Index Manchuria, 699 – 701 See also Biological warfare; Unit 731 Manchurian incident See Mukden incident Manchurian offensive operation (August 1945), 15, 74, 76, 209, 216, 232, 312, 323, 482, 507, 536, 558, 573, 605, 630, 635, 649, 692, 701, 701 – 2, 716, 722, 764 See also Hiroshima; Kuril Islands; Nagasaki; additional entries throughout the encyclopedia Mandalay, Battle of (1945) See Burma campaign (1943–1945) Mandrel, 324, 702, 1049 Manhattan Project, 203 See also Nuclear weapons programs MANNA (1944), 702 MANNA (1945), 702 Mannerheim, Carl Gustaf von (1867– 1951), 387, 702 – 3, 703 Mannerheim Line, 383, 386, 387, 703, 703 See also Finland Manstein, Erich von (1887–1973), 130, 317, 318, 359, 521, 629, 632, 649, 650, 661, 698, 703–5, 792, 817, 839, 902, 904, 927, 965, 981, 1038, 1091, 1185, 1208 See also Donbass-Rostov defensive operation; Orel-Briansk offensive; Zhitomir-Berdichev operation; additional entries throughout the encyclopedia Manteuffel, Hasso von (1897–1978), 409, 705 Mao Zedong (1893–1976), 224, 226, 228, 338, 452, 487, 614, 675, 706, 713, 774, 989, 1208 See also Biological warfare; Lin Biao; Mongolia; Nazi-Soviet Pact Maquis, 269, 706 See also Force Franỗaise de lIntộrieur; Milice Franỗaise; Rộfractaires; Spain; Vercors Marching fire, 707 March on Rome, 588, 753 March on Rome (1922), 707 Marco Polo Bridge incident ( July 7, 1937), 226, 227, 229, 413, 479, 482, 599, 614, 641, 707 – 8, 760, 982, 1080, 1090 Mare nostrum, 708 Mareth Line, 681, 708, 719, 737, 785, 1086 See also TORCH MARGARETHE I (March 19,1944), 708 See also Hungary MARGARETHE II (1944), 708 Marianas campaign (1944), 732 See also Guam; Marianas Islands; Philippine Sea, Battle of; Saipan; Tinian 1290 Marianas Islands, 480, 708 – 9, 1024 Marianas Turkey Shoot ( June 19–20, 1944) See Philippine Sea, Battle of Marine Nationale See French Navy Marines See Admiralty Islands; Airborne; Alamo force; Aleutian Islands; Amphibious operations; Australia; Bismarck Archipelago; Bougainville campaign; Choiseul; Code talkers; Commandos; DOWNFALL; Guadalcanal campaign; Guam; Imperial Japanese Army; Iwo Jima; Marshall Islands; New Georgia campaign; New Guinea campaign; New Guinea Force; Okinawa campaign; Pacific War; Peleliu; Rations; Rikusentai; Saipan; Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945); Tarawa; Tinian; Treasury Islands; U.S MarineCorps; Various navies MARITA (1941), 710, 1029 MARKET See MARKET GARDEN MARKET GARDEN (September 17–26, 1944), 187, 194, 210, 342, 362, 421, 448, 468, 612, 710 – 11, 734, 739, 777, 806, 955, 1118 MARS (November–December, 1942), 620, 711 – 12, 903, 1136 Marsch, 712 Marshall, George Catlett (1880–1959), 149, 341, 343, 425, 468, 507, 544, 616, 633, 712 – 13, 838, 932, 1043, 1097, 1100, 1120, 1125 See also Anti-tank guns; Hiroshima Marshall Islands, 391, 423, 453, 713 – 15, 732, 825, 883, 1024, 1069 Mars Task Force, 202, 715, 1122 Masaryk, Jan (1886–1948), 715 Masaryk, Tomáš (1850–1937), 153, 279, 715 Maskirovka, 716, 879, 903, 1038, 1068, 1212 See also Quaker gun; TargulFrumos, Battle of MASTER, 716 Materialschlacht, 359, 437, 515, 551, 716 – 17, 852, 962, 1089 See also Hitler, Adolf; Imperial Japanese Army; Total war; Vernichtungskrieg; Verwüstungsschlacht; Wehrmacht Matsui, Iwane (1878–1948), 717, 764 MATTERHORN, 717 MAUD Committee, 717, 798 See also Nuclear weapons programs