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4 days ago · World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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The main combatants were the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) and the Allies (France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and China). It was the bloodiest conflict, as well as the largest war, in human history.
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5 days ago · May 26, 2024. On June 6, 1944, the largest amphibious assault in history unfolded on the beaches of Normandy, France. Codenamed Operation Overlord, the invasion, known as D-Day, marked the beginning of the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany‘s grasp and served as a turning point in World War II.
3 days ago · The Eastern Front [j] or the 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.
4 days ago · Battle of Britain, during World War II, the successful defense of Great Britain against unremitting and destructive air raids conducted by the German air force (Luftwaffe) from July through September 1940, after the fall of France.
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3 days ago · Included are 900 pages of selected World War II-era German military records that were captured by the U.S. Army forces. Fuehrer conferences on matters dealing with the German Navy, 1939-[1945] Documents concerning World War II which were found in the German Naval Archives captured at Tambach and translated by the Office of Naval Intelligence.
2 days ago · The Battle of the Atlantic, the longest continuous military campaign in World War II, ran from 1939 to the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, covering a major part of the naval history of World War II. At its core was the Allied naval blockade of Germany , announced the day after the declaration of war, and Germany's subsequent counter-blockade.
