About
World War II History (WWarII.com) is dedicated to preserving and promoting the history and historical value of the greatest war.
Our main goal is to collect and record WWII information including photos, documents, related past and present news, and equipment details. It is a project, hobby, and dream to build and to share.
The included works are meant to be a true representation of historical facts, however there may be submissions of user opinion and unverified content. All effort is taken to insure the accuracy and historical fact.
This site is continually under development, it is a work in progress. If you would like to contribute content, be a guest blogger or assist in any other way please contact me here.
About the Author
Steven Terjeson is a part time historian and collector of WWII memorabilia. I donate my time, personal collections and knowledge to try and preserve history in a way others can learn and benefit from.
If you wish to support the site, either financially, or by contributing content of your own please write to (steve@wwarii.com).
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Disclaimer: All content is direct representations of real history. Some people may find some of the content in this site offensive, violent, graphic and some not suitable for younger children. No discrimination, hate, or any other negative intent is promoted, encouraged, or tolerated on this site.
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Matt Scofield
March 19, 2008 at 11:08 am
Hello,
We currently have a special feature on our site which we think may be of interest to your readers.
http://newt.org/default.aspx?tabid=247
At the above page on Newt Gingrich’s webiste, Bill Forstchen, co-author with Newt of several historical fiction novels dealing with WWII and the Civil War, and a trained military historian himself, is blogging about all things history and writing. He already has his first post up and is taking questions from those interested.
This is a unique opportunity to interact with a historian and author, and we would appreciate a link as I believe the readers of your blog would find it interesting.
Do please contact me if you have any questions, and thank you for reading,
Matt Scofield
Director Online Communications
Newt.org
Gordon
May 13, 2008 at 8:42 am
Our Gaming Club “Flames of War New England”should have this page link so members can enjoy.
We are a gaming club that reenacts great battles thru table top miniature games (Flames Of War) with a focus on modeling ,history and comradery.
Very glad to have found this !
Cheers
Gordon
http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/fownewengland/
ben
September 6, 2008 at 3:33 pm
cool site man
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AJ Davidson
February 21, 2010 at 4:27 am
Press Release
World’s Largest Ship Gives U-boats The Slip
March 2nd marks the 70th anniversary of RMS Queen Elizabeth’s secret wartime maiden voyage across the Atlantic to join her sister ship RMS Queen Mary in New York harbour. First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, had ordered the liner to leave its Clydebank fitting-out basin and make its heroic dash to safety.
Churchill had known only too well the vital role the Queen Mary and the Queen Elizabeth would play in the war. The liners, working in tandem, could transport whole armies across the globe in a matter of weeks.
With untested engines and no sea trials, Hitler’s naval experts had ruled out a trans-Atlantic crossing for the liner’s maiden voyage. The British spun a web of intrigue to dupe Berlin into believing that the Queen Elizabeth would sail to the southern English port of Southampton. German High Command signalled its U-boat fleet to locate and sink the Queen Elizabeth in the Irish Sea. A squadron of Luftwaffe bombers flew over the Solent but failed to find its target.
Secrecy was maintained to the last, depriving New Yorkers of the opportunity to lay on a suitable welcome for this ocean queen. The first they knew of her courageous voyage was when the liner, cloaked in battleship grey, emerged from a sea mist on the morning of March 7th.
The liner was refitted as a troop carrier, steaming nearly half a million miles and transporting some 800,000 Allied personnel during the war years.
Hundreds of thousands of GIs were later repatriated aboard the Cunard White Star liners, earning the Queens a special place in American hearts.
To commemorate the 70th anniversary of this remarkable voyage, Ulster author AJ Davidson has written Churchill’s Queen, a fictional thriller based on the events of early 1940. He links attempted Abwehr sabotage to the liner’s destruction 32 years later in Hong Kong harbour.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0037KMHCE
ajdavidson@live.ie
ajdavidson.net
Tel. 00 353 47 57960
Danae
March 3, 2010 at 5:12 pm
Hi Steve,
Are you aware of the film project: Project Arbiter? As the filmmaker writes “it’s a sci-fi espionage story that demonstrates how a small quiet victory tips the balance of power and foretells the outcome of World War II.” The trailer is pretty amazing; the team is incredible, and they just launched their IndieGoGo crowdfunding campaign (where contributors get cool perks like special dog tags, visits to the set, printed photos, DVDs, special screen credit thanks).
Anyhow, I thought you’d love it and many of your readers might too. It’s IndieGoGo’s Project of the Day today, so you should definitely check it out, watch its trailer and let the director know what you think! (You can leave a comment on his IndieGoGo page) I’m sure he’d love to get your feedback.
http://www.indiegogo.com/ProjectArbiter
Cheers,
Danae
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March 15, 2010 at 11:01 pm
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Nick McGregor
June 7, 2010 at 9:20 am
Hey! This is a very cool site! My father got me interested in military history at an early age and its great to see that we weren’t alone in our interests! Nowadays, I work for SnagFilms, a free online documentary site, and I was browsing through your site when I remembered one of the films I had just seen on our site that truly shocked me. It was about the “secret” Battle of Attu and the Japanese’s secret invasion of Alaska! Below I’ve linked the URL and the title of the film, if your a true history buff or just simply curious to learn about something you NEVER knew, click on the link!
http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/red_white_black_and_blue/
To Steven:
If you want to post this link on your site, send me an email and/or click on the URL and embed a widget onto the page.
Thanks again all!