Once again, however, a critical situation for the Axis forces was retrieved by vigorous counter-attacks from hastily assembled German and Italian forces, which forced the Australians to withdraw back to their start line with 300 casualties.

The busiest, BRT line 1, running on the Nan Zhongzhouxian ( South Central Axis Line ), launched at the end of December 2005.

Advanced Squad Leader ( 1985 ) became a niche hobby in and of itself, and Axis and Allies ( 1984 ) was very popular with the mass market audience and Games Workshop's Warhammer Fantasy Battle ( 1983 ) spawned a long-lasting line popular miniatures games including the successive editions of Warhammer and the science-fantasy Warhammer 40, 000 game.

* Axis and Allies-( Nova Games, 1981 ) the most successful of Milton Bradley's ( 1984 ) ' GameMaster ' line in an attempt to bring wargaming into the mainstream by appealing to non-wargamers through simplicity and attractive components.

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Both the Axis and Allied forces built their defences in a line from the Mediterranean Sea to the Qattara Depression.

* At the Second Battle of El Alamein ( 23 October – 4 November 1942 ) Allied forces broke the Axis line and forced them all the way back to Tunisia.

Wizards released the Dungeons & Dragons miniatures collectible pre-painted plastic miniatures games in 2003, and added a licensed Star Wars line in 2004, and through its Avalon Hill brand an Axis & Allies World War II miniatures game in 2005.

At the beginning of 1942, after its defeat in the west of Cyrenaica, the British 8th Army faced the Axis troops in Libya roughly west of the port of Tobruk along a line running from the coast at Gazala south some.

There were a number of small actions but, by October 29, the Axis line was still intact.

An Axis powers conference on 18 January 1942 placed a proposed north-south running demarcation line at 70 ° east longitude, going southwards through the Ob River's Arctic estuary, southwards to just east of Khost in Afghanistan and heading into the Indian Ocean just west of Rajkot in India comprising the land area of Eurasia that it crossed, to split the Lebensraum land holdings of Nazi Germany and the similar spazio vitale areas of Fascist Italy to the west of it, and the Empire of Japan ( and the Co-Prosperity Sphere ) to the east of it, after a complete defeat of the Soviet Union by the Third Reich.

Axis forces were now settled on a second defensive line, the Etna Line, running from San Fratello on the north coast through Troina and Aderno.

Axis angle gives parameters in S < sup > 2 </ sup >× S < sup > 1 </ sup >; if we replace the unit vector by the actual axis of rotation, so that n and − n give the same axis line, the set of axis becomes RP < sup > 2 </ sup >, the real projective plane.

On 8 February, Clarke conceded to Alexander that the U. S. II Corps would not succeed with any further attacks and he " allowed " the British ( and Dominions ) to attempt to strike the final blow against the Axis line at Cassino.

The premetro section known as the North-South Axis, sometimes referred to as line 3, was also extended to Albert that year with 5 new premetro stations ( South Station, Porte de Hal / Hallepoort, Parvis de Saint-Gilles / Sint-Gillis Voorplein, Horta and Albert ).

By that time the British First Army had broken through the German line on their left in central Tunisia and the Axis forces were forced to surrender.

The Axis attack had been stopped all along the Allied line of defence.

The 144 transport aircraft fly in darkness at low level over Allied ships offshore and Allied troops on the front line, arriving during an Axis bombing attack, and both the ships and troops ashore mistakenly open fire on them.

Joint operations with the RAF were so effective that during November 1941 the Axis supply line suffered significant losses.

With the last Axis line of defense in the south of Tunisia broken, they made a run to join the other Axis forces in the north.

The 15th Panzer was deployed with other Axis armour on their southern flank, with infantrymen holding the northern part of the line.

The Axis began their attack on May 26, with the DAK sweeping around the southern end of the British line.

It was the last Soviet defensive line between the Axis and Sevastopol.

Each team has a set of objectives to complete, the Allies usually being to destroy some sort of Axis advantage, and the Axis objectives being to defend their object ( s ).

At the meeting of Axis leaders at Berchtesgaden on 1 May it was agreed that Rommell should attack at the end of May with the object of capturing Tobruk.

