World War Two stories from Top sites:
- Berlin Wall went down with a party — rather than a bang
One of the most amazing aspects about the Berlin Wall's sudden collapse 20 years ago was that no one lost their nerve. Not a single shot was fired. The Cold War ended with the biggest street party Berlin... - Obama Says New Data Shows Economy Recovering
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Saturday this week's positive job and economic growth figures proved that his big spending efforts to stimulate the economy were working.
- Bosnian Serbs arrested over Srebrenica massacre
* Police arrest three Serb former policemen over Srebrenica * Bosnia court jails Serb soldier over 1992 killings (Updates with war crimes verdict against a Bosnian Serb) SARAJEVO...
- Composer of "Addams Family" theme song dies at 93
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Vic Mizzy, the American film and television composer who wrote the theme song to "The Addams Family," has died at the age of 93, with his death announced on his website. The Brooklyn-born composer...
- Composer of "The Addams Family" theme song dies at 93
LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) - Vic Mizzy, the American film and television composer who wrote the theme song to "The Addams Family," has died at the age of 93 with his death announced on his website. The Brooklyn-born composer...
World War Two videos from YouTube:
- World War II FinalWorld War II: Pearl Harbor
- World War 2 Atlantic Wall...A trip into the catacombs and caves of the Atlantic Wall (Atlantikwall) made by the German Wehrmacht during the World War II (WW2) in Norway (Norwegen), South Coast. Places: Caves at the Battery (Batteriestellung ...
- World War II: The Lost Color...Amazing footage of World War II in color. New World Order: Part 1 This is part one of a three part series on World War II using actual color film. If I can get the other two parts I'll post them up. Enjoy.
- World War Two : Europe and...World War Two : Europe and North Africa 1939 - 1945 Map
World War Two stories from Digg:
Bio NY Times: Ervin Litkei- Songwriting Executive
Mr. Litkei has composed a march for every President since Franklin D. Roosevelt, and two of them .. He was chosen by bicentennial planners in 1976 to write "The Bicentennial March." ... "The American War Veterans March..."The Disney World March,"..Irv Lichtman, editor of Billboard compared Ervin Litkei to Irving Berlin.(Music)
JeffGreeneWed, Nov 4th, 20091 Diggs, 0 CommentsHolocaust Survivors Have High Risk Of Cancer!!!!!!!
Israeli Jews who survived World War Two in Europe have a significantly higher risk for cancer than other Jews, possibly as a result of hardships endured in the Holocaust, researchers said on Monday.(Health)
pisean282311Wed, Nov 4th, 20091 Diggs, 0 CommentsWorld of Warcraft: China Government Pulls Plug on WoW Online
There's a battle royal brewing between two China government agencies over who controls the popular War of Worldcraft online game. On Monday, one agency ordered the game suspended, leaving one million Chinese War of Warcraft players out in the cold.(Playable Web Games)
mondorebWed, Nov 4th, 20091 Diggs, 0 Comments
World War Two from WikiPedia:
Asia & The Pacific
South West Pacific – Japan – Manchuria (1945)
World War II, or the Second World War (often abbreviated WWII or WW2), was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including all of the great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. The war involved the mobilization of over 100 million military personnel, making it the most widespread war in history. In a state of "total war", the major participants placed their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities at the service of the war effort, erasing the distinction between civilian and military resources. Over seventy million people, the majority of whom were civilians, were killed, making it the deadliest conflict in human history.
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