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    Operation Abstention (25–28 February 1941) was the code name of a British invasion of the Italian island of Kastelorizo (Castellorizo) off the Turkish...
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  • Look up abstention in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Abstention is refusing to vote in an election or in a parliamentary vote. Abstention may also refer...
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  • Mediterranean Theatre Operation Abstention – 25 February 1941 Operation Ironclad – 5 May 1942 Operation Agreement – 14 September 1942 Operation Torch – 8 November...
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    An abstention doctrine is any of several doctrines that a United States court may (or in some cases must) apply to refuse to hear a case if hearing the...
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    Battle of the Mediterranean (category Mediterranean Sea operations of World War II)
    HMS Gallant was permanently disabled after hitting a mine. 25-28 February, Operation Abstention. A British amphibious landing on the island of Kastellorizo was thwarted...
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    Malta. The ship took part in the Battle of Cape Spada in July 1940, Operation Abstention in February 1941, and the evacuations of Greece and Crete in April–May...
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    Dodecanese campaign (category Mediterranean Sea operations of World War II)
    attempt to contest Italian control of the Dodecanese, codenamed Operation Abstention, was thwarted in February 1941, when Italian forces recaptured the...
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  • Operation branch, it was never executed." A disastrous invasion of the islands, the Dodecanese campaign, was conducted in 1943. Operation Abstention Operation...
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    convoys or providing cover for them. She did play a small role in Operation Abstention, an unsuccessful invasion of an Italian island in the Dodecanese...
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    9 ships sunk and 1 German Fw 200 Condor shot down 25–28 February Operation Abstention – British attempt to land on the Italian-occupied Greek island of...
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