In 1937, Howard Hughes began the design of an advanced twin-engine, twin-boom aircraft. The D-2's early gestation is historically obscure because Hughes Aircraft and its corporate successors have never released archives regarding the D-2; however, Howard Hughes had recently set a global circumnavigation speed record in a Lockheed 14.

Caterpillar built 20,503 D7's during World War Two, which was 40% of the tractors it built from 1942-1945. The Caterpillar D7 with a LeTourneau bulldozer but painted in olive-drab rather than Caterpillar yellow, was the iconic military crawler tractor-bulldozer combination of World War II.

American troops on board a LCT, ready to ride across the English Channel to France. 12 June 1944. This is a list of Allied forces in the Normandy campaign between 6 June and 25 August 1944. Primary ground combat divisions and brigades are listed here; unit articles may contain a complete order of battle. Omaha ?

World War II is generally considered to have begun on 1 September 1939, when Nazi Germany, under Adolf Hitler, invaded Poland, after which the United Kingdom and France declared war on Germany. Poland was divided between Germany and the Soviet Union under the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact.

The Char Renault D2 was a French interwar medium tank built between 1936 and 1940, to 100 units

Discover the pivotal events between 1918 and 1942 that shaped the first half of World War II. This timeline traces that path from the bitter conclusion of the First World War through the...

4 days ago · World War II was a conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during 1939–45. The main combatants were the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) and the Allies (France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and China).

Oct 23, 2007 · I wanted to find the numbers for gasoline and diesel use during land operations in WWII, but so far I have only found specs on gasoline use during the period of the breakout from Normandy in 1944-1945.

Oct 29, 2009 · World War II, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history, involved more than 50 nations and was fought on land, sea and air in nearly every part of the world. Also known as the Second...

Detailing the entire course of the conflict, World War II: The Lost Color Archives provides a unique new perspective on everything from the war's most critical battles and key personalities to details of life on the home front to the plight of uprooted refugees.