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1. Bomber -- World War Ii
   One of the best known airplanes of World War II, the B-25 bomber was ... one of the most flown, most versatile, and most successful of all the combat planes of the era. The B-25 bomber was designed and built by North American Aviation beginning in 1939, and it was used throughout the war for bombing, photoreconnaissance, submarine patrol, fighting, and strafing (attacking ground troops from a low altitude). Sixteen of these twin-engine bombers famously flew in the Tokyo Raid of April 18, 1942, the U.S. counterattack on the Japanese four months after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
2. Battleship -- World War Ii
   With the Washington Naval Treaty, the navies of the world scaled back on their battleship arms race, with numerous ships on all sides scrapped or repurposed. With an extension, that treaty lasted until 1936, when the major navies of the world began a new build-up. Famous ships like Bismarck, Missouri, and the Japanese Yamato were all launched within the next few years in preparation for the coming of World War II.
3. Normandy -- World War Ii
   During World War II, following the armistice of 22 June 1940 continental Normandy was part of the German occupied zone of France. The Channel Islands were occupied by German forces between 30 June and 4 July.
4. Yugoslavia -- World War Ii
   Primary schooling in interwar Yugoslavia was a four-year course. Although enrollments more than doubled between 1919 and 1940, on the eve of World War II only about 27.3 percent of Yugoslav young people between five and 24 were enrolled in school or receiving some kind of instruction. Only about 4 percent of the pupils who completed primary school went on to secondary schools. Muslim parents remained suspicious of education for women, and many rural areas had no schools at all. In the late 1930s, about 40 percent of the population over ten years of age was illiterate. Striking regional disparities existed in levels of literacy.
5. Budapest -- World War Ii
   The definitive view of Budapest is that of Castle Hill and the first district. It's hard to imagine that the palace and entire hill with its medieval and baroque residences were utterly flattened during World War II. More baroque splendour extends along Fo utca and flanks Batthyany ter, site of the most spectacular Buda-side view of Pest and the Parliament.
6. Valiant -- World War Ii
   A brave-but-undersized pigeon, named Valiant, dreams of joining the elite Royal Homing Pigeon Service and serving crown and country during World War II. Despite his small stature, Valiant's ambitions are enormous as he keeps a stiff upper beak and endures rigorous training in preparation for a dangerous mission to deliver vital messages to troops behind enemy lines. With a shortage of wingpower in...See Full Description
7. Transnistria -- World War Ii
   Transnistria is a narrow strip of Moldovan territory between the Dniester River and Moldova’s eastern border with Ukraine. The Slavic ethnic majority in Transnistria speaks Russian or Ukrainian while the majority of those on the west side of the Dniester River speak Moldovan, a language very similar to Romanian. The western side of the Dniester River was part of Romania until shortly after World War II.
8. 1946 -- World War Ii
   Prior to 1946 the American film industry was a separate component in cinema annals—different by its sheer size, structure, and its success in world film domination. What happened after World War II was part of a worldwide transformation of both movies and society as a whole. Within half a decade ... that same American Film industry was beleaguered, defensive, and trembling for its mere survival.
9. 1942 -- World War Ii
   During the early days of World War II, Ludwig managed a theatre in the Skouras Theatre Corporation before joining Rugoff and Becker in 1942. He worked as a film buyer and supervisor of theatre operations until 1945, at which time he became a member of the sales administrative staff of Walt Disney Productions. When Buena Vista was formed in 1953, Ludwig was an integral force on the formulating committee that gave the company its structure and launched it into active operation. As the first vice president and domestic sales manager, he significantly contributed to shaping the company's policies and success. He became president of Buena Vista in 1959 and held that post until his retirement in October, 1980.
10. Eugenics -- World War Ii
    Eugenics is, by definition, "the study of hereditary improvement of the human race by controlled selected breeding." Eugenic research first gained public prominence as a field of scientific study in the late 19th century, peaked in the early 20th century, and had fallen out of favor by the time the crimes of the German National Socialists were exposed following World War II.

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