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2 days ago · The Allies, formally referred to as the United Nations from 1942, were an international military coalition formed during World War II (1939–1945) to oppose the Axis powers. Its principal members by the end of 1941 were the "Big Four" – the United Kingdom, United States, Soviet Union, and China .
4 days ago · The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is an American four-engined propeller-driven heavy bomber, designed by Boeing and flown primarily by the United States during World War II and the Korean War. Named in allusion to its predecessor, the B-17 Flying Fortress, the Superfortress was designed for high-altitude strategic bombing, but also excelled in low ...
May 22, 2024 · The Marines were very nearly thrown back into the sea on the first day of the battle. 14. Please name the island in the Marianas taken by US Marines and Army personnel in 1944 on which Japanese civilians committed suicide by jumping off 600-foot bluffs overlooking the Pacific. Answer: Saipan.
May 6, 2024 · Battle of Stalingrad, (July 17, 1942–February 2, 1943), successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd ), Russia, U.S.S.R., during World War II. Russians consider it to be one of the greatest battles of their Great Patriotic War, and most historians consider it to be the greatest battle of the entire conflict.
3 days ago · End of the German colonial empire (1914–1918) Conquest in World War I [ edit ] Austrian lieutenant Paul Fiedler [110] bombarding a South African military camp at the railway station of Tschaukaib, German South West Africa , December 1914 General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck 's troops defeat Portugal at Ngomano , Portuguese East Africa on 25 ...
May 9, 2024 · USS Indianapolis. USS Indianapolis, July 1945. USS Indianapolis, U.S. Navy heavy cruiser that was sunk by a Japanese submarine on July 30, 1945, shortly after delivering the internal components of the atomic bombs that were later dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Up to 900 men initially survived the sinking, but many succumbed to shark ...
2 days ago · Marginal seas. v. t. e. The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continents of Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east.
