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From the standing position the Sapper
can place a charge on the left side of the Vickers directly in front
of the ammo box. This will cause the Vickers to flame. This spot is
only available on the left side since there is no ammo box on the right
side of the vehicle.
Standing on the right side of the Vickers
near the rear, the sapper will be able to place a charge on the right
rear side of the turret. This spot is on the plate directly to the right
of the rear of the turret. Successful placement will provide a satisfying
explosion and the chassis will be thrown several meters in the direction
the Vickers was facing.
1939—45, worldwide conflict
involving every major power in the world. The two sides were generally
known as the Allies and the Axis.This second global conflict resulted
from the rise of totalitarian, militaristic regimes in Germany, Italy,
and Japan, a phenomenon stemming in part from the Great Depression that
swept over the world in the early 1930s and from the conditions created
by the peace settlements (1919—20) following World War I.Though
determined to maintain its neutrality, the United States was gradually
drawn closer to the war by the force of events. To save Britain from
collapse the Congress voted lend-lease aid early in 1941. In Aug., 1941,
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt met Churchill on the high seas,
and together they formulated the Atlantic Charter as a general statement
of democratic aims. To establish bases to protect its shipping from
attacks by German submarines, the United States occupied (Apr., 1941)
Greenland and later shared in the occupation of Iceland; despite repeated
warnings, the attacks continued. Relations with Germany became increasingly
strained, and the aggressive acts of Japan in China, Indochina, and
Thailand provoked protests from the United States.Efforts to reach a
peaceful settlement were ended on Dec. 7, 1941, when Japan without warning
attacked Pearl Harbor, the Philippines, and Malaya. War was declared
(Dec. 8) on Japan by the United States, the Commonwealth of Nations
(except Ireland), and the Netherlands. Within a few days Germany and
Italy declared war on the United States.The first phase of the war in
the Pacific was disastrous for the Allies. Japan swiftly conquered the
Philippines (where strong resistance ended at Corregidor), Malaya, Burma
(Myanmar), Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia), and many Pacific islands;
destroyed an Allied fleet in the Java Sea; and reached, by mid-1942,
its furthest points of advance in the Aleutian Islands and New Guinea.Australia
became the chief Allied base for the countermoves against Japan, directed
by Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Admiral Nimitz, and Admiral Halsey. The first
Allied naval successes against Japan were scored in the battles of the
Coral Sea and Midway, where U.S. bombers knocked out the major part
of Japan's carrier fleet and forced Japan into retreat. Midway was the
first decisive blow against the Axis by Allied forces. On land the Allies
took the offensive in New Guinea and landed (Aug. 7, 1942) on Guadalcanal
in the Solomon Islands.
