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	The Japanese paratroopers in the Dutch East Indies, 1941-1942
		During the early part of the Far East hostilities it was the habit of the Japanese soldiers to carry the small Model 89 strapped to the leg of the mortar-man, and may have been termed the Leg Mortar and an unfortunate translation turned this into Knee Mortar.
		The British airborne forces of World War II in operational night drops used a flashing green light and red light on a 10 foot pole, heavy and bulky it worked well and passed from paradrop service in a few years.
		During the course of the war more than one airborne drop was destroyed because the defenders were able to isolate and defeat in detail the lightly armed paratroopers before they could link into an effective size force.
	www.geocities.com /dutcheastindies/japan_paratroop.html (10880 words)

	USMC Operations in World War II: Decision at Midway
		USMC Operations in World War II: Decision at Midway
		Much of the raid's anticipated shock effect on Tokyo was lost by the coincidence of Doolittle's arrival over the city at about noon just as a Japanese air raid drill was completed.
		Air raid sirens began to wail, Condition One was set, and the MAG-22 pilots manned their planes.
	www.history.navy.mil /faqs/faq81-10.htm (11643 words)

	HyperWar: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II: Leyte
		World War II was the largest and most violent armed conflict in the history of mankind.
		While World War II continues to absorb the interest of military scholars and historians, as well as its veterans, a generation of Americans has grown to maturity largely unaware of the political, social, and military implications of a war that, more than any other, united us as a people with a common purpose.
		World War II was waged on land, on sea, and in the air over several diverse theaters of operation for approximately six years.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USA/USA-C-Leyte (9460 words)

	The Diplomacy of Apology: U.S. Bombings of Switzerland during World War II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		During this period the United States was ably represented in Switzerland by its experienced minister, Leland Harrison, by the military attache, Brigadier General Barnwell R. Legge, and by the counselor to the legation, Jerome K. Huddle.
		The same could be said of tension between the desire to prosecute the war fully and the need to treat lightly with neutrals harboring downed fliers and shipping goods to the enemy, between the aggressive zeal of pilots and the fine lines of regulations easily obscured by the clouds of both climate and war.
		During World War II, United States bombing practices simply were not subject to the close public review and criticism that has almost become standard since the height of the Vietnam war.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/apj/apj00/sum00/helmreich.html (9385 words)

	Second World War Books: History Page
		During 5 and 6 May a "preliminary agreement" was reached between Germany and Vichy by which "three-quarters of the [Vichy] war material assembled in Syria under control of the the Italian Armistice Commission [is] to be transported to Iraq and the German Air Force granted landing facilities in Syria."
		Rashid Ali escaped to Germany where, as a guest of the Fuehrer and rival to another guest, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, he spent the remainder of the war broadcasting to the Arab world and planning to regain power when German pincers from Egypt and the Caucasus finally met at the Persian Gulf.
		He survived the war and escaped to Saudi Arabia where he was granted asylum, returning to Iraq after the 1958 revolution.
	www.sonic.net /~bstone/history/iraq.shtml (1287 words)

	Korean War: Navy Special Operations
		During World War II the navy had found the versatile APD to be a flexible and potent weapon.
		And it was the experience derived from those World War II-era operations that dictated the navy doctrine limiting UDT operations to obstacle demolition and beach reconnaissance between the three-fathom curve line and the high-water mark found on the target beach.
		Raiding casualties during 1951 were relatively light–one officer and sergeant killed and twenty other ranks wounded–due in no small part to the commonsense approach to the raiding role as expressed by their senior officer on the scene, Lt. Col.
	www.history.navy.mil /wars/korspops-1.htm (16723 words)

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		During the night of 20-21 March, the battalion, accompanied by a heavy mortar company, followed this tortuous route, reaching a plateau overlooking the Italian position by 0600.
		Although as a War Department staff officer he had opposed the project, the tall, vigorous Frederick proved to be a natural leader, respected by superiors and idolized by his men.
		Both OSS personnel and their British counterparts in the Special Operations Executive were supervised by the G-3 Division of the theater headquarters, but the Americans tended to be dominant in North Africa, while the British enjoyed greater influence in the eastern Mediterranean.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/wwii/70-42/70-422.htm (6238 words)

	National Park Service: World War II Warships in the Pacific (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		[2] During the war the United States completed large numbers of cruisers to meet the demands of fleet operations in the Pacific.
		Although USS Des Moines was not commissioned until after the end of World War II she was designed during the war to meet the requirements of fleet operations against the Japanese in the Pacific.
		Her equipment and design philosophy date from the war and as such she represents the many classes of American cruisers that fought in the Pacific.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/butowsky1/desmoines.htm (825 words)

	SOMOS PRIMOS: Dedicated to Hispanic Heritage and Diversity Issues
		During the years 1927 to 1938, under the Rockefeller grant, and subsequently supported from the Wilbur Fund and the Library of Congress appropriations, 330,836 pages were received from Spain and 66,671 from México.
		During this time, the African –American soldiers were still living in tents, guarding the city, and giving chase to Indians and bandits.
		World War I Many soldiers came to the fort for training during this time with the biggest build-up as a result of the Mexican Revolution.
	www.somosprimos.com /spjan02.htm (12150 words)

	HOOVER INSTITUTION ARCHIVES HOLDINGS ON WORLD WAR, 1914-1916.
		Summary: Memoirs, diaries, military operational report summaries, army manuals, printed matter, and photographs, relating to aerial and artillery operations of the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I, and to the acquaintanceship of B. Clark with Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover and his design of the Hoover House on the Stanford University campus.
		Summary: Photographs depicting war scenes and Social conditions in France during World War I, and conditions in Germany and the Balkans at the end of the war; and writings and press summaries, relating to the motion picture industry.
		Summary: Relates to Russian military operations during World War I, the establishment of Estonian armed forces in 1916, the Estonian war for independence, interwar Estonian politics, the Soviet occupation of Estonia in 1940, conditions in German prison camps during World War II, and recruitment of Estonians for the German armed forces.
	www.lib.byu.edu /~rdh/wwi/comment/hoover.htm (13227 words)

	WGBH Programs
		During World War II certain small-scale military operations were as vital to Allied success as they were dangerous.
		From rescuing top operatives of the French Resistance to keeping Adolf Hitler from attaining the atomic bomb, these missions are seen through veterans' accounts, archive film, and reconstruction.
		The French port of Bordeaux was vital to Hitler's war machine.
	www.wgbh.org /program-info?episode_id=2574666&program_id=2574568 (145 words)

	SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE, 1940-1946: SUBVERSION AND SABOTAGE DURING WORLD WAR II Series One: SOE Operations in ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE, 1940-1946: SUBVERSION AND SABOTAGE DURING WORLD WAR II Series One: SOE Operations in Western Europe Part 5: Italy, 1941-1948 (Public Record Office Class HS 6/775-908)
		HS 6/793: 1941 - Operation COLLOSSUS: landing parachutists for sabotage of bridges
		HS 6/827: 1944 - Operation ATLOW - sabotage of railways
	www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk /collections_az/SOE-1-5/contents-of-reels.aspx (1065 words)

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