History Forum / War History / World War II / May 2004

Did the Brits have any plans drawn for a possible surrender?
I know Churchill made famous speech's that they would never surrender but
was it ever discussed among his military advisors.
And if they had surrendered they would have had to only relinquish their

After Pearl, Churchill came to the US and addressed Congress in December
1941, then travelled to Canada, then back home.
What mode of transport did he use on each leg of the trip?
TIA.

what happend to Kaiser Wilhelm the 2 when germany occupied Holland

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I expect petroleum products produced in Ploesti, Romania, were utilized by
German forces advancing on Stalingrad etc, however...
Questions:
   -were any petroleum products from this area transported to Germany

Before his death, Stephen Ambrose was working on _Citizen Soldiers of the
Pacific_.
Does anyone know  when (or if) it will be released?
Thanks...David Wade

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DEar friends,
Argentina I believe had the closest relations with nazi Germany
during the period 1939- 1944 as well as the post war period. ( but
that's another story)

Saw an interesting (german, ZDF I think ) documentary on a german guy
that managed to survive D-Day in WN62 meeting his former adversary.
After searching a bit on the web I found that on the first day at
Omaha the US army evacuated 66 german POW's. In all the books I read

What would have been his defense?  Surely he would have had a defense
lawyer like those at Nuremburg. (some were acquitted)
But what possible defense would have been presented?
Insanity defense, perhaps?

Interesing tid bits about WWII
1. The first German serviceman killed in WW II was
killed by the Japanese
(China, 1937), the first American serviceman killed

Other than embassy personnel, what countries today have military personnel
based there **as a result of WW2?**
Off the top of my head are Canada, UK, Korea, Philippines, Japan, Germany,
Spain, Italy, possibly Turkey...?

I am working on a project, but am having trouble locating a copy of
any US Army order from WWII. I am just looking for the general style
of the order, so content or theater is not really important.
Does anyone know of a website where I could find a picture of an

Does anyone know if the average German Soldier during the war knew of
the War Crimes the Nazis were committing? What were there reactions to
these war crimes?. Is there anything documented about this (Books,
Articles?)

I'm looking for a material about the activities of organized labor during WW
II.  i am especially interested in the strikes called by or threatened by
people such as John L. Lewis.  I am also interested in the reaction by the
serving military as well as the reaction by the general ...