This awesome poster features American soldiers from the
Revolutionary War and American soldiers from World War II along
with the slogan: Americans will always fight for liberty.
The Revolutionary
War
The American Revolutionary War was also known as the American
War of Independence. It took place between 1775 and 1783, and
was fought primarily between Great Britain and revolutionaries
within the thirteen British colonies in North America. The war
began largely as a colonial revolt against the economic policies
of the British Empire, and eventually widened far beyond British
North America, with France, Spain, and the Netherlands entering
the war against Great Britain. Additionally, many American
Indians fought on both sides of the conflict.
World War II
World War II was a mid-20th-century conflict that engulfed much
of the globe and is generally considered the most costly and
intense war in human history. By most Western accounts,
the conflict began on September 1, 1939, with the German
invasion of Poland. The Pacific war is said to have started on
July 7, 1937, with the Japanese attack on China. The United
States entered the war following the Japanese attack on Pearl
Harbor on December 7, 1941.
World War II lasted until the summer of 1945. The war ended in
Europe with the surrender of Germany on May 8, 1945 (V-E and
Victory Days), but continued in Asia until Japan's surrender on
August 15, 1945 (V-J Day).
