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On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland initiating World War I, and the Soviet Union later invaded Poland on September 17th. -
The Battle of Britain was an air campaign during World War II where the Royal Air Force fought against the Luftwaffe to defend the United Kingdom from 50 days of bombings. -
Japan surprise attacked Pearl harbour which led them to getting involved with WWII -
The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II -
This was one of the bloodiest battles in the war, it was fought on the eastern front. -
Operation Torch constituted the biggest and most complex amphibious landing in world history. -
The Battle of Kursk, a major World War II Eastern Front battle between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in the summer of 1943. -
This was a program established by the Allies in 1943 to help protect cultural property in war areas -
the last major German offensive on the Western Front during World War II, -
he day the Allied forces launched the Normandy landings -
a major World War II Pacific theater engagement -
a crucial World War II battle where US Marines and Sailors landed on and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army -
He is the longest-serving U.S. president, and the only one to have served more than two terms. -
He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934 -
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