WebAndra världskriget var en väpnad konflikt som pågick från hösten 1939 till hösten 1945, med inledande konflikter redan 1938 och tidigare, och involverade de flesta av världens nationer, inklusive alla stormakter, vilka till slut bildade två motsatta militärallianser: de allierade, ledda av Storbritannien, vilka stod mot axelmakterna, ledda av Nazityskland.

WebÖversikt. Atombomberna över Hiroshima och Nagasaki fälldes av USA. De var de första, och hittills enda kärnvapen, som använts i krig.Huruvida detta föranledde japanerna att kapitulera den 15 augusti och därmed avsluta andra världskriget är omtvistat. Mellan 90 000 och 120 000 (av en befolkning på 330 000) respektive mellan 60 000 och 80 000 (av …

WebThe Second Congo War, also known as the Great War of Africa or the Great African War and sometimes referred to as the African World War, began in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in August 1998, little more than a year after the First Congo War, and involved some of the same issues.The war officially ended in July 2003, when the Transitional …

WebFörsta världskriget Medurs från toppen: efterdyningarna av beskjutning under slaget vid Somme, Mark V-tanks korsar Hindenburglinjen, HMS Irresistible sjunker efter att ha gått på en mina i Dardanellerna, en brittisk Vickers-kulsprutebesättning med gasmasker under slaget vid Somme, Albatros D.III-flygplan ur Jagdstaffel 11.

WebThe Military Administration in France (German: Militärverwaltung in Frankreich; French: Occupation de la France par l'Allemagne) was an interim occupation authority established by Nazi Germany during World War II to administer the occupied zone in areas of northern and western France.This so-called zone occupée was established in June 1940, and …

WebThe Empire of Japan, also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was a historical nation-state and great power that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the post-World War II 1947 constitution and subsequent formation of modern Japan. It encompassed the Japanese archipelago and several colonies, …

WebInterneringsläger i Sverige under andra världskriget avser de interneringsläger, ibland kallade koncentrationsläger, som var en typ av arbetsläger för politiska fångar. Dessa var i Sverige under andra världskriget ett sätt för svenska myndigheter att initialt frihetsberöva kommunister [1] [2] som sågs som statsfientliga element. [3] Men tids nog kom gruppen …

WebThe Blue Angels is a flight demonstration squadron of the United States Navy. Formed in 1946, the unit is the second oldest formal aerobatic team in the world, after the French Patrouille de France formed in 1931. The team, composed of six Navy and one Marine Corps demonstration pilot, fly Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornets.. The Blue Angels typically …

WebThe Third Man is a 1949 British film noir directed by Carol Reed, written by Graham Greene and starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, and Trevor Howard.Set in postwar Vienna, the film centres on American Holly Martins (Cotten), who arrives in the city to accept a job with his friend Harry Lime (Welles), only to learn that Lime has died. . Viewing his …

WebThe Second Italo-Ethiopian War, also referred to as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, was a war of aggression which was fought between Italy and Ethiopia from October 1935 to February 1937. In Ethiopia it is often referred to simply as the Italian Invasion (Amharic: ጣልያን ወረራ), and in Italy as the Ethiopian War (Italian: Guerra d'Etiopia).It is seen as an …