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Allied troops faught nazi germany on the beaches of normandy.
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A major German offensive to split the British and American Allied line in half, capturating Antwerp forcing the Western Allies to negotiate a peace treaty in the Axis Powers favor.
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Died in the Kingdom of Italy
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Major Soviet Union offensive of WW2, 16 April 1945 – 2 May 1945
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Victory in Europe Day, when the WW2 allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany.
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was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War of World War II
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In the first four months the bombings killed over 70,000 innocent civilians
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Within the first two to four months of the bombings, the acute effects killed 90,000–166,000 people in Hiroshima and 60,000–80,000 in Nagasaki, with roughly half of the deaths in each city occurring on the first day.
