With Germany upset about how WWI ended and Japan upset about a lack-of-access to much-needed natural resources, another war sent the world into chaos between 1939-1945. Stories in this collection are about some of those events.
Governments ration food and many other items during both world wars.
Many Russians free from German concentration camps must enter "Labor Camps" when they return home.
Louie receives permission to return to Japan to meet and forgive his old guards who are now in prison. Prior to the 1998 Olympic games in Japan, Zamp ...
Differences over treatment of China put Japan and America at odds.
Fred Korematsu, a Japanese-American, ignores internment orders and his arrest and internment go to the Supreme Court, where is he found guilty.
Books represent new or controversial ideas and allow people to preserve and share their thoughts.
Upset when France gives up so quickly,Charles de Gaulleforms a resistance movement known as "Free French."
Americans have to ration gasoline, because the military needs it.
Paulus surrenders, which leads to Hitler's defeat and suicide.
German General Paulus disobeys Hitler and surrenders. It is the beginning of the end for Hitler and his Nazi regime.
This picture, taken during the summer of 1941 and online via the National Archives of Norway, depicts an SS sign in Norway. Germanske Norge means "Ger...
Poland receives no aid from other countries when Hitler invades, and the Warsaw Ghetto starts.
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