Raymond Spruance was one of the most important American naval
commanders of the Second World War, taking command of the American
carriers part of the way through the battle of Midway and then going
on to command the Fifth Fleet for the campaigns in the Gilberts,
Marshalls and Marianas as well as planning and implementing the
invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/people_spruance_raymond.html

Vice-Admiral Robert Ghormley is most famous for having been the
overall American commander at the start of the Guadalcanal campaign, a
role he is considered to have performed quite poorly.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/people_ghormley_robert.html

William "Bull" Halsey was a hard-hitting American Admiral who played a
major part in developing the strategy of "island skipping" in the
Pacific in 1943-45 which saw the United States bypass a series of
Japanese held islands during their advance across the southern and
central Pacific.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/people_halsey_bull.html

Missile Systems

The MGR-1 Honest John Short Range Tactical Battlefield Support Missile
System first entered US service in 1953.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_mgr-1_honest_john.html

The MGM-52 Lance Short Range Battlefield tactical support missile
system was designed to provide nuclear fire support at Corps level and
the US Army had at one point eight battalions in service.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_MGM-52_Lance.html

The Circular Error Probability is a circular area around the target
within which a warhead has 50% chance of landing.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/concepts_circular_error_probabil...

Squadrons

No.151 Squadron began the Second World War as a Hurricane squadron,
participating the Battle of Britain, before becoming a night fighter
squadron in November 1940, operating first in the defensive role and
later as an intruder squadron.
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/151_wwII.html

No.157 Squadron was the first squadron to operation the Mosquito as a
night fighter, after reforming in December 1941 for that purpose.
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/157_wwII.html

No.158 Squadron was formed during the great wartime expansion of
Bomber Command, from the home echelon of No.104 Squadron and spent the
entire war operating with the main bomber force.
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/158_wwII.html

No.161 Squadron was a special duties squadron, formed in February 1942
from the King's Flight and part of No.138 Squadron to carry out a mix
of supply drops and agent transportation missions
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/161_wwII.html

No. 166 Squadron went through two incarnations during the Second World
War, first as a training unit and later as a bomber squadron
operationg the Wellington and then Lancaster
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/166_wwII.html

No.169 Squadron went through two incarnations during the Second World
War, first as tactical reconnaissance unit and then as a Mosquito
equipped night fighter intruder unit supporting the bomber offensive.
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/169_wwII.html

No.171 Squadron went through two incarnations during the Second World
War, operating as a reconnaissance unit for six months in 1942 and
then as a bomber support squadron from September 1944
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/171_wwII.html

No.178 Squadron was a heavy bomber squadron that spent the entire
Second World War operating in the Mediterranean.
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/178_wwII.html

No.185 Squadron began the war as a training squadron, before being
reformed on Malta on 27 April 1941, where it took part in some of the
fiercest air battles over the island, before going onto the offensive
in Italy at the end of 1942.
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/185_wwII.html

No.187 Squadron was a short-lived transport squadron, formed in
February 1945 to ferry troops to India in preparation for the planned
invasions of Burma, Malaya and Japan.
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/187_wwII.html

No.190 Squadron went through two very different incarnations during
the Second World War, spending 1943 operating with Coastal Command,
before becoming a glider-towing squadron, taking part in the D-Day
landings, Operation Market Garden and the crossing of the Rhine.
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/190_wwII.html

No.192 Squadron was formed on 4 January 1943 as a radar counter-
measures squadron. It was essentially a research unit, involved in
identifying the types of radar being used by the Germans.
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/192_wwII.html

No.199 Squadron was formed in 1942 as a standard bomber squadron,
becoming a counter-measures squadron in May 1944 after its Stirlings
were withdrawn from the main bomber offensive.
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/199_wwII.html

No.207 Squadron was reformed in November 1940 to operate the troubled
Avro Manchester, and had to use that aircraft for sixteen months,
before converting to the Lancaster.
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/207_wwII.html

No.214 "Federated Malay States" Squadron spent the entire Second World
War operating with Bomber Command, with the main bomber force from
1940 to early 1944 and then with No.100 Group
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/214_wwII.html

No.215 Squadron began the war as a training squadron with Bomber
Command, before serving in India from 1942 to the end of the war, as a
bomber squadron until April 1945 before ending the war as a transport
squadron dropping supplies to the troops in Burma.
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/215_wwII.html

No.218 Squadron began the Second World War as a Fairey Battle squadron
in the Advanced Air Striking Force, losing all of its aircraft during
the fighting in France. In November 1940 it became a night bomber
squadron and served with the main bomber force to the end of the war.
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/218_wwII.html

No.226 Squadron began the Second World War as part of the Advanced Air
Striking Force, suffering heavy loses in France in May-June 1940. It
reformed as a Blenheim squadron, attacking coastal targets and
shipping, and ended the war as part of the 2nd Tactical Air Force,
back in France.
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/226_wwII.html

