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| x World War II |
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World War II, or the Second World War (often abbreviated WWII or WW2), was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including all great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the...
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| x Second Battle of the Atlantic |
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The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuous military campaign of World War II, (though some say it was a series of naval military campaigns and offensives) running from 1939 through to the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, and was at its...
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| x Pacific War |
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The Pacific War was the part of World War II—and preceding conflicts—that took place in the Pacific Ocean, its islands, and in the Far East. The war began as a conflict between the Empire of Japan and the Republic of China on July 7, 1937, but by...
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| x Mediterranean Theatre of World War II |
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The African, Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre of World War II encompasses the naval, land, and air campaigns fought between the Allied and Axis forces in the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and Africa. The fighting in this theatre lasted...
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| x Middle East Theatre of World War II |
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The Middle East Theatre of World War II is defined largely by reference to the British Middle East Command, which controlled Allied forces in both Southwest Asia and eastern North Africa. From 1943, most of the action and forces concerned were in...
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| x African campaigns of World War II |
There were several separate Africa campaigns during World War II. Allied forces fought Axis forces, between 1940 and 1943, on the African mainland and in nearby waters and islands.
The bulk of the combat operations took place in the Mediterranean...
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| x Eastern Front |
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The Eastern Front of World War II (German: die Ostfront 1941–1945 , der Rußlandfeldzug 1941–1945 (Russian campaign) or der Ostfeldzug 1941-1945 (Eastern Campaign)) was a theatre of war between the European Axis powers, Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy,...
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| x Battle of France |
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In World War II, the Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries, executed from 10 May 1940, which ended the Phoney War. The battle consisted of two main operations. In the first, Fall...
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| x Battle of the Bulge |
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The Ardennes Offensive (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945) was a major German offensive (die Ardennenoffensive), launched towards the end of World War II through the forested Ardennes Mountains region of Belgium (and more specifically of Wallonia:...
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| x Battle of Britain |
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The Battle of Britain (German: Luftschlacht um England) is the name given to the air campaign waged by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) against the United Kingdom during the summer and autumn of 1940. The objective of the campaign was to gain air...
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| x Battle of Guam |
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The Second Battle of Guam (July 21 — August 8, 1944) was the American capture of the Japanese held island of Guam (in the Mariana Islands) during the Pacific campaign of World War II.
Guam is the largest of the Marianas, 30 miles (48 km) long and 9...
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| x Battle of Berlin |
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The Battle of Berlin was the final major offensive of the European Theatre of World War II and was designated the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union.
Starting on 16 January 1945, the Red Army breached the German front as a...
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| x Battle of Hannut |
The Battle of Hannut was a World War II battle fought during the Battle of Belgium and took place on 12 May 1940 – 14 May 1940 at Hannut in Belgium. It was considered to be the first and largest tank battle of the Second World War until that day,...
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| x U Go offensive |
The U Go offensive, or Operation C (ウ号作戦), was the Japanese offensive in March 1944 launched against Empire forces in the North-East Indian region of Manipur. Aimed at the direction of the Brahmaputra valley, through the two towns of Imphal and...
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| x Kesternich |
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Kesternich is a small village just inside the German border from Belgium. It was the site of two major battles during World War II. These battles are tied to the Siegfried Line Campaign, Battle of the Huertgen Forest, Battle of the Bulge, and Roer...
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| x Koli Point action |
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The Koli Point action, from November 3 – November 12, 1942, was an engagement between United States Marine Corps and United States Army forces and Imperial Japanese Army forces around Koli Point on Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign. The...
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| x Final Matanikau action |
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The Matanikau Offensive, from November 1–4, 1942, sometimes referred to as the Fourth Battle of the Matanikau, was an engagement between United States (U.S.) Marine and Army and Imperial Japanese Army forces around the Matanikau River and Point Cruz...
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| x Battle of Arracourt |
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The Battle of Arracourt was a World War II clash of U.S. and German armored forces near the town of Arracourt (48°43′53″N 06°32′09″E / 48.73139°N 6.53583°E / 48.73139; 6.53583), Lorraine, France, during September 18–29, 1944.
The German Fifth...
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| x Battle of Koromokina Lagoon |
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The Battle of the Koromokina Lagoon was a battle between United States Marine Corps and Imperial Japanese Army forces on Bougainville. The battle took place November 7–8, 1943 during the Bougainville campaign.
Responding to the Allied landings on...
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| x Battle of Kos |
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The Battle of Kos (Greek: Μάχη της Κω) was a brief battle between British, Italian and German forces for the control of the Greek island of Kos, in the then Italian-held Dodecanese islands in the Aegean Sea.
With the capitulation of Italy in...
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| x Battle of the Java Sea |
The Second Battle of the Java Sea was the last naval action of the Netherlands East Indies campaign, of 1941–42. It occurred on 1 March 1942, two days after the first Battle of the Java Sea. It saw the end of the last Allied ships operating in the...
