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1 day ago · It resulted in the extension of the Soviet Union’s power to nations of eastern Europe, enabled a communist movement to eventually achieve power in China, and marked the decisive shift of power in the world away from the states of western Europe and toward the United States and the Soviet Union.
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4 days ago · Murmansk has a rich World War II history. During World War II, Murmansk played a critical role as a strategic port and was heavily involved in the Arctic convoys, supporting the Allied forces. Murmansk is home to the Arctic State Medical University.
1 day ago · The Normandy Invasion was the Allied invasion of western Europe during World War II. It was launched on June 6, 1944 (D-Day), with the simultaneous landing of U.S., British, and Canadian forces on five separate beachheads in Normandy, France.
9 hours ago · The Eastern Front [j] or the Second Russian Front was a theatre of World War II fought between the European Axis powers and Allies, including the Soviet Union (USSR) and Poland. It encompassed Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Northeast Europe ( Baltics ), and Southeast Europe ( Balkans ), and lasted from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945.
1 day ago · Allied powers, coalition of countries that opposed the Axis powers (led by Germany, Italy, and Japan) during World War II. The principal members of the Allies were the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, the United States, and China (the “Big Four”), as well as France while it was unoccupied.
2 days ago · e. World War II [b] or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries, including all of the great powers, participated in the conflict, and many invested all available economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities ...
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5 days ago · When the U.S. officially entered World War II in December 1941, USO Camp Show operations drastically increased, particularly in the Foxhole Circuit.. Throughout the war, troupes in the Foxhole Circuit would travel to entertain GIs in Europe, Russia, Central Africa, Alaska (which was then a U.S. territory), the South Pacific and the Middle East, among other locations.
