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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 ...
This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths that are either directly or indirectly caused by war.These numbers include the deaths of military personnel which are the direct results of a battle or other military wartime actions, as well as wartime/war-related deaths of civilians which are often results of war-induced epidemics, famines, genocide, etc. Due to incomplete records, the ...
1945: World War II: 636,191 including prisoners Battle of Luzon: 1945: World War II: 332,330 –345,330, including sick [146] Battle of the Rhineland: 1945: World War II: 82,000 and 250,000 prisoners [147] Battle of Iwo Jima: 1945: World War II: 44,821 [148] –48,700 [149] East Prussian Offensive: 1945: World War II: 806,778 including ...
The Second Happy Time (German: Zweite glückliche Zeit; officially Operation Paukenschlag ("Operation Drumbeat"), and also known among German submarine commanders as the "American Shooting Season" [1]) was a phase in the Battle of the Atlantic during which Axis submarines attacked merchant shipping and Allied naval vessels along the east coast of North America.
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 ...
Caribbean portal; Caribbean Sea operations of World War II — during the 1940s in the Caribbean region. Part of the American Theater of World War II, and of the Battle of the Atlantic in the Atlantic and Arctic theatres of World War II.
The five-day battle cost the Germans five U-boats (four sunk by Walker's group), while the British lost Audacity, a destroyer, and only two merchant ships. The battle was the first clear Allied convoy victory. [76] Through dogged effort, the Allies slowly gained the upper hand until the end of 1941.
The 82-day battle on Okinawa itself lasted from 1 April until 22 June 1945. After a long campaign of island hopping , the Allies were planning to use Kadena Air Base on the island as a staging point for Operation Downfall , the planned invasion of the Japanese home islands , 340 mi (550 km) away.