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| x Carlson's patrol |
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Carlson's patrol, also known as The Long Patrol or Carlson's long patrol, was an operation by the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion under the command of Evans Carlson during the Guadalcanal Campaign against the Imperial Japanese Army from November 6 to...
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| x Battle of Guam |
The First Battle of Guam, was an engagement during the Pacific War in World War II, and took place on December 8, 1941 on Guam in the Mariana Islands between the Empire of Japan and American forces.
Japanese Special Forces landed about 5,500 men on...
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| x Battle of Piva Forks |
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The Battle of Piva Forks was an engagement during the Bougainville campaign in World War II, and occurred from 1943-11-18 - 1943-11-25 on Bougainville Island in the South Pacific between the Empire of Japan and Allied forces.
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| x Landings at Cape Torokina |
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The Landings at Cape Torokina were the beginning of the Bougainville campaign in World War II, and occurred on November 1, 1943 on Bougainville Island in the South Pacific between the Empire of Japan and Allied forces.
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| x Dodecanese Campaign |
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The Dodecanese Campaign of World War II was an attempt by Allied forces, mostly British, to capture the Italian-held Dodecanese islands in the Aegean Sea following the surrender of Italy in September 1943, and use them as bases against the German...
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| x Battle of Raseiniai |
The Battle of Raseiniai (23–27 June 1941) was a tank battle fought between the elements of the 4th Panzer Army and two Soviet Mechanized Corps in Lithuania 75 km northwest of Kaunas in the attempt by the commander of the Northwestern Front to...
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| x Battle of Thermopylae |
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The Battle of Thermopylae during World War II occurred in 1941 following the retreat from the Olympus and Servia passes. British Commonwealth forces began to set up defensive position at the historic pass at Thermopylae. (Thermopylae is famous for...
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| x Operation Queen |
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Operation Queen was a joint British-American operation during World War II at the Western Front between Aachen and the Rur river in November 1944.
After the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944, American and British forces had driven the German...
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| x Battle of Gabon |
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The Battle of Gabon or the Battle of Libreville was part of the West African Campaign of World War II fought in November 1940. The battle resulted in the Free French forces under General Charles de Gaulle taking Libreville, Gabon, and taking all of...
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| x Battle of Brody |
The Battle of Brody (other names in use include Battle of Dubna, Battle of Dubno, Battle of Rovne, Battle of Rovne-Brody) was a tank battle fought between the 1st Panzer Group's IIIrd, XXXXVIII Army Corps (Motorized) and five Soviet Mechanized Corps...
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| x Vienna Offensive |
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The Vienna Offensive was launched by the Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front in order to capture Vienna, Austria. The offensive lasted from April 2 to April 13, 1945. The city of Vienna was surrounded and under siege for most of the offensive.
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| x Battle of Manado |
The Battle of Manado was a battle of the Pacific theatre of World War II. It occurred at Manado, at Minahasa peninsula on the northern island part of Celebes (now known as Sulawesi, between January 11–13, 1942 as an attempt to open a passage to...
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| x Battle of Palembang |
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The Battle of Palembang was a battle of the Pacific theatre of World War II. It occurred near Palembang, on Sumatra, on 13–15 February 1942.
The Royal Dutch Shell oil refineries at nearby Pladju (or Pladjoe) were the major objectives for the Empire...
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| x Actions along the Matanikau |
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The Actions along the Matanikau in September and October 1942—sometimes referred to as the Second and Third Battles of the Matanikau—were two separate but related engagements among a series of engagements between the United States and Imperial...
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| x Battle of Crucifix Hill |
The Battle of Crucifix Hill was a World War II battle that took place on October 8, 1944, on Crucifix Hill (Haarberg) (Hill 239), next to the village of Haaren in Germany and was a part of the U.S. 1st Division's campaign to seize Aachen, Germany....
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| x Battle of Balikpapan |
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This article concerns the naval and land battles of Balikpapan in 1942. For information on the 1945 landings by Australian forces in the same area, see Battle of Balikpapan (1945).
The Battle of Balikpapan took place on January 23–24, 1942, off the...
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| x Makin Raid |
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The Makin Island Raid (pronounced, "Muggin") (occurred on August 17, 1942 – August 18, 1942) was an attack by the United States Marine Corps on Japanese military forces on Makin Island (now known as Butaritari Island) in the Pacific Ocean. The aim...
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| x Battle of Borneo |
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For campaigns on eastern Borneo, see Battle of Tarakan (1942) and Battle of Balikpapan (1942).
The Battle of Borneo was a successful campaign by Japanese Imperial forces for control of Borneo island and concentrated mainly with the subjugation of...
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| x Battle of Leros |
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The Battle of Leros (Greek: Μάχη της Λέρου) was the central event of the Dodecanese Campaign of the Second World War, and is widely used as an alternate name for the whole campaign. Leros was occupied by British forces on September 15, 1943. The...
