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  2. India in World War II - Wikipedia

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    During World War II, in 1941, the British presented a captured German BF 109 single-engined fighter to the Nizam of Hyderabad, in return for the funding of 2 RAF fighter squadrons. [ 57 ] There was a campsite for Polish refugees at Valivade , in Kolhapur State , it was the largest settlement of Polish refugees in India during the war.

  3. French India - Wikipedia

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    French India, formally the Établissements français dans l'Inde [a] (English: French Settlements in India), was a French colony comprising five geographically separated enclaves on the Indian subcontinent that had initially been factories of the French East India Company. They were de facto incorporated into the Republic of India in 1950 and 1954.

  4. Declarations of war during World War II - Wikipedia

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    Below is a table showing the outbreak of wars between nations which occurred during World War II. Indicated are the dates (during the immediate build-up to, or during the course of, World War II), from which a de facto state of war existed between nations. The table shows both the "Initiator Nation(s)" and the nation at which the aggression was ...

  5. Battle of France - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of France (French: bataille de France; 10 May – 25 June 1940), also known as the Western Campaign (German: Westfeldzug), the French Campaign (Frankreichfeldzug, campagne de France) and the Fall of France, during the Second World War was the German invasion of the Low Countries (Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) and France.

  6. List of expansion operations and planning of the Axis powers

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    Strikes at Imphal and Kohima strikes ("Operation U-Go") (attempts to India Invasion,"21 Operation") Planned total conquest of all New Guinea and Solomon Islands; Operation Bright Moon (Japanese invasion of French Indochina) Extension of south square of defensive perimeter: (Melanesia/Polynesia Areas) Santa Cruz Island; New Hebrides

  7. List of invasions - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Liberation of France - Wikipedia

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    France's colonial empire at the start of World War II stretched from territories and possessions in Africa, the Middle East (Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon), to ports in India, Indochina, the Pacific islands, and territories in North and South America. France retained control of its colonial empire, and the terms of the armistice shifted the ...

  9. Timeline of World War II (1939) - Wikipedia

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    This is a timeline of events of World War II in 1939 from the start of the war on 1 September 1939. For events preceding September 1, 1939, see the timeline of events preceding World War II. Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 brought many countries into the war. This event, and the declaration of war by France and Britain two days ...