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heel of Italy to Augusta, Sicily: 1943 HP heel of Italy to Piraeus: IXF Taranto and Naples to Alexandria and Port Said: K Casablanca to Brest, France: French convoys - sometimes prefixed F or S KS Casablanca to Brest, France: French convoys LE Port Said to Haifa: LW Haifa to Port Said: ME Malta to Alexandria and Port Said: MO Marseilles to ...
Italian invasion of British Somaliland (Italian uncoordinated operations to conquer British Somaliland, carried out on 3 August 1940) Italian bombing of Mandatory Palestine in World War II (Italian attack on British Palestine, carried out in July 1940) Operation E (Italian invasion of British Egypt from Italian Libya, carried out 9 September 1940)
Below is a table showing the outbreak of wars between nations which occurred during World War II. Indicated are the dates (during the immediate build-up to, or during the course of, World War II), from which a de facto state of war existed between nations. The table shows both the "Initiator Nation(s)" and the nation at which the aggression was ...
India's War: World War II and the Making of Modern South Asia (2016). wide-ranging scholarly survey excerpt; Read, Anthony, and David Fisher. The Proudest Day: India's Long Road to Independence (1999) detailed scholarly history of 1940–47; Roy, Kaushik. "Military Loyalty in the Colonial Context: A Case Study of the Indian Army during World ...
The Yenisei River basin in Siberia. As the Axis powers of Germany, Italy, and Japan cemented their military alliance by mutually declaring war against the United States on December 11, 1941, the Japanese proposed a clear territorial arrangement with the two main European Axis powers concerning the Asian continent. [1]
The Allies of World War II began to form in September 1939 when Poland was invaded and Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany.Except for Ireland, which remained neutral throughout the war, the Commonwealth Dominions (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa) all declared war alongside Great Britain but no other nations joined their cause.
Italy had declared war on the United Kingdom and France on June 10, 1940, as Mussolini implemented the Pact of Steel and tried to use the German alliance to win advantages for Italy. [4] Prior to Hitler's declaration of war against America there was little, if any, doubt that Italy would once again "follow Germany's lead." [5]
This is a list of World War II conferences of the Allies of World War II. Names in boldface indicate the three conferences at which the leaders of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union were all present. For the historical context see Diplomatic history of World War II.