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Mexico lived in ideal circumstances for industrialization. The conditions that allowed the accelerated growth of the economy were the origin of the import substitution model that Mexico maintained for several decades since the end of the war. Economically, Mexico's actions in World War II cost the country approximately three million dollars. [24]
It was the only military campaign of World War II fought on North American soil. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] At the time of World War II, Alaska was a territory of the United States. The islands' strategic value was their ability to control Pacific transportation routes as US General Billy Mitchell stated to the U.S. Congress in 1935, "I believe that in ...
The Battle of Attu (codenamed Operation Landcrab), [4] which took place on 11–30 May 1943, was fought between forces of the United States, aided by Canadian reconnaissance and fighter-bomber support, and Japan on Attu Island off the coast of the Territory of Alaska as part of the Aleutian Islands campaign during the American Theater and the Pacific Theater.
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Red White Black & Blue - feature documentary about The Battle of Attu in the Aleutians during World War II Soldiers of the 184th Infantry, 7th ID in the Pacific, 1943-1945 World War II Aleutian Islands: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II Archived 2014-03-17 at the Wayback Machine from the United States Army Center of Military History .
The Oxford Companion to World War II (2005), comprehensive encyclopedia for all countries; Eccles, Karen E. and Debbie McCollin, eds. World War II and the Caribbean (2017) excerpt; Frank, Gary. Struggle for hegemony in South America: Argentina, Brazil, and the United States during the Second World War (Routledge, 2021). Friedman, Max Paul.
Although most countries in the Western Hemisphere eventually entered the war on the Allies' side, Mexico and Brazil were the only Latin American nations that sent troops to fight overseas. The cooperation of Mexico and the United States in World War II helped bring about reconciliation between the two countries at the leadership level. [50]
The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II. United States Army Center of Military History. CMH Pub 72-6. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014; Symonds, Craig L. The Battle of Midway (Pivotal Moments in American History) Oxford University Press, US, 2011, ISBN 978-0195397932 pp. 193–200.