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In response to the German invasion of Poland three days earlier, the British government declared war on Germany.
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The invasion of Sicily, code-named Operation Husky, began before dawn on July 10, 1943, with air and sea landings involving 150,000 troops, 3,000 ships, and 4,000 aircrafts.
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D-Day was an invasion for which the Germans were not prepared at all and suffered on enormous losses
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Italian insurgents capture Mussolini, murder him, and mutilate his body.
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