The Railway Gun Captured
American soldiers celebrate atop a captured German railway gun following the D-Day landings. Though employed in the past, railway guns would take a central position in the conflict of World War II.
The Railway Gun Captured
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As war blazed across the European continent, America hoped to keep out of the fighting, only offering support through the sale of weapons and munitions to Allied forces. However, Washington knew that the day might come when they were dragged into the conflict, and thus passed the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940. Men between the ages of 18-45 were registered for the draft, something that had never happened before during peacetime.
