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Which World War II operation was carried out by British troops as part of the final Allied advance in Italy?

Battle of the Argenta Gap. The Gap was a heavily defended strip of dry land between Lake Comacchio and the Lombardy marshes blocking the route to the Lombardy plain and northeast Italy. The British 5th Corps used amphibious armoured vehicles to outflank the German positions and breach the Axis lines, allowing the British 6th Armoured Division to pass through the gap.

Which British army unit consisted of non-combatant women auxiliaries in World War II?

Auxiliary Territorial Service. Formed in 1939, the ATS provided cooks, clerks, radar operators, searchlight operators, and undertook other light non-combat duties.

What light 40mm anti-aircraft gun designed by Swedish Company in 1929 was used by almost all combatants in World War II?

Bofors Gun.

What Nazi concentration camp was situated at a village northeast of Weimar, East Germany 1937-45?

Buchenwald.

Which airborne searchlight was used by the RAF in World War II?

Leigh. First used in 1942, by the end of the war 27 U-boats had been sunk and 31 severely damaged in attacks using Leigh lights.

What British flame throwing tank of World War II was a modified version of Churchill?

Crocodile.

What principal French heavy tank was developed in World War II in 1930s?

Char B Tank.

What name was given to the combined British Naval and Royal Air Force system of defence organized during World War II?

Coastal command. It was divided into groups which worked in close cooperation with Naval Command, both services being directed from an Area Combined Headquarters.

In World War II,what name was given to the first major victory over the Japanese for British and Indian troops at Sinzewa, Burma in 1944?

Battle of the Admin Box. The 'Admin(istration) Box' was the administrative and base area of 7th Indian Division,which was besieged by the Japanese 55th Division 5-23 Feb 1944. The siege was lifted when the Japanese were taken in the rear by the 5th Indian Division advancing over the Ngakyedauk Pass.

What name was given to the art condemned by the Nazi regime in Germany from 1933?

Degenerate Art. The name was taken from a travelling exhibition mounted by the Nazi Party 1937 to show modern art as sick and decadent - a view that fitted with Nazi racial theories.In German it was known as Entartete Kunst.

What Australian intelligence organization was formed in 1919 and was a vital source of information during World War II?

Coastwatchers.

What air raid shelter was used in the UK during World War II?

Anderson Shelter. It was named after Sir John Anderson, Home Secretary 1939-40.

What Spanish volunteers fought with the German army against the USSR during World War II?

Blue Division.

What battle during World War I was fought between French and German forces in 1914 as the French attempted to make an orderly retreat from Belgium under intense German pressure?

Battle of Charleroi.

What joint Greek and British operations were launched against Bulgarian forces on the Greek-Bulgarian border in Salonika 1918 during World War I?

Campaign on the Doiran-Struma Front.