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Once the United States entered World War II, the Federal Bureau of Investigation recommended that all veterans of the Lincoln Battalion be denied military promotion to prevent communists from rising in the armed forces. After World War II ended, veterans of the Lincoln Battalion were denied military enlistment and government jobs.
Hobart's Funnies is the nickname given to a number of specialist armoured fighting vehicles derived from tanks operated during the Second World War by units of the 79th Armoured Division of the British Army or by specialists from the Royal Engineers.
The creation of the plans was ordered by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in May 1945 and developed by the British Armed Forces' Joint Planning Staff in May 1945 at the end of World War II in Europe. [1] One plan assumed a surprise attack on the Soviet forces stationed in Germany to impose "the will of the United States and British ...
This article lists times that items were renamed due to political motivations. Such renamings have generally occurred during conflicts: for example, World War I gave rise to anti-German sentiment among Allied nations, leading to disassociation with German names. A political cartoon lampooning the name change of hamburger meat during World War I
Plan Kathleen (1941) – plan sent by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) to Germany seeking support for activities. Dubbed "Artus" by German Foreign Ministry. See IRA Abwehr World War II for all IRA Abwehr involvement. Karneval (1945) – airdrop of agents near Brussels and Waal; Mosul (1944) – air drop of agents and supplies near Mosul
The following plans are known to have existed: [1] War Plan Black [2] A plan for war with Germany. The best-known version of Black was conceived as a contingency plan during World War I in case France fell, and the Germans attempted to seize the French West Indies in the Caribbean Sea, or launch an attack on the eastern seaboard.
About 1.2 million Austrians served in all branches of the German armed forces during World War II. After the defeat of the Axis Powers, the Allies occupied Austria in four occupation zones set up at the end of World War II until 1955, when the country again became a fully independent republic under the condition that it remained neutral.
A World War II weapon designed to cause boiler explosions. Never used, yet still a success. Gay bomb: A speculative non-lethal chemical weapon that could be dropped on enemy troops to cause "homosexual behaviour". Not to be confused with the fag bomb. German submarine U-1206