Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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).
The Mediterranean and Middle East, Volume IV: The Destruction of the Axis Forces in Africa. History of the Second World War United Kingdom Military Series. Uckfield, UK: Naval & Military Press. ISBN 1-84574-068-8. Rommel, Erwin (1982) [1953]. Liddell-Hart, Basil (ed.). The Rommel Papers. Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-80157-4
No battle since the Vietnam War had killed so many U.S. troops. [19] Casualties included 18 dead American soldiers and 73 wounded, [20] with Malaysian forces suffering one death and seven wounded, and Pakistani forces two injuries. [21] Somali casualties, a mixture of insurgents and civilians, were far higher; most estimates are between 133 and ...
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; Chronology of the liberation of Belgian cities and towns during World War II; Timeline of the Manhattan Project (1939–1947) Timeline of air operations ...
During World War II, 1.2 million African Americans served in the U.S. Armed Forces and 708 were killed in action. 350,000 American women served in the Armed Forces during World War II and 16 were killed in action. [343] During World War II, 26,000 Japanese-Americans served in the Armed Forces and over 800 were killed in action. [344]
Official History of Australia in the Second World War Series 1 (Army). Vol. I. Canberra: Australian War Memorial. Archived from the original on September 8, 2007; Maughan, Barton (1966). Tobruk and El Alamein. Official History of Australia in the Second World War Series 1 (Army). Vol. III. Canberra: Australian War Memorial.
June 21–22, 1942 – Bombardment of Fort Stevens, the second attack on a U.S. military base in the continental U.S. in World War II. September 9, 1942, and September 29, 1942 – Lookout Air Raids, the only attack by enemy aircraft on the contiguous U.S. and the second enemy aircraft attack on the U.S. continent in World War II.
Clockwise from top left: Battle of the Bismarck Sea, graves of U.S. Marines killed in the Battle of Tarawa, burning Allied ships after the air raid on Bari in Italy, Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto. This is a timeline of events that occurred during World War II in 1943.