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    Battle of Britain

    The Battle of Britain was the military campaign of the Second World War when the Royal Airforce (RAF) and the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, The Luftwaffe. https://www.military-history.org/feature/the-battle-of-britain-a-brief-guide.htm
  • Operation Barbarossa

    Operation Barbarossa

    Operation Barbarossa was the code name for the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union, which started on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during World War II. The operation put into action Nazi Germany's ideological goal of conquering the western Soviet Union so as to repopulate it with Germans
  • Operation Torch

    Operation Torch

    Allied invasion of French North Africa during the Second World War. While the French colonies formally aligned with Germany via France, the loyalties of the population were mixed. As a result of Operation Torch, Adolf Hitler ordered Operation Anton, which saw German troops occupy France. https://www.britannica.com/event/North-Africa-campaigns/Operation-Torch
  • Operation Overlord

    Operation Overlord

    Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II. The operation was launched with the Normandy landings.
  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

    The Yalta Conference, also known as the Crimea Conference and code-named Argonaut, held February 4–11, 1945, was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/yalta-conference