World War II Database
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My name is C. Peter Chen, I am the founder and editor of World War II Database. When this project started, it was no more than my personal notebook in which I kept notes and copies of photographs about WW2. With a relational database model, I was able to connect people, events, photographs, and other elements of history with ease, and the content of this database quickly grew. I began building..
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Operation Vengeance is the name given in 1965 to a hastily planned and executed, but successful, American operation in 1943 to eliminate the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. The operation started with a fortuitous intelligence operation ..read more
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Edwin Thomas Layton was born in Nauvoo, Illinois, United States and grew up in nearby Galesburg. In 1924, he graduated from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in the upper half of a graduating class of 522 midshipmen. He then spent five years at sea aboard the battleship USS West Virgin ..read more
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1M ago
I picked up the book after it was highly recommended to me by a friend and colleague. The book's author is retired Rear Admiral Edwin Layton, United States Navy, although the final manuscript was completed after Layton's death by his associates, Retired Navy Captain Roger Pineau and John Costello ..read more
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Full Title: Hitler's Last Levy in East Prussia 1944-45: Volkssturm Einsatz Bataillon Goldap (25/235)
Bruno Just was the adjutant of the Volkssturm Einsatz Bataillon Goldap, a group of civilians called up for combat duty in an attempt to slow the advancing Soviets. His uni ..read more
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Sherman Fairchild was born in 1896 and worked throughout World War One to develop an aerial camera suitable for military use. Unfortunately, his first workable model was not completed until 1920. Fairchild's breakthrough was his development of a between-the-lens shutter that made for clear images wi ..read more
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Haruki Isayama was born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan in 1894. He graduated from the Japanese Army Academy in 1915. In 1924, he completed his studies at the Japanese Army War College in Tokyo. He served the majority of his career as chief of staff to several regiment and army level formations ..read more
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Design by the Sumiya firm and produced by the Ishikawajima Motor Works factory, forerunners of the modern day firm Isuzu Motors Ltd., the Sumida M.2593 armored car entered Japanese military service in 1933. The design was distinctive in that they could operate on either six road wheels or six fl ..read more
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2M ago
Otoemon Hiroeda was born in Kataura village, Ashigarashimo District (now part of Odawara city), Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan in 1905. After serving in the Japanese Army 57th Infantry Division for some time, he became an elementary school teacher in Yugawara, Kanagawa. In 1930, he passed the Taiwa ..read more
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Charles Edmund Beach was born in Cincinnati, Ohio?, United State in 1908. Nicknamed "Old Ranger", Lieutenant Colonel Beach was made the commanding officer of the 3rd Battalion of US 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), more popularly known by the unit's unofficial nickname "Merrill's Marauders ..read more
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William Lloyd Osborne was born in Prescott, Arizona, United States in 1913. He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1936. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the US Army in 1940, inititally serving with the 7th Infantry Division, and later deployed to the Philippin ..read more