The rationale for not using the Squadron in combat situations in the European or Pacific Theaters of War was that Adolf Hitler had possession of the Spear of Destiny, a mystical object that gave him control of any superheroes with magic-based powers or a vulnerability to magic ( including Superman, Green Lantern, Doctor Fate, and others ) who crossed into territory held by the Axis Powers.

The Axis occupation of Yugoslavia in 1941 allowed the Croatian radical right Ustaše to come into power, forming the " Independent State of Croatia ", led by Ante Pavelić, who assumed the role of Poglavnik (" Head-man ") Nezavisne Drzave Hrvatske (" Leader of the Independent State of Croatia ").

In 1940, Mussolini led Italy into World War II on the side of the Axis.

The battle halted the second ( and final ) advance by the Axis forces into Egypt, El Alamein being only from Alexandria.

On what came to be referred to as " Ash Wednesday ", at British headquarters, rear echelon units, and the British Embassy, the British frantically burned confidential papers in anticipation of the entry of Axis troops into the city.

* 1942 – World War II: Allied forces successfully halt the final Axis advance into Egypt.

In May 1939, as part of his efforts to bully Turkey into joining the Axis, Ribbentrop had arranged for the cancellation of the delivery of 60 heavy howitzers from the Škoda Works, which the Turks had paid for in advance.

Molotov was open to the idea of the Soviet Union entering the war on the Axis side, but demanded as the price of Soviet entry into the war that Finland, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Hungary and Yugoslavia be recognised as in the exclusive Soviet sphere of influence.

Shortly after Italy entered the war, a number of Libyan leaders living in exile in Egypt called on their compatriots to organise themselves into military units and join the British in the war against the Axis powers.

* German leadership rejected Hartenstein's cease fire proposal, partly because Admiral Raeder did not think it wise to enter into a " deal " with the Allies, nothing was to interfere with Eisbär's surprise attack on Cape Town to strike at the supplies destined for the British and Soviets, and Hitler had directed that no word of Laconias sinking or the proposed Axis rescue be transmitted to the Allies, though subordinates ignored Hitler's orders and communicated messages to the Allies about the proposed rescue attempt.

These include the gesture-controlled Buchla Thunder, sonomes such as the C-Thru Music Axis, which rearrange the scale tones into an isometric layout, and Haken Audio's keyless, touch-sensitive Continuum playing surface.

The Soviet Union was brought into World War II and joined the Western Allies in a common front against the Axis Powers.

After Germany entered the Axis Pact with Japan and Italy, it began negotiations about a potential Soviet entry into the pact.

After two days of negotiations in Berlin from 12 – 14 November, Germany presented a proposed written agreement for Soviet entry into the Axis.

By the end of the war, the Chetnik movement transformed into a collaborationist Serb nationalist militia completely dependent on Axis supplies.

** The Red Army pushes most of the Axis forces out of Hungary and into Austria.

As the capital of an Axis country and a major transit point for Axis troops en route to the Eastern Front, Bucharest suffered heavy damage during World War II due to Allied bombings, and, on 23 August 1944, was the site of the royal coup which brought Romania into the Allied camp, suffering a short period of Luftwaffe bombings as well as a failed attempt by German troops to take the city by force.

After entering Romania into an alliance with Nazi Germany and the Axis and ensuring Adolf Hitler's confidence, he eliminated the Guard during the Legionary Rebellion of 1941.

Official Protocol of Bulgaria's accession into the Axis Tripartite Pact.

Apparently, all other Purple machines at Japanese embassies and consulates around the world ( e. g. in Axis countries, Washington, London, Moscow, and in neutral countries ) and in Japan itself, were destroyed and ground into particles by the Japanese.

There are various other psychological issues that may factor into eating disorders, some fulfill the criteria for a separate Axis I diagnosis or a personality disorder which is coded Axis II and thus are considered comorbid to the diagnosed eating disorder.

Axis II disorders are subtyped into 3 " clusters ", A, B and C. The causality between personality disorders and eating disorders has yet to be fully established.