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	Encyclopedia: Burma Campaign
		Unlike during previous operations, the British forces stood firm, and were supplied from the air in the Battle of the Admin Box from February 5 to the February 23 1944.
		During World War II, the Western Front was the theater of fighting west of Germany, encompassing France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxemberg, and Denmark.
		The Continuation War was fought between Finland and the Soviet Union during World War II; from the Soviet bombing attacks on June 25, 1941, to cease-fire September 4, 1944 (on the Finnish side) and September 5 (on the Soviet side).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Burma-Campaign (6073 words)

	Encyclopedia: Northeast Indian Railways during World War II
		The efficient running of the Northeast Indian Railways during World War II became critical to the success of the Allied war effort in the South-East Asian Theatre.
		In the initial phase of the war the Japanese advanced North from Rangoon through Burma forcing allied forces to retreat into the mountains on the Indian Burma frontier.
		Behind this frontier, there was a series of railways which were essential to supply the Allied armies with logistics they ran from the port of Calcutta to the hill station of Ledo in Assam.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Northeast-Indian-Railways-during-World-War-II (733 words)

	GI -- World War II Commemoration
		During the war these states were placed under a military occupation that was said to be temporary; they included Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Serbia, Greece, and France.
		During the week before the German invasion of the USSR in June 1941, Churchill advised Roosevelt of his intention to aid the Soviets when the German attack fell, and Roosevelt promised his support.
		During the period 1941-1944 the Big Three had seemed to be basically in accord, but by early 1945 fundamental differences had begun to appear.
	www.grolier.com /wwii/wwii_14.html (10664 words)

	NORTHEAST FRONTIER RAILWAY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Assam Railway and Trading Company, the Eastern Bengal Railway and the Assam Bengal Railway which was also operating in the Barak Valley region, were merged during World War II and came to be known as the Bengal Assam Railway.
		During the reorganisation of Railway zones in 1953, Assam Railway and Avadh - Tirhut Railway were merged to form the North Eastern Railway with headquarters at Gorakhpur.
		Railway is the smallest of the 9 zones on the Indian Railways, but has the unique distinction of serving as many as ten States of the Indian Union, namely Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram.
	www.nfr.railnet.gov.in /nfr1.htm (409 words)

	wiki/Ledo Road Definition / wiki/Ledo Road Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Ledo Road was built during World War II World War II was a global conflict fought between 1937-1945 or 1939-1945 involving every continent and the majority of the world's states.
		Before the war the British had prospected the Patkai Mountains for a road from Assam Assam (অসম;) is a northeastern state of India with its capital at Dispur.
		The Indian economy is the fourth largest in the world in terms of purchasing power parity and is the world's second fastest growing economy.
	www.elresearch.com /wiki/Ledo_Road (2713 words)

	Chapter 20: World War II: The Defensive Phase
		During the spring of 1942 tankers and freighters were torpedoed in plain view of vacationers on east coast beaches, and coastal cities dimmed or extinguished their lights in order that ships might not provide silhouetted targets for the U-boats.
		During the first six months of 1942 losses of Allied shipping were almost as heavy as during the whole of I94I and exceeded new construction by almost 2.8 million deadweight tons.
		The latter, during 1942, were protected in the western half of the Atlantic by the U.S. and Canadian Navies, in the eastern half by the British.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/AMH/AMH-20.htm (9252 words)

	Red Cross Guide Book to India - CBI Theater of World War II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Indian industries are classified in two divisions: (1) Cottage industries and (2) Large-scale industries, carried on in workshops and factories.
		Indian export exceeds her imports, and India's foreign trade is carried on mostly by sea.
		The Indian States, or the territories ruled by Indian Princes, are 584 in number, autocratic in governmental form, and in area forming a good third of the whole of India.
	weidenburner2.home.comcast.net /cbi/red-cross-india.html (7125 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Ledo Road (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Before the war the British had prospected the Patkai Mountains for a road from Assam into north Burma and British engineers, had surveyed the route for a road for the first eighty miles.
		When flying over the Hukawng Valley during the monsoon, Mountbatten asked his staff what was the name of the river below them.
		His vision, as he expounded it to me, was of an American, trained and equipped, Chinese force, of some thirty divisions to begin with, maintained, except for what was available in China, by the road from Ledo.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Ledo_Road (1755 words)

	EIAL VI2 - Brazil and World War II: The Forgotten Ally.What did you do in the war, Zé Carioca?
		Brazil's status during the war was different from that of its neighbors, and its leaders then and since have expected the great powers to understand that.
		After the first war, in which it was an ally but without a combat role, it played a minor part at the conference, and although active in the League of Nations, it had resigned in frustration at not obtaining a permanent council seat in 1926.
		It may not really matter whether the rest of the world knows what Brazil did in World War II, but the Brazilians would be pleased if it did, because they are legitimately proud of their multiple contributions to Allied victory.
	www.tau.ac.il /eial/VI_2/mccann.htm (15082 words)

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		Before World War II Niagara Falls and surrounding municipalities already were coping with hazardous wastes generated by the burgeoning chemical and metallurgical industries that had seen the city grow from a village of 3,000 to a city of 75,000 in 40 years.
		During the war hundreds of local workers were exposed to dangerous levels of radiation levels that even then the Projects managers understood were unsafe.
		After World War II, the LOOW was parceled out to various federal agencies and branches of the military, but to what purposes is not always clear.
	www.ask.ne.jp /~hankaku/english/niagara_fall.html (22121 words)

	[IRFCA] Indian Railways FAQ: Books, Timetables, Videos, etc. - II
		Author was a pioneer of the railways and promoter of the military, political, and commercial benefits of railways and telegraphs in India.
		The Indian Railways official web site has a interactive railway network map that is organized by railway zone.
		Darjeeling Himalayan Railway : An 850mm x 450mm map of the main DHR line by John Gillham is available from the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Society of the UK.
	www.irfca.org /faq/faq-books2.html (4240 words)

	Phrasebase™ - Thailand Facts and Information, Thailand Statistics, Thailand Facts, Thailand Information, Countries ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In alliance with Japan during World War II, Thailand became a US ally following the conflict.
		Overview of the Thailand Economy : After enjoying the world's highest growth rate from 1985 to 1995 - averaging almost 9% annually - increased speculative pressure on Thailand's currency in 1997 led to a crisis that uncovered financial sector weaknesses and forced the government to float the baht.
		Richest Countries in the World Measured in GDP
	www.phrasebase.com /countries/Thailand.html (1037 words)

	Canada 1918 - 1950
		Note Newfoundland was not incorporated into the Canadian Confedertion until 1949 for events pertaining to Canadian relations with the Dominion of Newfoundland and Canadian forces stationed in Newfoundland during World War II see the separate Newfoundland timeline.
		The refinery shutsdown at the end of the war and is sold to Imperial Oil in 1947 for $7,000,000.
		General Kurt Meyer convicted of war crimes for the murder of 20 Canadian POWs in the Abbey of Ardenne sentenced to life in prison - Meyer was released after serving 8 years of his sentence
	www.worldatwar.net /nations/canda/timeline.html (7866 words)

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