Operation Jupiter: Churchill’s Plan to Invade Norway, 1942: Churchill feared Stalin might withdraw from the war. Operation Jupiter was conceived to reopen the northern supply line to Russia as well as engage in a joint operation.

Other Articles:

• Fort Drum: Shortly before World War I, to defend Manila Bay, the US Army began work on a concrete and steel “battleship” that was unsinkable and totally immobile.
• Battle of the Kiev Salient: After intense fighting at Kursk in the summer of 1943, the Soviet Summer Offensive swept the Wehrmacht back and across the Dnieper River. The Red Army drive managed to bridge the river in several places setting the stage for the next battle.
• Hollandia: Tactical Victory, Strategic Win—Almost: The Hollandia operation in April 1944, captured the Japanese logistical and airfield complex on the north coast of New Guinea. It was conceived as a major step in projecting American power into the Philippine Islands.