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The fall of Singapore, also known as the Battle of Singapore, [ c] took place in the South–East Asian theatre of the Pacific War. The Japanese Empire captured the British stronghold of Singapore, with fighting lasting from 8 to 15 February 1942. Singapore was the foremost British military base and economic port in South–East Asia and had ...
The Bombing of Singapore (1944–1945) was a military campaign conducted by the Allied air forces during World War II. United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) long-range bomber units conducted 11 air raids on Japanese-occupied Singapore between November 1944 and March 1945. Most of these raids targeted the island's naval base and dockyard ...
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 of 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 ...
Singapore, [e] officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.It is about one degree of latitude (137 kilometres or 85 miles) north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south along with the Riau Islands in Indonesia, the South China Sea to the ...
December 24, 1794 – February 3, 1795. Battle of Genoa (1795) British and French fleets. March 13–14, 1795. Biscay campaign of June 1795. British and French fleets. June, 1795. Battle of Quiberon. French Republican and Anglo-Royalist forces.
Battle of Peleliu order of battle. Operation Uranus Soviet order of battle. Battle of Tarawa order of battle. Battle of the Bulge order of battle. Battle of the Scheldt order of battle. Battle of Belgium order of battle. Order of battle for the Battle of Berlin. Boevoi sostav Sovetskoi armii.
Map of ongoing armed conflicts (number of combat-related deaths in current or previous year): Major wars (10,000 or more) Wars (1,000–9,999) Minor conflicts (100–999) Skirmishes and clashes (1–99) The following is a list of ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world.
The "Bulge" was the largest and bloodiest single battle fought by the United States in World War II [ 20][ 21][ 22] and the third-deadliest campaign in American history. It was one of the most important battles of the war, as it marked the last major offensive attempted by the Axis powers on the Western front.