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Gamefam was founded in 2019 in Los Angeles, California, United States, by Joe Ferencz, the current CEO. Ferencz was originally involved with bringing Hot Wheels into the Forza series and Rocket League, and while doing so, he was observing Roblox ' s success as a free-to-play video game platform. [ 6] Explaining his reason for founding Gamefam ...
The Burma campaign was a series of battles fought in the British colony of Burma. It was part of the South-East Asian theatre of World War II and primarily involved forces of the Allies (mainly from the British Empire and the Republic of China, with support from the United States) against the invading forces of the Empire of Japan.
The Bengal famine of 1943 was a famine in the Bengal province of British India (present-day Bangladesh, West Bengal and eastern India) during World War II.An estimated 0.8–3.8 million people died, [A] in the Bengal region (present-day Bangladesh and West Bengal), from starvation, malaria and other diseases aggravated by malnutrition, population displacement, unsanitary conditions, poor ...
Oil campaign targets of World War II. Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran (August–September 1941) to secure access to Persian oil. Dutch East Indies campaign (1941–1942) Japan operation to secure oil and rubber resources. Case Blue and Operation Edelweiss - by Germany in the summer of 1942. Battle of Romania in August 1944, which deprived the ...
Japanese invasion of Burma. Part of the Burma campaign, the South-East Asian theatre of World War II, the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Pacific Theater of World War II. View of the Yenangyaung oil field on 16 April 1942 after its destruction ahead of the Japanese advance. Date. 14 December 1941 – 28 May 1942. (5 months, 1 week and 3 days)
After the British Ministry of Economic Warfare and the U.S. Petroleum Attache endorsed the plan on March 6; Dwight D. Eisenhower decided on March 25, 1944, that the six months for priority bombing of oil facilities to have an effect on Operation Overlord was too long and instead, railway targets became the highest priority.
Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942) Part of the Crimean campaign during the Eastern Front of World War II. Sevastopol harbour after the battle (July 1942) Date. 30 October 1941 – 4 July 1942. (8 months and 4 days) Location. Sevastopol, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. 44°36′17″N 33°32′28″E.
Davis was born in Montgomery, Alabama, on February 10, 1889, into a family of limited means. His father was a policeman. He claimed to be a relative of Cecil Rhodes on his mother's side and of Jefferson Davis on his father's side, assertions which remain unproven. [ 1] He held menial positions on railroad trains and eventually became a ...