No.246 Squadron served with Coastal Command during 1942, then reformed
in 1944 as a transport squadron, flying to the Middle and Far East.
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/246_wwII.html

No.264 Squadron began the Second World War as a Defiant-equipped day
fighter squadron, but after suffering heavy loses in the summer of
1940 the squadron converted to the night fighter role, operating the
Mosquito from June 1942 to the end of the war.
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/264_wwII.html

No.295 Squadron was a airborne forces squadron, which towed gliders
during the D-Day invasions, Operation Market Garden and the Rhine
crossings.
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/295_wwII.html

No.296 Squadron was an airborne forces squadron that towed gliders
during the invasion of Sicily, the D-Day invasions and Operation
Market Garden.
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/296_wwII.html

No.297 Squadron was an airborne forces unit formed from the Parachute
Exercise Squadron, which took part in the D-Day landings, Operation
Market Garden and the crossing of the Rhine.
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/297_wwII.html

No.298 Squadron was an airborne forces squadron, which towed gliders
into action on D-Day, at Arnhem and during the Rhine crossings of
1945.
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/298_wwII.html

No.301 "Pomeranian" Squadron was a Polish-manned bomber squadron from
1940-1943, before reforming as a Special Duties squadron in the
Mediterranean in 1944.
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/301_wwII.html

No.346 'Guyenne' Squadron was a bomber squadron manned by Free French
personnel who had previously been serving in North Africa. It formed
part of Bomber Command's main force from 1 June 1944 until the end of
the war.
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/346_wwII.html

No. 347 "Tunisie" Squadron was the second Free French Heavy Bomber
Squadron, to be formed in Bomber Command, entering combat on 27 June
1944
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/347_wwII.html

No.405 "Vancouver" Squadron was the first Canadian heavy bomber
squadron to serve with Bomber Command, operating as a bomber squadron
from June 1941 until October 1942, then with Coastal Command to March
1943 and finally with the Pathfinder Force from April 1943 to the end
of the war.
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RCAF/405_wwII.html

No.408 'Goose' Squadron was a RCAF Squadron that operated with Bomber
Command from June 1941 until the end of the war in Europe.
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RCAF/408_wwII.html

No.410 Squadron was an RCAF night fighter squadron, which spend
1941-43 operating in Scotland and the North East of England, before
moving to Lincolnshire to carry out intruder missions. From June 1944
the squadron operated over the Allied armies during their advance
towards Germany.
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RCAF/410_wwII.html

No.415 Squadron was a RCAF squadron which was formed as part of
Coastal Command, carrying out anti-shipping and anti-submarine patrols
from 1942 to 1944, before converting to the Halifax and joining No.6
(RCAF) Group of Bomber Command.
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RCAF/415_wwII.html

No.419 'Moose' Squadron was a RCAF squadron which served with Bomber
Command from its formation at the end of 1941 until the end of the war
in Europe, ending the war operating the Canadian built Lancaster B.Mk
X
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RCAF/419_wwII.html

No.420 'Snowy Owl' Squadron was a RCAF Squadron that operated with
Bomber Command from December 1941 until the end of the war with
Europe, with a short break in the Mediterranean in May-October 1943 to
support the invasions of Sicily and Italy.
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RCAF/420_wwII.html

No.424 'Tiger' Squadron was a RCAF Squadron that formed in Britain in
October 1942. It spent most of the war operating with Bomber Command,
with a short period in North Africa in June-October 1943 to support
the invasions of Sicily and Italy.
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RCAF/424_wwII.html

No.425 'Alouette' Squadron was a RCAF squadron and part of Bomber
Command from 1942 until the end of the war in Europe, with a short
break in North Africa in 1943 to support the invasion of Sicily and
Italy.
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RCAF/425_wwII.html

No.426 'Thunderbird' Squadron was a RCAF squadron formed in Britain in
October 1942 that operated with the main bomber force of Bomber
Command until the end of the war in Europe.
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RCAF/426_wwII.html

No.427 'Lion' Squadron was a RCAF squadron which formed in Britain in
November 1942, and spent the entire war serving with Bomber Command's
main force.
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RCAF/427_wwII.html

No.428 'Ghost' Squadron was an RCAF squadron which operated as part of
Bomber Command's main bomber force from 27 January 1943 until the end
of the war in Europe.
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RCAF/428_wwII.html

No.429 Squadron was a RCAF squadron that formed in Britain in November
1942 as part of Bomber Command, and operated with No.6 (RCAF) Group to
the end of the war in Europe.
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RCAF/429_wwII.html

No.431 'Iroquois' Squadron was a RCAF squadron that formed in Britain
in November 1942 as part of Bomber Command, and operated with No.6
(RCAF) Group to the end of the war in Europe.
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RCAF/431_wwII.html

No.432 "Leaside" Squadron was a RCAF bomber squadron, which formed
around a nucleus of eighteen crews from No.427 squadron during 1943.
It formed part of the main bomber force until the end of the war.
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RCAF/432_wwII.html