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1 giorno fa · From January to July 1942, Dönitz's submarines were able to attack unescorted ships off the United States' east coast and in the Caribbean Sea; U-boats sank more ships and tonnage than at any other time in the war.
1 giorno fa · World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries, including all of the great powers, participated in the conflict, and many invested all available economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities in pursuit of total war, blurring the distinction between ...
1 giorno fa · During World War II more than 100,000 Koreans were mandatorily drafted into the Imperial Japanese Army. Independence movements during the colonial era included the March 1st Movement. Koreans created an official, formal government to prepare for independence. The Provisional Government of Republic of Korea was established in 1919.
5 giorni fa · Project Habakkuk (UK) In the early years of World War II, German U-boats terrorized the North Atlantic, sinking British Navy vessels and civilian ships. The most vulnerable zone was the...
2 giorni fa · The Battle of the Atlantic, the longest continuous military campaign in World War II, ran from 1939 to the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, covering a major part of the naval history of World War II. At its core was the Allied naval blockade of Germany , announced the day after the declaration of war, and Germany's subsequent counter ...
4 giorni fa · Codebreakers at work at Bletchley Park, during World War II. UK Gov / CC. Perfectly coiffed and groomed to dash off to a meeting, Ruth Bourne sits in her North London home and modestly explains how she helped save Western civilization, one letter at a time. Bourne was 18 years old in 1944, fresh out of her WREN (Women’s Royal Naval Service ...
3 giorni fa · The July Crisis [b] was a series of interrelated diplomatic and military escalations among the major powers of Europe in the summer of 1914, which led to the outbreak of World War I. The crisis began on 28 June 1914, when Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb nationalist, assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian ...
