France was one of the largest military powers to come under occupation as part of the Western Front in World War II. The Western Front was a military...
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the time of the German victory in the Battle of France and the liberation of the country, the Allied Forces bombed many locations in France. In all 1...
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Strategic bombing as a military strategy is distinct both from close air support of ground forces and from tactical air power. During World War II, many military...
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Berlin, the capital of Nazi Germany, was subject to 363 air raids during the Second World War. It was bombed by the RAF Bomber Command between 1940 and...
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played a significant role in World War II. Some of the technologies used during the war were developed during the interwar years of the 1920s and 1930s, much...
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This is a timeline of declarations of war during World War II. A declaration of war is a formal act by which one nation goes to war against another. The...
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The Allied bombing of Hamburg during World War II included numerous attacks on civilians and civic infrastructure. As a large city and industrial centre...
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British Cyprus was bombed by the Axis powers on several occasions during World War II. The island was weakly defended against aerial attack. It had no...
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(1983) "Bombing Policy in the Rome and Pre-Normandy Invasion Aerial Campaigns of World War II: Bridge-Bombing Strategy Vindicated – and Railyard-Bombing Strategy...
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of the United Kingdom in World War II covers the Second World War against the Axis powers, starting on 3 September 1939 with the declaration of war by...
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home front during World War II was a significant part of the war effort for all participants and had a major impact on the outcome of the war. Governments...
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of Cologne was bombed in 262 separate air raids by the Allies during World War II, all by the Royal Air Force (RAF). A total of 34,711 long tons of bombs...
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The bombing of Warsaw in World War II started with the aerial bombing campaign of Warsaw by the German Luftwaffe during the siege of Warsaw in the invasion...
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bombing of Dresden was a joint British and American aerial bombing attack on the city of Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony, during World...
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Strategic bombing during World War I (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was principally carried out by the United Kingdom and France for the Entente Powers...
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established by Nazi Germany during World War II to administer the occupied zone in areas of northern and western France. This so-called zone occupée...
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lubrication (POL) products. It formed part of the immense Allied strategic bombing effort during the war. The targets in Germany and in Axis-controlled...
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Bombing of Dublin in World War II and County Carlow in apparently-accidental bombings by the Luftwaffe. The bombings have been cited as the result of...
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forces fought on the Allied side in each theater of World War II before, during, and after the Battle of France. Even though those forces participated in varying...
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During World War II, the neutral country of Switzerland underwent initially sporadic bombing and aerial combat events that became more frequent during...
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participated in World War II from 1939 to 1945 as a member of the Axis and encapsulates a significant period in the history of the Empire of Japan, marked...
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During World War II, the Allies committed legally proven war crimes and violations of the laws of war against either civilians or military personnel of...
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The military history of the United States during World War II covers the nation's role as one of the major Allies in their victory over the Axis Powers...
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participation in World War II had its first antecedent in the diplomatic efforts made by the government before the League of Nations as a result of the Second...
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its policy of neutrality during World War II. When the war began on 1 September 1939, the fate of Sweden was unclear. But by a combination of its geopolitical...
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The bombing of Munich (Luftangriffe auf München) took place mainly in the later stages of World War II. Munich was, and is, a significant German city,...
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During World War I and World War II, Switzerland maintained armed neutrality, and was not invaded by its neighbors, in part because of its topography,...
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During World War II, Dublin was first bombed early on the morning of 2 January 1941, when the German bombs were dropped on the Terenure area. This was...
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The bombing of Königsberg was a series of attacks made on the city of Königsberg in East Prussia during World War II. The Soviet Air Force had made several...
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in 1991. Allied bombing of Rotterdam List of World War II military aircraft of Germany List of Dutch military equipment of World War II De luchtverdediging...
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