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2. Operation Exodus (WWII operation) - Wikipedia

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   Operation Exodus was the code name for the airborne repatriation of British ex-prisoners of war from Europe, that took place from April to May 1945, in the closing stages of the Second World War. [1] By 1 June approximately, 3,500 flights had brought 75,000 men back to the UK in modified Lancaster bombers .

3. RAF Oakley - Wikipedia

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   RAF Oakley. An old airfield building of the former RAF Oakley surrounded by corn. /  51.78250°N 1.07500°W  / 51.78250; -1.07500. RAF Oakley is a former Royal Air Force satellite station between Oakley and Worminghall, Buckinghamshire, England. It was located in a flat, damp wooded area.

4. Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–1950) - Wikipedia

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   Refugees moving westwards in 1945. During the later stages of World War II and the post-war period, Germans and Volksdeutsche fled and were expelled from various Eastern and Central European countries, including Czechoslovakia, and from the former German provinces of Lower and Upper Silesia, East Prussia, and the eastern parts of Brandenburg and Pomerania (Hinterpommern), which were annexed by ...

5. Evacuation of East Prussia - Wikipedia

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   The evacuation of East Prussia was the movement of German civilian population and military personnel from East Prussia between 20 January and March 1945, that was initially organized and carried out by state authorities but quickly turned into a chaotic flight from the Red Army. [ 5][ 6] A part of the evacuation of German civilians towards the ...

6. The March (1945) - Wikipedia

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   The March (1945) A drawing of Australian POWs being marched through Germany during the winter of 1944-45. " The March " refers to a series of forced marches during the final stages of the Second World War in Europe. From a total of 257,000 western Allied prisoners of war held in German military prison camps, over 80,000 POWs were forced to ...

7. Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II

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   Under the name "Operation Pied Piper", the effort began on 1 September 1939 and officially relocated 1.5 million people. There were further waves of official evacuation and re-evacuation from the south and east coasts in June 1940, when a seaborne invasion was expected, and from affected cities after the Blitz began in September 1940.

8. Operation Passage to Freedom - Wikipedia

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   Operation Passage to Freedom was a term used by the United States Navy to describe the propaganda effort [2] [3] and the assistance in transporting in 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam (the Democratic Republic of Vietnam) to non-communist South Vietnam (the State of ...

9. List of World War II military operations - Wikipedia

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   Bishop (1945) – covering operation for Dracula. Diplomat (1944) – Allied exercise in preparation for joint operations against the Japanese. Dukedom (1945) – British search and destroy operation for Japanese cruiser Haguro. Exporter (1941) – British and Commonwealth invasion of Vichy French -held Syria.