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  2. Battle of the Caribbean - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of the Caribbean refers to a naval campaign waged during World War II that was part of the Battle of the Atlantic, from 1941 to 1945. [3] German U-boats and Italian submarines attempted to disrupt the Allied supply of oil and other material. They sank shipping in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico and attacked coastal targets ...

  3. List of battles fought in Ohio - Wikipedia

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    This is an incomplete list of military confrontations that have occurred within the boundaries of the modern US State of Ohio since European contact. The region was part of New France from 1679–1763, ruled by Great Britain from 1763–1783, and part of the United States of America 1783–present.

  4. Naval Base Trinidad - Wikipedia

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    So Naval Base Trinidad became a key to keeping Panama Canal, Venezuela oil and the Caribbean open. The US Navy and US Army landed on Trinidad on September 2, 1940. Much of Naval Base Trinidad was built by private contractors in 1941 and in 1942 expanded by the Seabees of Naval Construction Battalions. Naval Base Trinidad also was a training ...

  5. American theater (World War II) - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  6. List of Allied convoys during World War II by region - Wikipedia

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    April 1940 May 1940 French and Polish troop convoys FS Firth of Forth to River Thames: 1939 1945 1,840 FS [3] Brest via British Isles to Norway April 1940 May 1940 French supply convoys GREYBACK Dieppe, Seine-Maritime to Newhaven, East Sussex: ferry service GS Grimsby to Southend-on-Sea: 1940 1940 HM Holyhead to Milford Haven: HN Bergen to ...

  7. US Naval Advance Bases - Wikipedia

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    Majuro Submarine Base at Majuro Atoll - Harbor, Sub base, Fleet recreational center, two airfields (1940–1945) Manus Naval Base in the Admiralty Islands - Lombrum Naval Base - Seeadler Harbor (1943–1947) Naval Advance Base Saipan, included East Field (Saipan), Aslito Field and Marpi Point Field, seaplane base, hospital, depot (Battle of Saipan)

  8. Jesse B. Oldendorf - Wikipedia

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    Jesse Barrett "Oley" Oldendorf (16 February 1887 – 27 April 1974) was an admiral in the United States Navy, famous for defeating a Japanese force in the Battle of Leyte Gulf during World War II. He also served as commander of the American naval forces during the early phase of the Battle of the Caribbean. In early 1942, a secret group of ...

  9. List of orders of battle - Wikipedia

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    May 1 – June 18, 1940 Hundred Regiments Offensive: Japanese North China Area Army and Chinese 8th Route Army: August 20 – December 5, 1940 Central Hubei Operation: Japanese 11th Army and Chinese 5th War Area: November 25–30, 1940 Battle of South Henan: Chinese and Japanese forces: January 30 – March 1, 1941 China Burma India Theater