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Gottbegnadeten list: A list of artists and media workers exempted from conscription into the Wehrmacht for their importance to the propaganda system; Munitions of War Act 1915: A precursor to the reserved occupation list, where no worker could leave his employment without the consent of his employer.
World War II: No Shanghai: 1937–1945 No Austria: 1938 Austria Germany: Anschluss: Events preceding World War II in Europe: Yes: Sudetenland [47] 1938 Czechoslovakia: Munich Agreement: Yes: Bohemia and Moravia: 1939–1945 Occupation of Czechoslovakia: No Memel Territory: 1939–1945 Lithuania: Occupation of Memel: Yes: Albania: 1939–1945 ...
Code words used by the Royal Air Force during the Second World War: Angels – height in thousands of feet. Balbo – a large formation of aircraft. [1] Bandit – identified enemy aircraft. Bogey – unidentified (possibly unfriendly) aircraft. Buster – radio-telephony code phrase for 'maximum throttle' or full power climb.
This is a list of known World War II era codenames for military operations and missions commonly associated with World War II. As of 2022 this is not a comprehensive list, but most major operations that Axis and Allied combatants engaged in are included, and also operations that involved neutral nation states. Operations are categorised ...
A dominant principle that guided combatants through much of history was to the victory belong the spoils. [8] Emer de Vattel, in The Law of Nations (1758), presented an early codification of the distinction between annexation of territory and military occupation, the latter being regarded as temporary, due to the natural right of states to their continued existence. [8]
Category: People of World War II by occupation. 1 language. ... Military personnel of World War II (55 C, 8 P) N. World War II nurses (3 C, 60 P) P. World War II ...
In Britain in the Second World War farm work was a "reserved occupation," meaning that farmers and farm workers were not usually drafted. With about 5 million men and women in the military and millions more in occupations servicing the military (out of a total working population of 21 million), finding additional labour for farms was difficult ...
The Navy Occupation Service Medal was a military award of the United States Navy which was "Awarded to commemorate the services of Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard personnel in the occupation of certain territories of the enemies of the United States during World War II" [2] and recognized those personnel who participated in the European and Asian occupation forces during, and following ...