World War II

World War II was a global conflict on planet Earth, begun when the nation-state of Germany, under the leadership of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, invaded Poland in 1939. The Allied nations, including Great Britain declared war on the Axis Powers, including Germany, Italy and Japan. The United States of America joined the war in 1941, when Japanese forces bombed the U.S. naval station at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The war ended in an Allied victory in 1945, following the detonation of atomic weapons over two Japanese cities.

Benny Russell served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.