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a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany -
a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force -
Japanese planes destroyed or damaged 19 US warships and 300 aircraft, and killed over 2,400 US servicemen -
a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II -
a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II, beginning when Nazi Germany and its Axis allies attacked and became locked in a protracted struggle with the Soviet Union -
British and American forces landed on November 8, 1942, in Casablanca, Morocco, and the Algerian cities of Oran and Algiers -
group of about 400 service members and civilians worked with military forces to protect historic and cultural monuments from war damage -
World War II Eastern Front battle between the forces of Nazi Germany -
anding operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War -
German offensive against Allied forces that resulted in a surprise attack, creating a "bulge" in the Allied lines -
Iwo becomes an air base and emergency landing field supporting bombing operations against Japan -
an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. -
a victory for the US but resulted in massive casualties on both sides -
United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
70 per cent of all buildings and caused an estimated 140,000 deaths