a general overview of WW2 so that the articles on the World War II Database website could be read in more context.

Start: What Was WW2?


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  1. tom says:
    21 Apr 2008 12:47:42 PM

    i am doing research for a fiction piece ( novel ) i am working on. do anybody know a source of information on warships that were homebased in Norfolk / Hampton Roads during WW II.

    thank you ... tom honea
  2. Allan says:
    27 Apr 2008 05:33:02 PM

    hi and thanks

    does anybody know at wars end what was the approx. effective size of the german army division strength wise.

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