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The American Theater [1] was a theater of operations during World War II including all continental American territory, and extending 200 miles (320 km) into the ocean.. Owing to North and South America's geographical separation from the central theaters of conflict (in Europe, the Mediterranean and Middle East, and the Pacific) the threat of an invasion of the continental U.S. or other areas ...
The 16 officially recognized US Army campaigns in the European Theater of Operations are: [1] North Africa campaigns: Egypt-Libya: 11 June 1942 – 12 February 1943, American participation in the Western Desert campaign; Algeria-French Morocco: 8–11 November 1942, the allied landings in North Africa
American-British-Dutch-Australian Command; Pacific Theater of Operations. Pacific Ocean Areas; South West Pacific Area; South-East Asian Theatre. Burma Campaign; China Burma India Theatre; Japan. Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign; Soviet-Japanese War (1945) Soviet Manchurian Campaign (1945)
In all, 44 World War II campaigns were designated by the U.S. Army: 24 for the Asiatic–Pacific Theater, 19 in the European–African–Middle Eastern Theater, and one in the American Theater. In addition, there were three main blanket campaigns: antisubmarine warfare, ground combat and air combat.
The American Campaign Medal was a military award of the United States Armed Forces which was first created on November 6, 1942, by Executive Order 9265 issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. [1] [2] The medal was intended to recognize those military members who had performed military service in the American Theater of Operations during ...
North American Coastal convoys of World War II (9 P) T. Training wings of the United States Army Air Forces (21 P) Pages in category "American Theater of World War II"
After World War II, American theater came into its own. Several American playwrights, such as Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams, became world-renowned. In the 1950s and 1960s, experimentation in the Arts spread into theater as well, with plays such as Hair including nudity and drug culture references.
June 21–22, 1942 – Bombardment of Fort Stevens, the second attack on a U.S. military base in the continental U.S. in World War II. September 9, 1942, and September 29, 1942 – Lookout Air Raids, the only attack by enemy aircraft on the contiguous U.S. and the second enemy aircraft attack on the U.S. continent in World War II.