Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 29Americana Corporation, 1965 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 291
... troops arrived just in time to repel a German attempt against the Uganda Railway in September . In October , an advance against the key British coastal port of Mombasa was similarly halted . Additional Indian troops arrived in November ...
... troops arrived just in time to repel a German attempt against the Uganda Railway in September . In October , an advance against the key British coastal port of Mombasa was similarly halted . Additional Indian troops arrived in November ...
Page 448
... troops . The dispatch of British troops from Egypt began on April 5 , and on the fol- lowing day , German forces invaded Yugoslavia and Greece . By April 16 , British and Greek forces had been withdrawn to a front south of Mount Olympus ...
... troops . The dispatch of British troops from Egypt began on April 5 , and on the fol- lowing day , German forces invaded Yugoslavia and Greece . By April 16 , British and Greek forces had been withdrawn to a front south of Mount Olympus ...
Page 468
... troops were driven down the east coast of Bataan until , on April 9 , General King , realizing the hopeless- ness of the situation , surrendered the Luzon Force to General Homma . The latter , who had expected the surrender of all troops ...
... troops were driven down the east coast of Bataan until , on April 9 , General King , realizing the hopeless- ness of the situation , surrendered the Luzon Force to General Homma . The latter , who had expected the surrender of all troops ...
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