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World War II


World War II (1939-1945) was a global conflict involving most of the world's nations. It was characterized by widespread military engagements across Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Pacific. The war can be traced back to the rise of aggressive expansionist powers, including Nazi Germany led by Adolf Hitler, fascist Italy led by Benito Mussolini, and militarist Japan under Emperor Hirohito.

The war officially began on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland, prompting Britain and France to declare war on Germany. The conflict quickly escalated as Germany conquered much of Western Europe and Japan expanded in the Pacific. The Axis Powers, led by Germany, Italy, and Japan, fought against the Allied Powers, including the United Kingdom, Soviet Union, United States, and others.

Key events and theaters of the war included the Holocaust, in which millions of Jews and others were systematically murdered by the Nazis, the Battle of Stalingrad, a turning point on the Eastern Front, and the D-Day landings in Normandy, which marked the beginning of the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi occupation.

The war concluded in 1945 with the unconditional surrender of Germany and Japan. The conflict had devastating consequences, resulting in an estimated 50 million fatalities, widespread destruction, and significant social, political, and economic changes worldwide. The war also led to the establishment of the United Nations, an international organization aimed at promoting peace and cooperation among nations to prevent such a global conflict from happening again.

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World War II Soldier  male ancestor  Vurl M FLYNN (1 October 1915, Munsing, Michigan, USA - 1 July 1941, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA)
World War II Soldier  male ancestor  Robert Irvin FOX (15 November 1924, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA - 24 March 2008, Noblesville, Indiana, USA)
(Eston Sinclair FOX & Agnes Marguerite CONROY)

World War II Soldier  male ancestor  James Edward FRALEY (4 August 1917, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville) - 28 August 1984, Dalton, Massachusetts, USA)
(Clifford Horace FRALEY & Mary Ann CALLAHAN)

World War II Soldier  male ancestor  Norman Euclid FRALEY (7 September 1911, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville) - 3 March 1975, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville))
(Everett John FRALEY & Mary Elizabeth MADDEN)

World War II Soldier  photo of ancestor   John G FRANCLEMONT (15 April 1912, Buffalo, New York, USA - 26 May 2004, Batavia, New York, USA)
(George Henry FRANCLEMONT & Mildred Frances COCHRAN)

World War II Soldier  photo of ancestor   Wallace David FRENCH (27 August 1924, Lewiston, Maine, USA - 18 June 1975, Chelsea, Maine, USA (Togus))
(James Lincoln FRENCH & Susan Louise HANSCOM)

World War II Soldier  male ancestor  Daniel Lenord FRIED (13 January 1917, Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights) - 24 October 1973, Miami, Florida, USA)
World War II Soldier  male ancestor  Hugh Corl FRY (27 October 1910, Pine Grove Mills, Pennsylvania, USA - 19 December 1993, Anamosa, Iowa, USA)
(George Brinton Mcclellan FRY & Sarah Maudra CORL)

World War II Soldier  male ancestor  Stanley FUSCO (1920, White Plains, New York, USA - 1 December 2002, White Plains, New York, USA)
(Morris FUSCO & Mary PASSARELLA)

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World War II Soldier  male ancestor  Alfred John GABOURY (24 April 1928, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA - 28 February 1992, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA)
(Alfred Almdee GABOURY & Cleytris Marion WALSH)

World War II Soldier  photo of ancestor   George Napoleon GABOURY (24 July 1911, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA - 24 August 2005, Leominster, Massachusetts, USA)
(Paul GABOURY & Délia Amélia DION)

World War II Soldier  male ancestor  Armand L GABREE (24 December 1919, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville) - 8 December 1996, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville))
(Julian Carl GABREE & Marie Anna LEMOINE)

World War II Soldier  photo of ancestor   Bruno-Joseph-Alphonse GAMELIN (23 July 1912, Manseau, Québec, Canada - 12 February 1985, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada)
(Joseph-Alphonse GAMELIN & Rosee PRESSE)

World War II Soldier  male ancestor  Robert Lawrence GAUDETTE (31 December 1921, Milton, Vermont, USA - 21 October 1999, St Albans, Vermont, USA)
(Alias Joseph GAUDETTE & Mary Elizabeth MURRAY)

