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The history of Colombia during World War II began in 1939. Although geographically distant from the main theaters of war, Colombia played an important role in World War II because of its strategic location near the Panama Canal , and its access to both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans .
Formation of the United States of Colombia; Ecuadorian–Colombian War (1862–1863) Colombia: Ecuador: Victory: Colombian Civil War of 1876 (1876–1877) Colombia. Colombian Liberal Party; Colombian Conservative Party: Victory: Colombian Civil War (1884–1885) (1884-1885) Colombia: Radical liberals: Victory. New constitution in 1886, Colombia ...
The Memorial Plaque was issued after the First World War to the next-of-kin of all British Empire service personnel who were killed as a result of the war. The plaques (which could be described as large plaquettes) about 120 mm (4.7 in) in diameter, were cast in bronze, and came to be known as the Dead Man's Penny or Widow's Penny because of ...
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.
List of World War II monuments and memorials in North Macedonia; ... Grade II* listed war memorials in England; List of War Memorial windows by Christopher Whall;
World War II memorials in the United States (2 C, 54 P) Y. Yugoslav World War II monuments and memorials (30 P) This page was last edited on 14 February 2024, at 11: ...
Medjez-El-Bab Memorial; Memorial against war and fascism; Memorial Complex of Participants of the Great Patriotic War (Shusha) Memorial for the victims of a free Austria 1934–1945; Memorial Hall of the Chinese Expeditionary Force; Memorial Park, Port of Spain; Monument of Lihula; Monument to Richard Sorge; Monument to the Dead of World War II
The Colombian Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Colombian Army that served under United Nations Command during the Korean War from 1951 to 1954. The first Colombian military unit to serve in Asia, the battalion was attached to the U.S. 7th Infantry Division and 25th Infantry Divisions.