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Page 120
... troops on the Allied side , and were used accordingly . Of 330 000 troops sent overseas , 59 258 were killed in action or died of wounds , and another 173 815 were wounded . These figures give a total casualty rate of 68.5 per cent , a ...
... troops on the Allied side , and were used accordingly . Of 330 000 troops sent overseas , 59 258 were killed in action or died of wounds , and another 173 815 were wounded . These figures give a total casualty rate of 68.5 per cent , a ...
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... troops recaptured Bardia on 13 April . On the same day Stalin signed a neutrality pact with Japan , an event which made it difficult for any but the self - deluded to doubt the direction the Japanese thrust would take when it came . The ...
... troops recaptured Bardia on 13 April . On the same day Stalin signed a neutrality pact with Japan , an event which made it difficult for any but the self - deluded to doubt the direction the Japanese thrust would take when it came . The ...
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... troops . For the first few months , when there were virtually no front - line American troops in the area and Australian soldiers stopped and turned back the Japanese offensive in Papua and New Guinea , he was ; but as soon as American ...
... troops . For the first few months , when there were virtually no front - line American troops in the area and Australian soldiers stopped and turned back the Japanese offensive in Papua and New Guinea , he was ; but as soon as American ...
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A NATION FOR A CONTINENT c 19001903 | 12 |
THREE ELEVENS IN THE FIELD c 19041908 | 55 |
LABOR IN POWER c 19091913 | 68 |
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