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was the most important naval battle of the pacific campaign of wwII.
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the battles occurred in egypt in and around an area named after a railway stop called el alamein.
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in the resulting battle,both sides lost numerous warships in two extremely costly engagements at night.
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the main invasion landed around salerno on the western coast in operation avalanche,while two supporting operations took place in calabria and taranto.
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allied land forces that saw combat in normady on d-day itself came from canada, the united kingdom and the united states.
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to some extent ,it has remained controversial.
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the 82 long battle lasted from early april until mid june 1945.
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there are several americans for this battle.
