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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 ...
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 ...
On 16 February 1942, the Kriegsmarine Kapitänleutnant Werner Hartenstein devised a coordinated submarine attack against Caribbean targets including the Dutch island of Aruba. The Attack on Aruba turned out to be somewhat successful, the Germans sank or damaged several oil tankers but did not set ablaze the large oil tank on Aruba.
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.
Since early photographers were not able to create images of moving subjects, they recorded more sedentary aspects of war, such as fortifications, soldiers, and land before and after battle along with the re-creation of action scenes. Similar to battle photography, portrait images of soldiers were also often staged. In order to produce a ...
19 August 1940 Landing in Narvik or participation in military actions of the Narvik battle group between 9 April and 9 June 1940 [2] 8,527 Army, Air Force, Navy: Cholm Shield (Cholmschild) 1 July 1942 Defence of the Kholm Pocket between 21 January and 5 May 1942 [2] ca. 5,500 Army, Air Force Crimea Shield (Krimschild) 25 July 1942
Majuro Submarine Base at Majuro Atoll - Harbor, Sub base, Fleet recreational center, two airfields (1940–1945) Manus Naval Base in the Admiralty Islands - Lombrum Naval Base - Seeadler Harbor (1943–1947) Naval Advance Base Saipan, included East Field (Saipan), Aslito Field and Marpi Point Field, seaplane base, hospital, depot (Battle of Saipan)
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