World War II Soldier  photo of ancestor   Lawrence Louis GEVRY (2 September 1924, Webster, Massachusetts, USA - 16 November 2013, Webster, Massachusetts, USA)
(Lawrence GEVRY & Agnes Evangeline WALSH)

World War II Soldier  male ancestor  Gaston GIRARD (10 September 1918, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada - 23 October 1999, North Haven, Connecticut, USA)
(Osias GIRARD & Albina GAUDET)

World War II Soldier  male ancestor  Armand W GLAUDE (26 October 1919, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA - 6 October 2015, Cumberland, Rhode Island, USA (Valley Falls) (Ashton) (Cumberland Hill))
(Ovila J GLAUDE & Virginie BEAUSOLEIL)

World War II Soldier  male ancestor  Sylvio Odias GLAUDE (9 June 1918, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA - 18 October 1944, , Belgium)
(Ovila J GLAUDE & Virginie BEAUSOLEIL)

World War II Soldier  photo of ancestor   Virginia Alice GOODRUM (20 June 1919, Westmoreland, New Hampshire, USA - 14 January 2019, Keene, New Hampshire, USA)
(Adam Clark GOODRUM & Alice Mattie SULLIVAN)

World War II Soldier  male ancestor  Robert M GRAHAM (17 September 1922, Webster, Massachusetts, USA - 1 February 2009, Lady Lake, Florida, USA)
(Martin Louis GRAHAM & Alice G WALSH)

World War II Soldier  photo of ancestor   Conrad Kenneth GRANDCHAMP (20 September 1922, Providence, Rhode Island, USA - 1 September 1975, Los Angeles, California, USA)
(Frederick Joseph GRANDCHAMP & Delvina DUGAS)

World War II Soldier  photo of ancestor   Samuel Lee GRAVELY (4 June 1922, Richmond, Virginia, USA - 22 October 2004, Bethesda, Maryland, USA)
World War II Soldier  male ancestor  Robert Ralph GREINER (10 August 1919, Meriden, Connecticut, USA - 2 September 2000, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA)
(Robert Max GREINER & Anna M MONAHAN)

World War II Soldier  photo of ancestor   John Irvin GROOM (21 December 1924, Kansas City, Missouri, USA - 28 March 1976, Santa Maria, California, USA)
(Franklin Earl GROOM & Nellie Dora HACKETT)

World War II Soldier  male ancestor  Donald Henry GUARD (16 December 1914, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA - 12 April 2000, Hartford, Connecticut, USA)
(Arthur Henry GUARD & Elizabeth J FLEMING)

World War II Soldier  male ancestor  Michael James GUIMON (March 15, 1919, Chicago, Illinois, USA - November 13, 1964, Chicago, Illinois, USA)
(Edward Earl GUIMOND & Elizabeth Mable CUMMINGS)

World War II Soldier  male ancestor  Lamar Estene GUTHRIE (23 December 1911, Morganton, Georgia, USA - 12 September 2002, Falls Church, Virginia, USA)
(Oscar Rastus GUTHRIE & Bertha Ethel AMMONS)

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World War II Soldier  male ancestor  Gregory Burleigh HALE (19 June 1924, , Connecticut, USA - 24 February 2009, DeLand, Volusia, Florida, USA)
(Henry Gregory HALE & Mabel Claire THOMAS)

World War II Soldier  male ancestor  John Merril HALL (10 April 1925, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA - 1 April 2005, Sun City, Maricopa, Arizona, USA)
(John M HALL & Gladys CHAMPLIN)

World War II Soldier  male ancestor  John Lawrence HAMBLIN (December 17, 1920, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - June 24, 1981, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, USA)
(Wolcott Chaffee, Jr. HAMBLIN & Beatrice Louise SHERIDAN)

World War II Soldier  male ancestor  Bonzy HAMMONDS (September 14, 1919, , Kentucky, USA - September 10 1962, Eddyville Kentucky, USA)
(Alexander "Alex" HAMMONDS & Lina MAGGARD)

World War II Soldier  male ancestor  Charles Malcolm HANSEN (10 March 1915, Hartford, Connecticut, USA - 1 May 1998, Gloucester Township, New Jersey, USA)
(John HANSEN & Mae BLESSING)

