define America's special operations forces. He is renowned for the "Makin Island raid" in 1942, and his raiders' "Long Patrol" (aka Carlson's patrol) behind...
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221 U.S. Marines of the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion raided Makin from two submarines. The raid was intended by the Americans to confuse the Japanese...
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Pilkada di Semarang Makin Bertambah". Metrotvnews. Retrieved 23 August 2024. Annizar, Baihaqi (27 August 2024). Situmorang, Anggun P (ed.). "Demo di Semarang...
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Marine Raiders, or "Carlson's Raiders") she arrived off Makin Atoll on 16 August to stage a raid to divert Japanese attention from the Solomon Islands....
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The air raid on Bari (German: Luftangriff auf den Hafen von Bari, Italian: Bombardamento di Bari) was an air attack by German bombers on Allied forces...
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Strategic bombing during World War II (redirect from Allied bombing raid)
a raid aimed at creating a maximum of destruction in a selected town since the summer of 1940, and the opportunity was given after the German raid on...
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civilian morale. A devastating bombing raid on Tokyo of 9–10 March was the deadliest conventional bombing raid in history. In May 1945, Australian troops...
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operation of the Holocaust. In order to reduce resistance, the ghetto would be raided without warning, usually in the early morning, and the extent of the operation...
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Attack on Pearl Harbor (redirect from Raid on Pearl Harbor)
of Japanese Raid on Pearl Harbor, 7 December, 1941 (Report), Enclosure (C) Damages Sustained by Ships as a Results of the Japanese Raid, December 7,...
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Nautilus to transport and land Marine Raiders on Makin Island in the Gilbert Islands for the Makin Raid. This move was designed to relieve pressure on American...
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Siege of Tobruk (section Bardia raid)
inaccuracies and omissions. Tobruk is a 1967 film which dramatised raids on the Germans. Raid on Rommel is a 1971 movie that used some of the earlier film from...
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Battle of Collecchio (section Fornovo di Taro)
"Monte Rosa" Divisions. The battle was fought around the town of Fornovo di Taro, about 8 miles (13 km) to the southwest of Parma, Italy. The Allies defeated...
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National Liberation Committee for Northern Italy (redirect from Comitato di Liberazione Nazionale Alta Italia)
The Committee of National Liberation for Northern Italy (Italian: Comitato di Liberazione Nazionale Alta Italia, CLNAI) was set up in February 1944 by partisans...
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1950s cite 434,000 air raid dead (410,000 in Germany, 24,000 in) Austria The figure cited by Overy (2013) is 353,000 air raid dead. (b) The number of...
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The Surrender at Caserta (Italian: Resa di Caserta, pronounced [ˈreːza di kaˈzɛrta]) of 29 April 1945 was the written agreement that formalized the surrender...
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Schultz, Duane (2012). "Rage Over the Rapido". History Net. 1944: la battaglia di S.Angelo in Theodice e la confusione tra i fiumi Rapido e Gari Archived 17...
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fierce close-quarters combat and direct assaults on civilians in aerial raids; the battle epitomized urban warfare, being the single largest and costliest...
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(WDF) began Operation Compass, a five-day raid against the fortified Italian camps outside Sidi Barrani. The raid succeeded and the few units of the 10th...
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raiders and supplying guerrillas in World War II, famously in the Makin Island raid but also in the Philippines. After the unsuccessful attempts outlined...
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The Raid on Grand Harbour (Operazione MALTA-2), was an Italian raid against Allied shipping in Grand Harbour, Valletta, Malta in the early morning of...
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Italian Social Republic (redirect from Repubblica di Salò)
more popularly known as the Republic of Salò (Italian: Repubblica di Salò [reˈpubblika di saˈlɔ]), was a German puppet state and fascist rump state with...
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looting and destruction of civilian property in occupied territories. The raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby, which took place on December 16, 1914...
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These three subdivisions are further divided into eight Tehsils: Ladha, Makin, Sararogha, Sarwakai, Tiarza, Wanna, Barmal, and Toi Khula. The Waziristan...
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in Guadalcanal Campaign United States Gung Ho!: The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders Ray Enright Marine Raiders in the Central Pacific United...
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Operation Agreement (category World War II British Commando raids)
Jalo oasis (Operation Nicety) and Barce (Operation Caravan). The Tobruk raid was an Allied disaster; the British lost several hundred men killed and captured...
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Resistance fighters, known as the partigiani (partisans), fought a guerra di liberazione nazionale ('national liberation war') against the invading German...
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Between 26 April and 1 May there were the Battles of Collecchio-Fornovo di Taro, which resulted in the surrender of the 148th German Infantry Division...
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un disegno di sradicamento della presenza italiana da quella che era, e cessò di essere, la Venezia Giulia. Vi fu dunque un moto di odio e di furia sanguinaria...
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The Armistice of Cassibile (Italian: Armistizio di Cassibile) or sometimes referred to as the Italian Instrument of Surrender was an armistice that was...
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previously put on alert: called the "Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia" (Corpo di Spedizione Italiano in Russia, CSIR), it arrived on the eastern front in mid-July...
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