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defensive and Rommel had time to develop the Axis fortifications, sowing minefields with c. 500,000 mines and miles of barbed wire. Alexander and Montgomery...

following days, two Royal Navy forces based at Malta ran into the Italian Minefield T off Tripoli and two British battleships were disabled by Italian manned...

on bogus orders to any U.S. units they met, reverse road signs, remove minefield warnings, and cordon off roads with warnings of nonexistent mines. "Lead"...

British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was sent to help defend France. After the Phoney War of October 1939 to April 1940, Germany invaded Belgium, the Netherlands...

minimal land and air warfare, leading to this time period being termed the "Phoney War". At sea, this time period saw the opening stages of the Battle of the...

stations. There was little action for AA Command during the period of the Phoney War, which allowed it to continue building up its strength and equipment...

massive minefields, which were intended to be laid from S minus nine [clarification needed]. The ANTON minefield (off Selsey Bill) and the BRUNO minefield (off...

"Why Die for Danzig?" in France and, crucially, the events known as the Phoney War. The foreign policy of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain has...

defending the industrial areas of North West England. During the period of the Phoney War the AA defences of NW England were not tested in action, and the time...

able to engage the bombers without interference". During the period of the phoney war the He 111 was tasked with strategic bombing attacks over the North...

minefields (the Cauldron), forming a base in the midst of the British defences. Italian engineers lifted mines from the west side of the minefields to...

industrial towns and villages speckled with pillboxes, tank traps, and minefields. The Americans' initial tactical objectives were to take the village of...

Westwall minefield were prohibited unless at the request of Marinegruppe West unless it was certain that the ship was hostile. West of the minefield, apart...

1941 to lay minefields off Cape Juminda on the Lahemaa coast. While Soviet minesweepers tried to clear a path for convoys through the minefields, German coastal...

immediately.[verification needed] By now it was clear to all concerned that the Phoney War was about to end. Antagonised by the German mining of their own waters...

absence Ritchie believed he could organise his infantry to cover the minefields between the defended localities to prevent Axis engineers from having...

Stadtlandet (62°N, 5°E). Force WB, with two destroyers, was to lay a dummy minefield off the Bud headland, south of Kristiansund (62°54'N, 6°55'E) if the Norwegians...

infantry brigades of the 2nd New Zealand Division to clear lanes through the minefields, along which attacking formations would pass into the Axis positions....

forces had to withdraw urgently lest their retreat through the British minefields be cut off. Montgomery was criticised for not counter-attacking the retreating...

British used the Egyptian army to guard lines of communication and to clear minefields. ^N 　Estonia Estonia's human losses due to the Soviet and German occupation...