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1982 October 1: The Walt Disney Company opens its second park in Florida, Epcot. 1984 May 20: Metrorail begins operating in Miami and is the first and only rapid transit/metro system in Florida. 1985: wreck of the Nuestra Señora de Atocha discovered off Key West, listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as being the most valuable shipwreck ...
The Battle of the Caribbean refers to a naval campaign waged during World War II that was part of the Battle of the Atlantic, from 1941 to 1945. [3] German U-boats and Italian submarines attempted to disrupt the Allied supply of oil and other material. They sank shipping in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico and attacked coastal targets ...
Timeline of Sweden during World War II (1939–1945) Timeline of the Netherlands during World War II (1939–1945) Chronology of the liberation of Dutch cities and towns during World War II; Chronology of the liberation of Belgian cities and towns during World War II; Timeline of the Manhattan Project (1939–1947)
Prior to the United States entering World War II, Florida was found in polling by Gallup to be among the most supportive states for interventionism. [98] In the years leading up to World War II, 100 ships were sunk off the coast of Florida. [99] More ships sank after the country entered the war.
The American Theater [1] was a theater of operations during World War II including all continental American territory, and extending 200 miles (320 km) into the ocean.. Owing to North and South America's geographical separation from the central theaters of conflict (in Europe, the Mediterranean and Middle East, and the Pacific) the threat of an invasion of the continental U.S. or other areas ...
World War II [b] or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all the world's countries—including all the great powers—participated, with many investing all available economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities in pursuit of total war, blurring the distinction between military and ...
Newfoundland (island) coast to St. John's, Newfoundland: NK New York City to Key West, Florida: NL Labrador to St. Lawrence River: PG Panama Canal to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base: 1942 1942 PK Pilottown, Louisiana to Key West, Florida: QS Quebec to Sydney, Nova Scotia: SB Sydney, Nova Scotia to Corner Brook, Newfoundland: 1942 SG
A formation of Spitfires shortly before World War II. This is a list of World War II battles encompassing land, naval, and air engagements as well as campaigns, operations, defensive lines and sieges. Campaigns generally refer to broader strategic operations conducted over a large bit of territory and over a long period.