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Theater of operations (TO) is a sub-area within a theater of war. The boundary of a TO is defined by the commander who is orchestrating or providing support for specific combat operations within the TO. Theater of operations is divided into strategic directions or military regions depending on whether it is a war or peacetime.
The Swedish term "Theatre War" reflects the view in later times that the war in practice was a theatrical spectacle rather than a "real" martial conflict. In Norwegian, the war is known as Tyttebærkrigen after the Norwegian word for the mountain cranberry , in remembrance of how the Norwegian troops, denied assistance by the local population ...
Theatre of War or Theater of War may refer to: Theater (warfare), a military term for an area where an armed conflict takes place; Theatre War, a war between Denmark-Norway and Sweden in 1788-1789; Theater of War, a 2001 music album by the band Jacob's Dream; Theater of War, a 2008 documentary film by director John Walter; Theatre of War, a ...
After the war in Europe ended on May 8, 1945, ETOUSA became briefly U.S. Armed Forces Europe, then U.S. Forces, European Theater (USFET), and then, eventually, United States Army Europe. Albert Coady Wedemeyer was chief author of the Victory Program , published three months before the U.S. entered the war in 1941, which advocated the defeat of ...
Second Sino-Japanese War (December 8, 1941 – September 9, 1945) Pacific War; American-British-Dutch-Australian Command; Pacific Theater of Operations. Pacific Ocean Areas; South West Pacific Area; South-East Asian Theatre. Burma Campaign; China Burma India Theatre; Japan. Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign; Soviet-Japanese War (1945) Soviet ...
In the 1940s and 1950s, musicals about World War II tended to be peppy shows about soldiers and sailors on leave, acting carefree for a few days and leaving the war behind. ... The theater’s low ...
The European theatre of World War II was one of the two main theatres of combat [nb 19] during World War II, taking place from September 1939 to May 1945.The Allied powers (including the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Soviet Union) fought the Axis powers (including Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy) on both sides of the continent in the Western and Eastern fronts.
Largely Literary Theater Company will present "Ghosts of the Civil War: Shades of Blue and Gray" for The Wayne County Civil War Round Table program at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 16.