HUILI SCHOOL SHANGHAI LIBRARY
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HUILI SCHOOL SHANGHAI LIBRARY上海浦东新区民办惠立学校图书馆 |
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World War II, also called Second World War, conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during the years 1939–45. The principal belligerents were the Axis powers—Germany, Italy, and Japan—and the Allies—France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and, to a lesser extent, China. The war was in many respects a continuation, after an uneasy 20-year hiatus, of the disputes left unsettled by World War I. The 40,000,000–50,000,000 deaths incurred in World War II make it the bloodiest conflict, as well as the largest war, in history.
source from: Encyclopedia Britannica
16th Armored Engineer Battalion. American M-4 tank crossing German anti-tank ditch by means of steel treadway bridge placed by T-2 tank retriever.
Crash Landing
A cable parted while this F4F4 was being launched from a catapult and left the U.S. Marine Corps pilot helpless.
Carrier Plane Bombs
Carrier plane bombs hit this 4500-ton Jap freighter south of Camranh Bay Jan. 12.
Damage by American bombing and shelling, and German demolition of railroad yards and station, and the railroad bridge at Cecina, Italy, 7 July 1944
Damage by American bombing and shelling, and German demolition of railroad yards and station, and the railroad bridge at Cecina, Italy.
Many Hands Make Short Work
Demonstrating the truth of the old axiom, New Zealand troops form 'human chains' to unload their landing craft after the Allied landing on Green Islands, Feb. 16, 1944.