World War II Soldier  photo of ancestor   Edward Robert HANSEN (17 April 1926, Hartford, Connecticut, USA - 18 May 2016, West Hartford, Connecticut, USA)
(John HANSEN & Mae BLESSING)

World War II Soldier  photo of ancestor   Lester Louis HANSEN (14 January 1913, Hartford, Connecticut, USA - 25 December 1970, , Florida, USA)
(Henry (Henrik) Valentin HANSEN & Henrietta Ruth BLESSING)

World War II Soldier  male ancestor  Theodore Henry HANSEN (30 August 1917, , Connecticut, USA - 6 May 1985, West Haven, Connecticut, USA)
(John HANSEN & Mae BLESSING)

World War II Soldier  male ancestor  Charles E HANSON (7 August 1924, Windham, Connecticut, USA (Willimantic) - 30 March 1993, Hartford, Connecticut, USA)
(Charles Winfield HANSON & Bernice Marie CAVANAUGH)

World War II Soldier  male ancestor  Charles Winfield HANSON (15 February 1898, Lynn, Massachusetts, USA - 31 October 1959, )
World War II Soldier  photo of ancestor   Harriet Michael HARDIN (20 June 1904, Jefferson City, Missouri, USA - 21 February 1999, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA)
World War II Soldier  male ancestor  Frank L HARDY (31 July 1913, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA - 31 December 1985, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA)
(Joseph HARDY & Lena Jane PARRY)

World War II Soldier  male ancestor  Stevens HART (December 12, 1921, Gull Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada - December 30, 2003, Salem, Oregon, USA)
World War II Soldier  male ancestor  Sylvester Thomas HARVEY (5/17/1908, Hardwick, Vermont, USA (East, Center) (Mackville) - 3/5/2005, Burlington, Vermont, USA)
(William Fremont HARVEY & Isadora "Dora" Moriah JENNINGS)

World War II Soldier  photo of ancestor   Ira Hamilton "Chief Falling Cloud" HAYES (12 January 1923, Sacaton, Arizona, USA - 24 January 1955, Bapchule, Arizona, USA)
World War II Soldier  male ancestor  Jacques HEBERT (October 25 1926, Franklin, New Hampshire, USA - December 31 2004, Boscawen, New Hampshire, USA (Fisherville))
(Henri HEBERT & Lydia PARENTEAU)

World War II Soldier  male ancestor  Harry Fitzland HEDDING (2 January 1917, Craftsbury, Vermont, USA (Mill Village) (North, East) (Craftsbury Common) - 15 November 1980, Berlin, Vermont, USA (Berlin Corners) (Montpelier Junction) (West Berlin))
(James Arthur HEDDING & Maud M BAKER)

World War II Soldier  male ancestor  William "Junior" HERSHKOWITZ (19 March 1924, Congress, Arizona, USA - 17 January 1987, La Paz County, Arizona, USA)
(William HERSHKOWITZ & Serafina M "Sarah" MONTE)

World War II Soldier  photo of ancestor   Robert Mott HESSLER (15 November 1920, Tonawanda, New York, USA - 11 April 1945, , Germany (German States) (German Empire))
(Emory Irving HESSLER & Arlene Frances RACE)

World War II Soldier  photo of ancestor   Alan Douglas HEY (27 October 1917, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (North Plymouth) (White Island Shores) (White Horse Beach) - 31 May 1953, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (North Plymouth) (White Island Shores) (White Horse Beach))
(Sikes HEY & Lilian Rosa Lottie BLACKIE)

World War II Soldier  male ancestor  Herbert Augustine HICKEY (February 11 1926, Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA (Neponset) - June 15 1976, Hingham, Massachusetts, USA)
(Herbert James HICKEY & Regina Elizabeth SALLAWAY)

World War II Soldier  male ancestor  C Raymond HINDES (21 July 1921, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA (Indian Orchard) - 4 June 1998, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA (Indian Orchard))
(Osborne Dean HINDES & Betty Cathrina ANDERSSON)

World War II Soldier  photo of ancestor   Harold Vernon HOISVE (19 November 1910, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA - 18 November 1971, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA)
(Johan Bernt Hansen HOISVE & Ragna OLSEN)

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