"History consists of a series of accumulated imaginative inventions."
Voltaire
World War Two History Links
World war Two began as a European conflict when Germany invaded Poland in September of 1939. It is estimated that more than 100 million war personnel were mobilized to wage World War Two before the war officially ended on August 15, 1945.
Like all wars World War Two had a profound affect on the home front as well as the battlefield. On the home front and abroad the role of women was drastically being realized. On the battlefield the most diverse group of American military personnel changed the course and the face of the United States armed forces forever.
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