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The Battle of Dakar, also known as Operation Menace, was an unsuccessful attempt in September 1940 by the Allies to capture the strategic port of Dakar in French West Africa (modern-day Senegal). It was hoped that the success of the operation could overthrow the pro-German Vichy French administration in the colony, and be replaced by a pro ...
Dakar to Freetown via Bathurst Gambia 1943 1943 DSF Dakar to Freetown: DSL Dakar to Freetown and Lagos: DSP Dakar to Freetown and Pointe-Noire: DST Dakar to Freetown and Sekondi-Takoradi: E Trinidad to dispersal southward FB Freetown to Bahia: FFT Freetown to Trinidad: 1942 1943 FJ Florianópolis to Rio de Janeiro: FSD Freetown to Dakar: 1944 ...
World War II [b] or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war .
The Battle of Gabon (French: Bataille du Gabon), also called the Gabon Campaign (Campagne du Gabon), occurred in November 1940 during World War II. The battle resulted in forces under the orders of General Charles de Gaulle taking the colony of Gabon and its capital, Libreville, from Vichy France, and the rallying of French Equatorial Africa to Free France.
The federation existed from 1895 until 1958. Its capital was Saint-Louis in Senegal until 1902, and then Dakar until the federation's collapse in 1960. With an area of 4,689,000 km 2, French West Africa was eight times the size of Metropolitan France. [4] French Equatorial Africa had an additional area of 2,500,000 km 2. [4]
` This is a partial list of British Landing Grounds (LG) In North Africa, used during World War II. There are over 250 known LGs. Not all of these were active airfields; some were depots, some were repair stations, and some were decoys.
As Russian forces make slow progress in eastern Ukraine, Ukraine's military stages a surprise cross-border attack.
On 5 November, a group of 1,635 former prisoners of war embarked in Morlaix on the British ship Circassia. [9] The group landed in Dakar on 21 November and were temporarily assigned to the military camp of Thiaroye. [10] On 25 November, a group that was supposed to depart for Bamako on that same day refused to leave Thiaroye until the matter ...