This acquisition expands our existing operation in South America and adds an up and running African component establishing Tuscany as a leading emerging market drilling contractor, stated Walter Dawson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tuscany.
The Pacific half of World War II, which began with Japan's attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, ended almost four years later when Japan surrendered to American-led allies on September 2, 1945. 1  The surrender came after the United States had dropped two atomic bombs on Japan.
The Allies of World War II, called the United Nations from the 1 January 1942 declaration, were the countries that opposed the Axis powers together during the Second World War (1939â1945). The Allies promoted the alliance as seeking to stop German, Japanese and Italian aggression.oland was a minor factor after its defeat in 1939; France was a minor factor after its defeat in 1940. After first having cooperated with Germany in partitioning Poland whilst remaining neutral in the Allied-Axis conflict, the Soviet Union perforce joined the Allies in June 1941 after being invaded by Germany.