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    Operation Flax was an Allied air operation during the Tunisian campaign, as part of the larger North African campaign of the Second World War. Flax was...
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    The Allied air force's Operation Flax cut off Axis supplies to North Africa and gained control of the air. With the naval Operation Retribution successful...
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  • (1675–1705) Tunisia Campaign (1942–43) Run for Tunis (1942) Operation Flax (1943) Operations Vulcan and Strike (1943) Conquest of Tunis (disambiguation)...
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    northern Tunisia and faced Operation Vulcan, the final Allied assault. The equivalent blockade of air evacuation was Operation Flax. The British Admiral Andrew...
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    1943 Operation Flax: April 1943 Battle of Longstop Hill (1943): April 1943 Battle of Hill 609: April–May 1943 Operation Vulcan: May 1943 Operation Retribution:...
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    Ditherington Flax Mill (promoted as the Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings), a flax mill located in Ditherington, a suburb of Shrewsbury, England, is the first...
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  • The restaurant was started in 1985 by attorneys Rick Rosenfield and Larry Flax in Beverly Hills, California, United States. California Pizza Kitchen introduced...
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    1978 – 1987 Chadian–Libyan conflict 1983 – 1984 Operation Manta February 13, 1986 – August 1, 2014 Opération Épervier 1986 – 1987 Toyota War 1983 Chadian–Nigerian...
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    RAF Bomber Command operations against Germany would be reinforced by the USAAF in a Combined Operations Offensive plan called Operation Pointblank. Chief...
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    Asbestos (redirect from Earth flax)
    Canada's remaining two asbestos mines, both located in Quebec, halted operations. In September 2012, the Quebec government halted asbestos mining. The...
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    as well as written scripts for the short films Closework from 2005 and Flax from 2008. In the several times, he portrays Viking King Olav II in Norwegian-produced...
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    six Allied fighters were lost, five of them P-40s. On 22 April, in Operation Flax, a similar force of P-40s attacked a formation of 14 Messerschmitt Me...
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    local Flax Stripper Museum tells the history of the once thriving flax industry, and claims Foxton as the Flax Capital of New Zealand. NZ Flax (Phormium...
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    Tunisian campaign (category Campaigns, operations and battles of World War II involving the United Kingdom)
    Tunisia to prevent the aerial supply of Axis troops in North Africa (Operation Flax) and large numbers of German transport aircraft were shot down between...
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    instead flying a lower-performing Spitfire Vb. 244 Wing participated in Operation Flax, a series of fighter sweeps over the Cap Bon area intended to intercept...
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  • battle Palm Sunday Massacre, a 1943 World War II battle as part of Operation Flax Palm Sunday church bombings, twin church bombings in Egypt on April...
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    Allied air forces developed a counter-air operation over a two-month period and implemented Operation Flax on 5 April 1943, destroying 11 Ju 52s in the...
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  • end of the seventh season, he marries human resources representative Holly Flax and moves to Colorado with her in "Goodbye, Michael", an extended episode...
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    aircraft flew many supply missions across the Mediterranean, until Operation Flax in April 1943 ended the air bridge to Axis forces in Tunisia. The SM...
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  • for 65 Junkers Ju 52 transports flying to Tunisia. With the Allied Operation Flax now in effect, the mission ended with an attack of up to a large number...
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  • February. On 5 April, the Western Allies launched the air operation codenamed Operation Flax, designed to cut air supply between Italy and the Axis forces...
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    — March 27, 1943 Operation Pugilist March 23, 1943 — April 3, 1943 Battle of El Guettar April 5, 1943 — April 27, 1943 Operation Flax April 6, 1943 — April...
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  • sorties against Allied warships fell from 11 to two. In April 1943 Operation Flax permanently disrupted the air bridge from Sicily to Tunisia. At the...
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  • Replaced Arnold in September 1947 to become chief of the US Air Force. Operation Flax Strategic bombing during World War II Combined Bomber Offensive Pointblank...
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    from No. 92 Squadron RAF, covering P-40s on an armed reconnaissance. Operation Flax began in April 1943. The Allied powers sought to use large numbers of...
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    Libya and Tunisia as it attempted to overcome the effects of Operation Flax and Operation Retribution. I./KG 54 left Sicily for Piacenza from 22 December...
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    Operations management is concerned with designing and controlling the production of goods and services, ensuring that businesses are efficient in using...
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    Gaulle's appellation, the "Fighting French"). CG, US 34th Infantry Division Opération Torch – Les débarquements alliés en Afrique du Nord "Polish Ocean Liner...
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    Joker; the games of skill Tipping and Oddsen, and the scratch card game, Flax. In addition, the company operates the TV game, Extra, on behalf of the Norwegian...
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  • MAC-ship ever loses a ship, and none of the MAC ships are lost. April 15 Operation Flax, the systematic targeting by Allied fighter pilots of Luftwaffe transport...
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