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  2. Operation Tungsten - Wikipedia

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    Operation Tungsten was a Second World War Royal Navy air raid that targeted the German battleship Tirpitz. The operation sought to damage or destroy Tirpitz at her base in Kaafjord in the far north of Norway before she could become fully operational again following a period of repairs.

  3. Wolfram Crisis - Wikipedia

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    The Wolfram Crisis (Spanish: Crisis del wolframio) was a diplomatic conflict during World War II between Francoist Spain and the Allied powers, which sought to block Spanish exports of tungsten ore to Nazi Germany. "Wolfram" is an alternate name for tungsten, a strategic material used in anti-tank weapons and machine tools.

  4. World War II casualties - Wikipedia

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    During World War II, 1.2 million African Americans served in the U.S. Armed Forces and 708 were killed in action. 350,000 American women served in the Armed Forces during World War II and 16 were killed in action. [343] During World War II, 26,000 Japanese-Americans served in the Armed Forces and over 800 were killed in action. [344]

  5. Allied order of battle for Operation Tungsten - Wikipedia

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    Operation Tungsten was a Second World War air raid conducted by the Royal Navy that targeted the German battleship Tirpitz at her base in Kaafjord in the far north of Norway on 3 April 1944. The damage inflicted during the attack was not sufficient to sink or disable the ship, but she suffered considerable damage to her superstructure and ...

  6. List of World War II battles - Wikipedia

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    A formation of Spitfires shortly before World War II. This is a list of World War II battles encompassing land, naval, and air engagements as well as campaigns, operations, defensive lines and sieges. Campaigns generally refer to broader strategic operations conducted over a large bit of territory and over a long period.

  7. List of battles by casualties - Wikipedia

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    World War II: 2,336 Battle of Midway: 1942 World War II: 3,364 Battle of Santa Cruz Islands: 1942 World War II: 766 Battle of Savo Island: 1942 World War II: 1217 Naval Battle of Casablanca: 1942 World War II: 636 Battle of the Bismarck Sea: 1943 World War II: 2,903 Battle of Leyte Gulf: 1944 World War II: 15,500 Battle of San Carlos: 1982 ...

  8. Tungsten - Wikipedia

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    Naturally occurring tungsten consists of four stable isotopes (182 W, 183 W, 184 W, and 186 W) and one very long-lived radioisotope, 180 W. Theoretically, all five can decay into isotopes of element 72 by alpha emission, but only 180 W has been observed to do so, with a half-life of (1.8 ± 0.2) × 10 18 years; [36] [37] on average, this yields ...

  9. Fall of Singapore - Wikipedia

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    [d] The Japanese overran cities and advanced toward Singapore, which was an anchor for the operations of the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command (ABDACOM), the first Allied joint command of the Second World War. Singapore controlled the main shipping channel between the Indian and the Pacific Oceans.