When D-Day arrived, they had made enough penicillin to treat all the wounded Allied forces.

Allied fighters, by gaining air superiority over the European battlefield, played a crucial role in the eventual defeat of the Axis, which Reichmarshal Hermann Göring, commander of the German Luftwaffe summed up when he said: " When I saw Mustangs over Berlin, I knew the jig was up.

When Eisenhower was appointed Supreme Allied Commander for the planned Normandy Landings he suggested that Alexander become ground forces commander, as he was popular with both British and US officers.

When World War I broke out in 1914, Japan fought on the Allied side and seized the German possessions in Shandong.

When asked for his thoughts on the Allied battle plan, Hitler had said, " I think that diversionary actions will take place in a number of places-against Norway, Denmark, the southern part of western France, and the French Mediterranean coast ".

When Allied troops eventually entered Genoa, they were welcomed by Italian partisans which, in a successful insurrection, had freed the city and accepted the surrender of the local German command.

When Napoleon was faced with invasion by a massive Allied force in 1814, he conscripted many teenagers for his armies.

When the Nazis were defeated and Allied forces crossed the Rhine into Germany along with photo journalists, Fanon's regiment was ' bleached ' of all non-white soldiers and Fanon and his fellow Caribbean soldiers were sent to Toulon ( Provence ) instead.

When Germany surrendered to the Allied armies in May 1945, Streicher said later, he decided to commit suicide.

When the Allied campaign led by Prince Eugene and the Duke of Marlborough engaged the French at Malplaquet, Villars was wounded and the French retreated from the field, but the Allies suffered twice as many casualties and their campaign soon sputtered out.

When word of that atrocity reached the Dominion fleet, in the middle of a fierce battle with Allied forces, the Cardassian ships switched sides and aided the Alliance fleet.

When the cloud cover lifted on 24 December, the Allied air forces attacked with devastating effect.

When the purge was fully rescinded in 1952 with the end of the Allied occupation of Japan, Kishi was central in creating the " Japan Reconstruction Federation " ( Nippon Saiken Renmei ).

When Italy signed the armistice with Allied troops in 1943, he was arrested and imprisoned in prison camps in German occupied Poland for three years alongside other Italian soldiers.

When they came under the fire of Moller's guns, the Allied squadrons, which now lay north of Reichardtswerben and well ahead of their own infantry, suffered somewhat heavily ; but it was usual to employ heavy guns to protect a retreat, and they contented themselves with bringing some fieldguns into action.

When the Japanese occupied French Indochina in 1940, the links of Kunming with the west, both via the newly constructed Burma Road and by air, grew increasingly vital as Allied forces provided essential support by importing materials from the British-colony Burma.

When Operation Compass came to an end with the surrender of the Italian Tenth Army the corps HQ was deactivared in February and its responsibilities taken over by HQ Cyrenaica, a static command, reflecting the Allied defensive posture in the Western Desert as Middle East Command became obliged to focus on the campaign in Greece.

When Raglan told Cathcart that nothing would happen until the Allied siege trains had been landed, Cathcart could not hide his irritation, " Land the siege trains!

When the Allied forces invaded Sicily ( Operation Husky ) on 10 July 1943, Desert Air Force ( DAF ) was created by simply renaming Western Desert Air Force.

When Allied troops were halted near Anzio, Italy during the spring of 1944, personal portable radios were strictly prohibited as the Germans had radio detecting equipment that could detect the local oscillator signal of superheterodyne receivers.

When the Allies failed to commit to this, the Athenian fleet refused to join the Allied navy in spring.

When the Persians heard that the Allied fleet was approaching, they set sail from Samos towards the Ionian mainland.

When Italy capitulated to the Allies ( 8 September 1943 ), the island was occupied again by Allied forces, and it remained under their occupation for the rest of the war.

When World War I broke out in 1914, Japan fought on the Allied side and seized German holdings in Shandong Province.

When Operation Torch, the landings of Allied forces in North Africa, began, Germany occupied all of France.

When the Second World War began, the Luftwaffe was one of most technologically advanced Air Forces in the world.

* When the Legion of Merit is awarded to members of the Armed Forces of the United States it is awarded without reference to degree.

When Singapore started building its military in the 1970s, the Republic of China on Taiwan was one of the few places to offer assistance by providing training areas to the Singapore Armed Forces ( SAF ) for conducting military exercises.

When intelligence chief Gibli contradicted Lavon, Sharrett commissioned a board of inquiry consisting of Israeli Supreme Court Justice Isaac Olshan and the first chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces, Yaakov Dori that was unable to find conclusive evidence that Lavon had authorized the operation.

When the Second World War began, Milland tried to enlist in the U. S. Army Air Forces, but was rejected because of an impaired left hand.

When the Army Air Forces officially asked for a range extension solution it was ready.

When the U. S. entered World War II in December 1941, LeMay was a major in the United States Army Air Forces ( he had been a 1st lieutenant as recently as 1940 ), and the commander of a newly created B-17 Flying Fortress unit, the 305th Bomb Group.

When the shows were broadcast overseas by the Armed Forces Radio Service ( AFRS ), all three commercials were eliminated from the program.

When Richards and three other editors were arrested at the beginning of 1945 for attempting " to undermine the affections of members of His Majesty's Forces.

When the MQ-1 is not actively pursuing its primary mission, it acts as the Joint Forces Air Component Commander-owned theater asset for reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition in support of the Joint Forces commander.

When members of the VCI were assassinated, CIA and Special Forces operatives placed playing cards in the mouth of the deceased as a calling card.

When the all the casualties during the Battle of Zamboanga was over the 48, 700 Filipino troops and officers of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and Philippine Constabulary was found killed and wounded in action, the Zamboangueño resistance over 7, 642 killed and wounded in action, the American troops and officers of the United States Armed Forces units over 14, 000 killed and wounded in action and the Japanese soldiers and officers of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces units was 233, 000 killed, wounded and captured in action by the surprise attack from the officially to the Allies.

When MacArthur became commander of AFPAC ( U. S. Army Forces in the Pacific ), Marshall became Deputy Chief of Staff.

When controversy arose regarding the conscription of religious girls ( giyus banot ) into the Israel Defense Forces after the founding of the State of Israel in 1948, the photo of Kook was removed and replaced with one of Rabbi Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz who ruled that Jewish females are forbidden to perform National Service ( Sherut Leumi ) in lieu of army service.

When the Army, Royal Canadian Navy, and Royal Canadian Air Force were merged in 1968 to form the Canadian Forces, the Royal Canadian Dental Corps and Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps were deactivated and merged with their Naval and Air Force counterparts to form the Dental Branch ( Canadian Forces ) and the Canadian Forces Medical Service of the Canadian Forces Health Services Group ( CF H Svcs Gp ).

When the US military flooded Europe with troops during World War II, American-style programming followed and the BBC was forced to transmit these shows, first on the BBC Forces Programme and later on the BBC General Forces Programme, both on the former frequencies of the BBC National Programme.

When the Whigs came to power in 1830 in Earl Grey's government, Russell entered the government as Paymaster of the Forces, and was soon elevated to the Cabinet.

When General Kim informed the king of Admiral Yi's refusal, the admiral's enemies at court quickly insisted on his replacement by General Won Gyun, former commander of the Gyeongsang Province Western Fleet & Commander of the Jeolla Province Ground Forces.

When Adolf Hitler assumed power, he granted his war minister, Werner von Blomberg, the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.