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The French Liberation Army (French: Armée française de la Libération, AFL) a reunified French Army, is created in 1943 when the Army of Africa (Armée d'Afrique) led by General Giraud is combined with the Free French Forces (Forces Françaises Libres) of General de Gaulle [8] Italian campaign (World War II) begins (1943 to 1945)
The North African campaign of World War II took place in North Africa from 10 June 1940 to 13 May 1943, fought between the Allies and the Axis Powers.It included campaigns in the Libyan and Egyptian deserts (Western Desert campaign, Desert War), in Morocco and Algeria (Operation Torch), and in Tunisia (Tunisia campaign).
An invasion is a military offensive in which sizable number of combatants of one geopolitical entity aggressively enter territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objectives of establishing or re-establishing control, retaliation for real or perceived actions, liberation of previously lost territory, forcing the partition of a country, gaining concessions or access to ...
The North African campaign of World War II, sometimes called the "Desert War", includes the campaigns in Egypt and Libya (often referred to as the Western Desert campaign or the "Egypt–Libya Campaign") and those campaigns in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia (usually referred to as the Tunisian campaign.
1942–1945 — South-East Asian theatre of World War II; 1942 — 1942 Bombing of Vietnam; 1942 — Malayan campaign; 1942 — Battle of Singapore; 1942–1945 — Anti-Japanese resistance movement in Malaya during World War II; 1942–1945 — Anti-Japanese resistance movements in the Dutch East Indies during World War II; 1942 — Battle of ...
Timeline of the United Kingdom home front during World War II (1939–1945) Timeline of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact (1918–1941) Timeline of Sweden during World War II (1939–1945) Timeline of the Netherlands during World War II (1939–1945) Chronology of the liberation of Dutch cities and towns during World War II
Western China invasion (Szechwan invasion or "Operation 5") Eastern China invasion (Operation Ichi-Go) Operation Fu-Go (Planned bombing of the USA) Operation Fu-Go (Attack on Burma to precede an Indian Invasion on Operation U-Go) Strikes at Imphal and Kohima strikes ("Operation U-Go") (attempts to India Invasion,"21 Operation")
Australians and U.S. for the first time in World War II stop a Japanese offensive (against Port Moresby) • Battle of Guadalcanal: Beginning of Allied action in Solomon Islands. • Battle of Savo Island: Japanese sink four US cruisers. • Battle of Dieppe: Operation Jubilee was an Allied amphibious raid on the German-occupied port of Dieppe ...