These advances in cancer immunotherapy are the result of long-term investments in basic research on the immune systemâresearch that continues today. 1  Additional research is currently under way to: 2  understand why immunotherapy is effective in some patients but not in others who have the same cancer. expand the use of immunotherapy to more types of cancer. increase the effectiveness of immunotherapy by combining it with other types of cancer treatment, such as targeted therapy, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy.
Spying in the Civil War. Introduction. Though neither the Union nor the Confederacy had a formal military intelligence network during the Civil War, each side obtained crucial information from spying or espionage operations. From early in the war, the Confederacy set up a spy network in the federal capital of Washington, D.C., home to many southern sympathizers.
The campaign was fought between the Allies and Axis powers, many of whom had colonial interests in Africa dating from the late 19th century. The Allied war effort was dominated by the British Commonwealth and exiles from German-occupied Europe.The United States entered the war in 1941 and began direct military assistance in North Africa on 11 May 1942. Fighting in North Africa started with the Italian declaration of war on 10 June 1940.On 14 June, the British Army 's 11th Hussars (assisted by elements of the 1st Royal Tank Regiment, 1st RTR) crossed the border from Egypt into Libya and captured the Italian Fort Capuzzo.or the campaign during the First World War, see North African operations during World War I. During the Second World War, the North African Campaign took place in North Africa from 10 June 1940 to 13 May 1943.