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The Battle of Britain was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against large attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe. The battle was fought in the United Kingdom. It has been significant because it was the first major military campaign fought entirely by air forces.
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The Battle of Belgium or Belgian Campaign, often referred to within Belgium as the 18 Days' Campaign, formed part of the greater Battle of France. It was an offensive operation by the Germans. Resulted in German victory, Belgian surrender, and establishment of Belgian government.
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This battle started on Sunday, 22 June 1941. The operation put forth the Nazi Germany's ideological goal of conquering the western Soviet Union so as to repopulate it with Germans. The battle was fought in Central, Northeast, and Eastern Europe.
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The Battle of Moscow was a military campaign that consisted of two periods of strategically significant fighting on a 600 km sector of the Eastern Front during World War II. The battle happend between October 1941 and January 1942. Germany tried to overrun Moscow, Russia.
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183 aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked the United States Naval base at Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. This battle is significant because it was Japan's only chance, at the element of surprise, to destroy America's navy as quickly as possible.
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Operation Torch was an Anglo–American invasion of French North Africa during the Second World War. The French colonies in the area were dominated by the Vichy French, formally aligned with Germany but of mixed loyalties. It was aimed at reducing pressure on Allied forces in Egypt, and enabling an invasion of Southern Europe.
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The Battle of Stalingrad was the largest confrontation of World War II, in which Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia.
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The Battle of Normandy, Normally referred to as "D-Day,"was fought during World War II in the summer of 1944, between the Allied nations and German forces occupying Western Europe. After the battle, Hitler chose to mount a stubborn defence of the Normandy region, and when the main American breakout came, in late July, the burned-out defending forces had no option but to beat a rapid retreat to the German border.
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Operation Bagration was the codename for the Soviet 1944 Belorussian Strategic Offensive Operation, a military campaign fought in Soviet Byelorussia in the Eastern Front of World War II.
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The Battle of Monte Cassino was an expensive series of four assaults by the Allies against the Winter Line in Italy held by Axis forces during the Italian Campaign of World War II. The goal was a breakthrough to Rome
