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1939 map of the Strait of Gibraltar as published in The Illustrated London News. Plans for the Allied counter offensive after the attack on Pearl Harbor were ongoing by mid-1942. [ 43 ] An invasion of Europe in 1943 would be unworkable, but the allies could attack the "soft underbelly of Europe" through the Mediterranean , as Prime Minister ...
Blank map of Europe October 1938 - March 1939.svg German Reich (Nazi Germany) derivative work by TRAJAN 117 (First) Czechoslovak Republic (Czechoslovakia) derivative work by TRAJAN 117
Blank map of Europe October 1938 - March 1939.svg German Reich (Nazi Germany) derivative work by TRAJAN 117 (First) Czechoslovak Republic (Czechoslovakia) derivative work by TRAJAN 117
1939 in Gibraltar (1 C) 1939 in Greece (2 C, 2 P) H. ... Pages in category "1939 in Europe" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
1939 map of the Strait of Gibraltar from The Illustrated London News. The aim of the operation was to ensure that Britain could continue to communicate with Gibraltar if Spain joined, or was invaded by, the Axis powers, [1] and to carry out limited sabotage.
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The British referred to this theatre as the Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre (so called due to the location of the fighting and the name of Middle East Command), the Americans called it the Mediterranean Theater of War and the German informal official history of the fighting is the Mediterranean, South-East Europe, and North Africa 1939 ...