Operation Keelhaul

Operation Keelhaul
Allied policy of returning escaping anti-communists to their homelands

Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Operation Keelhaul — was carried out in Northern Italy by British and American forces to repatriate Soviet Armed Forces POWs of the Nazis to the Soviet Union between August 14, 1946 and May 9, 1947.[1] The term has been later applied specifically after the… …   Wikipedia

  • Keelhaul — may refer to:* Keelhauling, a form of corporal punishment used against sailors * Operation Keelhaul, the repatriation of Russian prisoners of war after World War II * Keelhaul (band), American band from Ohio …   Wikipedia

  • Operation Barbarossa — Part of the Eastern Front of World War II …   Wikipedia

  • Operation Shingle — Part of World War II US Army troops landing at Anzio late January 1944 …   Wikipedia

  • Operation Weserübung — Part of the Norwegian Campaign of the Second World War German forces advancing near Bag …   Wikipedia

  • Operation Torch — Part of the North African Campaign Allied troops hit the beaches near Algiers, behind a large American …   Wikipedia

  • Operation Bamberg — Part of World War II Date March 26 April 6, 1942 Location Hłusk, Bobrujsk, Polesie, Belarus …   Wikipedia

  • Operation Compass — Part of the Western Desert Campaign of World War II Italian soldiers taken prisoner during Operation Compass …   Wikipedia

  • Operation Ichi-Go — Part of Second Sino Japanese War …   Wikipedia

  • Operation Ten-Go — 天號作戰 or 天号作戦 Part of the Pacific Theater of World War II Yamato …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”