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The defense of Great Britain against destructive air raids by the German air force (Luftwaffe) after the fall of France.
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Nazi Germany launched a surprise attack against the Soviet Union, its ally in the war against Poland. Resulting in deaths of millions of Soviet prisoners of war and Soviet citizens.
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A U.S. naval base near Honolulu, Hawaii, that was the target of a surprise attack by Japanese forces. Japanese fighter planes managed to destroy/damage nearly 20 American naval vessels.
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1942-1943, Military campaign between Russian forces and those of Nazi Germany and the Axis powers during World War II.
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156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch off the coast of France’s Normandy region.
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Marked the end of World War Two in Europe. Very important to the European sector with the Russian victory saw the end of Hitler’s Third Reich and the occupation of the city by the Red Army.
