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<A HREF="foreword.htm#top">[Introduction]</A>-
<A HREF="tot-1931.htm#top">[1889-1930]</A>-
<A HREF="tot-1939.htm#top">[1930-1938]</A>-
<A HREF="1939.htm#top">[1939]</A>-
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<A HREF="epilogue.htm#top">[Conclusion]</A>-
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<FONT COLOR="red"><H3>Welcome to the War,</H3></FONT COLOR="red">
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This Web site is intended for enthusiasts of World War II,
a period now far behind us. The text
has been written using our own judgement and should be easily
understood by everybody. The
reader is taken back in time and feels that he was actually present
when the events took place.
Every possible care has been taken to ensure that the facts are
presented accurately, although new
developments could of course shed new light on the matter. However,
we are very confident that
this story will make a contribution to history, a contribution which
will benefit mankind in the future. We hope you will like it.<BR>
The objective of our site is to provide you with a
resource index of WW II links throught the World Wide Web.<P>
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<FONT COLOR="red"><H3>History of the World War 1939-1945,</H3></FONT COLOR="red">
From 1900 until the late 1930's the armies of the world believed that
massed infantry charges, heavy artillery, and static defenses could
dominate and control any battlefield.But on the morning of September 1st
1939, the world was forever changed as Germany invaded Poland and executed
its first "Blitzkrieg" or "Lightning attack", quickly crushing Polish resistance.<P>
From 1939 to 1945, Germany's military machine struck out and conquered most
of Western Europe, swept into deserts of North Africa and drove deep into
the hinterlands of Russia.In time, however, the Allies gathered strength and
eventually crushed the German Army and Axis powers with a display of
brute force that has remained unmatched to this day.What started out
as a war based on military tactics and blitzkriegs, later became a war
reliant on industry and mass production.<P>
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<B>Victory won over evil</B>, we have still not found peace or
safety and we are still in the grip of dangers which are even worse than the
ones we have survived.I seriously hope that a careful consideration of the past
may show us the way in the years to come, that it will enable the new generation
to make up for the errors (against animals and wildlife)
committed in the past and that they will thus be able to rule this vast, rapidly
developing world, in accordance with the needs and the dignity of mankind, with the
help of all the numerous new technological developments at our disposal, such as
nuclear energy and electronics, and all their benefits.</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="red"><H3>Specific items,</H3></FONT COLOR="red">
If you have suggestions, comments, or most
importantly things you'd like to contribute or specific items
you would like to see in these pages, please
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We should like to thank the following people, who have provided invaluable
assistance in preparing this home page:
Jan Willem Westra (translation, publishing), Giel Massy (translation), Henry Aanstoot
(scan), Marcel Prins (scan).
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We should furthermore like to thank all the very many others that have made a
site on World War II.
These are invaluable as a reference to our site. So if you have any comments
or suggestions or if
you see any new links on World War II added to this site, please e-mail us.<P>
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