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| x Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu-Tanambogo |
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The Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo was a land battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, between Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied (mainly United States (U.S.) Marine) ground forces. It took place August 7–9, 1942, on the Solomon Islands...
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| x Battle for Henderson Field |
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The Battle for Henderson Field, also known as the Battle of Henderson Field or Battle of Lunga Point by the Japanese, took place October 23 – October 26, 1942 on and around Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. The battle was a land, sea, and air...
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| x Battle of Edson's Ridge |
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The Battle of Edson's Ridge, also known as the Battle of the Bloody Ridge, Battle of Raiders Ridge, and Battle of the Ridge, was a land battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II between Imperial Japanese Army and Allied (mainly United States...
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| x Battle of Sunda Strait |
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The Battle of Sunda Strait was a naval battle which occurred during World War II. On the night of February 28 – March 1, 1942, the United States cruiser USS Houston and the Australian cruiser HMAS Perth faced a major Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN)...
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| x Battle of the Tenaru |
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The Battle of the Tenaru, sometimes called the Battle of the Ilu River or The Battle of Alligator Creek, took place August 21, 1942, on the island of Guadalcanal, and was a land battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, between Imperial...
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| x Japanese Tulagi landing |
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| x Battle of Åndalsnes |
The Battle of Åndalsnes took place in Åndalsnes in Romsdal, Norway in 1940 during the Norwegian Campaign of World War II.
After the German invasion of Norway in April 1940, British troops landed in Åndalsnes as part of a pincer movement to take mid...
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| x Battle of Bautzen |
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The Battle of Bautzen (April 1945) fought on the extreme southern flank of the Spremberg–Torgau Offensive saw days of pitched street fighting between forces of the 2nd Polish Army, the Red Army's 52nd Army and remnants of the German 4th Panzer and...
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| x Battle of Cherbourg |
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The Battle of Cherbourg was part of the Battle of Normandy during World War II. It was fought immediately after the successful Allied landings on June 6, 1944. American troops isolated and then captured the fortified port, considered vital to the...
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| x Battle of Krasny Bor |
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The Battle of Krasny Bor was fought between the German Wehrmacht's 250th Infantry Division, composed of Spanish volunteers, and the Soviet 55th Army by the village of Krasny Bor, Leningrad Oblast, northern Russia. The major clash took place on...
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| x Battle of Bukit Timah |
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The Battle of Bukit Timah was a battle fought during World War II on 11 February 1942 in Singapore between the Allied forces and the Japanese forces.
By the 10th of February, the Japanese had landed in full force on Singapore Island. They controlled...
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| x Battle of Białystok-Minsk |
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The Battle of Białystok–Minsk was a German strategic operation conducted by the Army Group Centre during penetration of the Soviet border region during the opening stage of Operation Barbarossa lasting from 22 to 29 June 1941. Its goal was...
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| x Battle of the Netherlands |
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The Battle of the Netherlands (Dutch: Slag om Nederland) was part of Case Yellow (German: Fall Gelb), the German invasion of the Low Countries (Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands) and France during World War II. The battle lasted from 10 May...
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| x Bougainville campaign |
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The Bougainville campaign occurred during World War II from November 1, 1943 to August 21, 1945, on and around Bougainville Island in the South Pacific, between forces of the Empire of Japan and the Allies. Bougainville, at that time, was part of...
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| x Colmar Pocket |
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Located in Alsace in eastern France, the Colmar Pocket (French: Poche de Colmar; (German: Brückenkopf Elsaß) was the site of a three-week operation during the Second World War, between 20 January and 9 February, 1945, where the French First Army and...
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| x Operation Ke |
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Operation Ke (ケ号作戦) was the largely successful withdrawal of Japanese forces from Guadalcanal at the conclusion of the Guadalcanal Campaign of World War II. The operation took place between January 14 and February 7, 1943 and involved both army and...
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| x Battle of the Scheldt |
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The Battle of the Scheldt was a series of military operations of the First Canadian Army, led by Lieutenant General Guy Simonds. The battle took place in northern Belgium and southwestern Netherlands during World War II from October 2, 1944 to...
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| x Battle of Pasir Panjang |
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The Battle of Pasir Panjang was initiated upon the advancement of elite Imperial Japanese Army forces towards Pasir Panjang at Pasir Panjang Ridge on 13 February 1942 during World War II in the Battle of Singapore.
13,000 Japanese troops had made an...
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| x Battle of Timor |
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The Battle of Timor (1942–43) occurred in Portuguese Timor and Netherlands Timor, during World War II. It involved forces from the Empire of Japan—which invaded on February 20, 1942—on one side and Allied military personnel, predominantly from...
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| x Battle of Madagascar |
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The Battle of Madagascar (or Operation Ironclad) was the Allied campaign to capture Vichy French-controlled Madagascar during World War II. It began on 5 May 1942. Fighting did not cease until 6 November.
In early 1942, Allied leaders believed that...
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