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Major Allied Offensives
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The Big Three
Roosevelt and Churchill agree on military priorities -
Defeated
AfriKa Korps and Axis Powers deafeated in North Africa -
Sicily Attacked
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Italians attack
Italians overthrow government of Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini -
Allied forces attack Italy
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Attack on France
Roosevelt and Churchill decided they would attack France no later than May 1944. -
Rome captured
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D-Day for France
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German officers tried to assassinate Hitler
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German lines broken through
Allies broke through German lines around the Mormandy Beachheads -
Allied troops liberated Paris