Cassibile Airfield Cassibile Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Italy, which is located in the vicinity of Syracuse on the island...

the island of Sicily there are six main airports and several smaller airfields catering to general aviation. There are also two small airports on the...

Algeria, on 11 May 1943 to begin working and training at the nearby La Senia Airfield. In June 1943, the ground component moved to Tunisia, where it worked with...

airfield was used by the Italian S 79 aircraft carrying the diplomatic Mission designed to firm the Unconditional Surrender/Armistizio at Cassibile on...

had 233 and 234 Batteries protecting Pachino airfield and the beach, and 303 Battery at Cassibile Airfield. Eighth Army captured the port of Taranto on...

soldiers of the US Army's 81st Infantry Division fought to capture an airfield on the small coral island of Peleliu. The battle was part of a larger offensive...

failures, Allied tactical hesitation, and German offensive operations, Maleme Airfield in western Crete fell, enabling the Germans to land reinforcements and...

bombed by the Anglo-American allies. In 1943 following the Armistice of Cassibile, the airport came under the control of the United States Army who used...

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carried out on the night of May 24–25, 1945 against Yontan Airfield on Okinawa. The airfield was recently seized by American forces during the first day...

Allied invasion of Sicily. After the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943 the regiment split, with some units joining the German...

RAF units from Sector airfields often flew into a satellite airfield for operations during the day, returning to their home airfield in the evenings. Irving...

overwhelmed by the Allies, who captured Tulagi and Florida, as well as the airfield—later named Henderson Field—that was under construction on Guadalcanal...

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Balkans and Greece until it disbanded after the Italian-Allied Armistice of Cassibile. Military harbors in Sicily were under command of the Royal Italian Navy's...

begun to occupy the hinterland. In the aftermath of the Armistice of Cassibile, the Italian capitulation to the Allies, some Italian units sided with...

the troops fighting on Iwo Jima; and the repair and expansion of the airfields on Iwo Jima. United States Navy Seabee built all the facilities on the...

the 6th and 26th Seabees in the Solomons. At Tanambogo an airfield was built, Torokina Airfield. Landings at Cape Torokina called Operation Cherry Blossom...

War. Japanese strategic aims for this campaign were to seize Chinese airfields and secure railroads in West Hunan, and to achieve a decisive victory...

started construction. The first airfield captured was Hyane Airfield which was renamed Momote Airfield. While the airfield was captured the outlining area...

in response to the Allied landings with the mission of recapturing the airfield and driving the Allied forces off the island. His soldiers conducted numerous...

forces, secure railways between Japanese-held territory and capture Allied airfields. By June, the Japanese had conquered the province of Henan and begun a...

in response to the Allied landings with the mission of recapturing the airfield and driving the Allied forces from the island. Underestimating the strength...

answer. He could see heavy air traffic landing and taking off from Yontan Airfield. Firing off every flare on board to alert the field to his emergency landing...

response to the Allied landings there, with the mission of recapturing the airfield and driving the Allied forces off the island. Underestimating the strength...

United States Pacific Fleet and Marine Corps. The purpose was to establish airfields and naval bases that would allow air and naval support for upcoming operations...

RCAF Station Winisk RCAF Station St. Margarets Kandahar Air Base Relief airfield for No. 6 Service Flying Training School/RCAF Station Dunnville RCAF Detachment...

landed on Ramree and the neighbouring island of Cheduba, to establish airfields for the supply of the mainland campaign. The battle is known for claims...

captured a Japanese field gun that was harassing Henderson Field, the Allied airfield at Lunga Point on Guadalcanal. On 7 August 1942, Allied forces (primarily...

Montgomery's plan was to send a three-brigade front between Avola and Cassibile in the Gulf of Nito. It was to be led by Miles Dempsey's British 13th...