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      • The military history of the United Kingdom in World War II covers the Second World War against the Axis powers, starting on 3 September 1939 with the declaration of war by the United Kingdom and France, followed by the UK's Dominions, Crown colonies and protectorates on Nazi Germany in response to the invasion of Poland by Germany.
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  2. World War II confirmed that Britain was no longer the great power it had once been, and that it had been surpassed by the United States and Soviet Union on the world stage. Canada, Australia and New Zealand moved within the orbit of the United States.

  3. 3 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 from July through September 1940, after the fall of France. Learn more about the Battle of Britain in this article.

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  4. Nov 9, 2009 · Learn about the air battle between Britain's RAF and Germany's Luftwaffe in 1940, which prevented Hitler's invasion of Britain. Find out how Churchill, the RAF and the Dowding System won the battle and changed the course of the war.

  5. The victory by the Royal Air Force (RAF) Fighter Command blocked this possibility and, in fact, created the conditions for Great Britains survival, for the extension of the war, and for the eventual defeat of Nazi Germany. Supermarine Spitfire, Britain's premier fighter plane from 1938 through World War II.

  6. British forces played major roles in the production of Ultra signals intelligence, the strategic bombing of Germany, and the Normandy landings of June 1944. The liberation of Europe followed on 8 May 1945, achieved by the Soviet Union, the United States, the United Kingdom and other Allied countries.

  7. 3 days ago · World War II, conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during the years 1939–45. The principal belligerents were the Axis powers — Germany, Italy, and Japan —and the Allies— France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and, to a lesser extent, China.

  8. Learn how the British Empire contributed to the Allied victory in WW2, from manpower and supplies to diplomacy and intelligence. Explore the Second World War Galleries at IWM London to see how the war affected millions of people around the world.

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