Operation Backfire was a military scientific operation during and after the Second World War that was performed mainly by British staff. The operation...

This is a list of known World War II era codenames for military operations and missions commonly associated with World War II. As of 2022[update] this...

deserts (Western Desert campaign, also known as the Desert War), in Morocco and Algeria (Operation Torch), and in Tunisia (Tunisia campaign). The campaign...

Abyssinian campaign) was fought in East Africa during the Second World War by Allies of World War II, mainly from the British Empire, against Italy and its colony...

World War II (1939–1945) involved sustained strategic bombing of railways, harbours, cities, workers' and civilian housing, and industrial districts in...

Nazi Germany to the U.S. for government employment after the end of World War II in Europe, between 1945–59. Some were former members and leaders of the...

Estonia declared neutrality at the outbreak of World War II (1939–1945), but the country was repeatedly contested, invaded and occupied, first by the Soviet...

rockets. These strategies towards Hamas have been criticized as having backfired in light of the attacks on 7 October 2023. Critics, including human-rights...

century, World War I (1914–1918) and World War II (1939–1945), although some historians have also characterised other global conflicts as world wars, such...

diplomatic history of World War II includes the major foreign policies and interactions inside the opposing coalitions, the Allies of World War II and the Axis...

The Tupolev Tu-22M (Russian: Туполев Ту-22М; NATO reporting name: Backfire) is a supersonic, variable-sweep wing, long-range strategic and maritime strike...

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War is a 2006 zombie apocalyptic horror novel written by American author Max Brooks. The novel is broken into...

in World War II Bombing of Dublin in World War II Bombing of Wiener Neustadt in World War II London in World War II Operation Steinbock Operation Gisela...

World War II. The most frequently used chemicals during World War I were tear-inducing irritants rather than fatal or disabling poison. During World War...

during World War II, where he served as a V-weapons flight test director. Following the war, he was brought to the United States via Operation Paperclip...

before, and during, the aftermath of World War II, involving summary executions and the mass murder of prisoners of war, such as in the Katyn massacre and...

source of inspiration during the tough battles of the Pacific Campaign in World War II. Author and fellow Marine Eugene Sledge described Haney as "not a man...

of World War II, the U.S. government struggled with the Soviet Union for global leadership, influence and security within the context of the Cold War. Under...

targets of guerrilla attacks, as in Palestinian operations against Israeli civilians. Such tactics may backfire and cause the civil population to withdraw...

support for Israel; any military strategy that ignored the war's human costs "could ultimately backfire". Former President George W. Bush warned that Israel's...

in World War II Austria: A History of the OSS's Maier-Messner Group" (2017), pp 35. "Operation Crossbow – Preliminary missions for the Operation Overlord"...

after air raid on 17 August 1943 Rail = Launches from a train For Operation Backfire, the British collected together and assembled a small number of V-2s...

V-2 rocket facilities of World War II used by Nazi Germany Krupp artillery range used for the post-war British Operation Backfire tests White Sands Proving...

Italian opposition to the Fascist Italian government existed even before World War II, but open and armed resistance followed the German invasion of Italy...

The gambit backfired, however; despite their initial optimism the Communists were unable to defeat the US-led forces in Korea, and the war greatly increased...

backfired on Christian II. The violence elicited strong reactions in Sweden for years to come, and the Union was broken by the successful Swedish War...

occurred in the Italo-Turkish War, with the first major deployments coming in the First World War and Second World War by all major airforces causing...

was widely employed, and atomic bombs were first used in combat during World War II. Nuclear strike missions (i.e., delivering nuclear-armed missiles or...

but controversial strategic bombing campaign in the Pacific theater of World War II. He later served as Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, from...

was the French rump state headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain during World War II. It was named after its seat of government, the city of Vichy. Officially...