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In the immediate aftermath of World War II and the defeat of fascism, as many as 9,000 Nazis and other fascists escaped Europe to South America via ratlines, including Croats, Ukrainians, Russians, and other Europeans who aided the Nazi war machine. Most, perhaps as many as 5,000, went to Argentina; between 1,500 and 2,000 may have made it to ...
A map of the extent of the Wari Empire c. 1230 Sinchi Roca , the second Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cuzco , waged war against a nearby kingdom after the killing of the Inca diplomat Teuotihi c. 1290 Mayta Cápac , the fourth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cuzco , put the regions of Arequipa and Moquegua under the control of the Inca empire
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The battle where Mexico entered World War II, contributing pilots to help the United States and the Philippines defeat Japan in the South Pacific, with a loss of 37,870 Allied soldiers and 217,000 Japanese soldiers; an Allied victory • Battle of Corregidor: Spectacular combined U.S. and Philippine assault retakes island bastion from Japanese ...
Pages in category "South America in World War II" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Map of the Vicksburg area, De Soto Point, and the canal. The positions to the north of Vicksburg are related to the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou. Grant's Canal (also known as Williams's Canal) was an incomplete military effort to construct a canal through De Soto Point in Louisiana, across the Mississippi River from Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Vicksburg was strategically vital to the Confederates. Jefferson Davis said, "Vicksburg is the nail head that holds the South's two halves together." [4] While in their hands, it blocked Union navigation down the Mississippi; together with control of the mouth of the Red River and of Port Hudson to the south, it allowed communication with the states west of the river, upon which the ...
Since the establishment of the Monroe Doctrine the United States Government sought and gained an influential position in the Western Hemisphere.During the 1930s, the American intervention in region, which began in 1898 (see the Spanish American War and the banana wars) on behalf of local elites and U.S. corporations, was replaced by the Good Neighbor policy which was made official at the ...