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The battle for control of North Africa began in October 1935, when Italy invaded Ethiopia from its colony Italian Somaliland.
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The Battle of Britain is the name given to the World War II war waged by the German Air Force against the United Kingdom during 1940.
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Operation Barbarossa was the code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II in 1941.
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor.
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the United States defeated an attack against Midway Atoll, inflicting irreparable damage on Japan.
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British and US navies halt the Japanese naval advance in the central Pacific at Midway.
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marked the turning point of the war when russian forces push them back
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The Allied victory turned the tide in the North African Campaign.
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US and British troops land at several points on the beaches of Algeria and Morocco in French North Africa.
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US and British troops land on Sicily. By mid-August, the Allies control Sicily.
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Allied troops land on the beaches of Salerno near Naples.
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The Normandy landings were the landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy with 24,000 British, American, Canadian and Free French troops.
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The Battle of Leyte Gulf, is generally considered to be the largest naval battle of World War II.
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The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive launched toward the end of World War II.
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It is famous for the Raising of the American flag in the picture to the left.
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The Battle of Okinawa, was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War of World War II.
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The nazis had there last stand against the russian army and were soon defeated and berlin was taken by Russian forces.
