Operation Flagpole was part of the run-up to Operation Torch, the planned Allied invasion of North Africa during World War II. It involved arranging for...
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Operation Flagpole may refer to: Operation Flagpole (World War II) – a secret mission in 1942 to secure the cooperation of Vichy France officers to the...
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Operation Kingpin was part of the run-up to Operation Torch, the planned Allied invasion of North Africa during World War II. It was a successor to Operation...
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World War II Battles Mieczysław Zygfryd Słowikowski RMS Mooltan Troopship North African campaign timeline Operation Flagpole (World War II) Operation Husky...
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North African campaign (redirect from North Africa Theatre of World War II)
The North African campaign of World War II took place in North Africa from 10 June 1940 to 13 May 1943, fought between the Allies and the Axis Powers....
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Roger Courtney (category British Army personnel of World War II)
small-scale attacks from the sea. Gruff himself took part in Operation Flagpole (World War II). However, heavy losses led to its personnel being amalgamated...
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Operation Blackstone was a part of Operation Torch, the Allied landings in North Africa during World War II. The operation called for American amphibious...
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Operation Reservist was an Allied military operation during the Second World War. Part of Operation Torch (the Allied invasion of North Africa), it was...
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Operation Crusader (18 November – 30 December 1941) was a military operation of the Western Desert campaign during World War II by the British Eighth...
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US Naval Bases North Africa (category World War II airfields in Morocco)
Africa in World War II. Battle of the Mediterranean US Naval Advance Bases North African campaign timeline Operation Flagpole (World War II) Operation Husky...
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Tunisian campaign (redirect from Tunisia in World War II)
(1981). British Intelligence in the Second World War, Its influence on Strategy and Operations. Vol. II. London: HMSO. ISBN 0-11-630934-2. Hooton, E...
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Bill Jewell (category Royal Navy officers of World War II)
talks with Vichy French officers in Algeria. This was known as Operation Flagpole (World War II). On 19 October Jewell landed Clark's party in small collapsible...
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Mark W. Clark (category United States Army generals of World War II)
during World War I, World War II, and the Korean War. He was the youngest four-star general in the US Army during World War II. During World War I, he...
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Flag (redirect from Flagpole (structure))
The flagpole in North Korea is the fourth tallest flagpole in the world, however, it is not free-standing. It is a radio tower supported flagpole. Many...
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raising a U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II taken by Associated Press combat photographer Joe Rosenthal. Upon first...
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HMS Seraph (P219) (category World War II submarines of the United Kingdom)
during the Second World War. Completed in 1942, she carried out multiple intelligence and special operations activities during World War II, the most notable...
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Western Desert campaign (redirect from Operation Aida)
War) took place in the deserts of Egypt and Libya and was the main theatre in the North African campaign of the Second World War. Military operations...
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p. 279. Chant, Christopher (1986). The Encyclopedia of Codenames of World War II. Routledge. Playfair, I. S. O.; Molony, C. J. C.; Flynn, F. C.; Gleave...
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Operation Terminal was an Allied operation during World War II. Part of Operation Torch (the Allied invasion of French North Africa, 8 November 1942)...
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USS Dixie (AD-14) (category World War II auxiliary ships of the United States)
Fleet, taking part in contingency operations in Laos in 1959 and Thailand in 1962. In 1963, the ship took part in 'Flagpole '63,' a joint naval exercise with...
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Battle of Sidi Bou Zid (redirect from Operation Frühlungswind)
(Unternehmen Frühlingswind/Operation Spring Breeze) took place during the Tunisia Campaign from 14–17 February 1943, in World War II. The battle was fought...
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United States Seventh Fleet (redirect from Operation Flagpole (1963))
Seventh Fleet was formed on 15 March 1943 in Brisbane, Australia, during World War II, under the command of Admiral Arthur S. "Chips" Carpender. It served...
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for Thessaly. "First filming of war". McTiernan, p. 14. "McTiernan, Mick, "Spyros Kayales – A different sort of flagpole ," mickmctiernan.com, 20 November...
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world records you maybe haven't heard of – equinor.com". Archived from the original on August 15, 2020. Retrieved August 2, 2020. "Tallest flagpole"...
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1943, during the Tunisia Campaign of the Second World War. The offensive and a subsidiary operation Unternehmen Ausladung was intended to gain control...
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case of an emergency. The first White House bunker was built during World War II to protect President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the event of an aerial...
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HMAS Sydney (D48) (redirect from HMAS Sydney II)
enforce sanctions during the Abyssinian Crisis, and at the start of World War II was assigned to convoy escort and patrol duties in Australian waters...
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Hickam Air Force Base (section World War II)
history, the only civilian firefighters awarded as such to date. During World War II, the base became a major center for training pilots and assembling aircraft...
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Operation London Bridge was the funeral plan for Queen Elizabeth II. The plan included the announcement of her death, the period of official mourning...
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P. O. Box 1142 (category United States home front during World War II)
secret American military intelligence facility that operated during World War II. The American Military Intelligence Service had two special wings, known...
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