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1944 BCE
Normandy, June- July 1944
D-Day defending forces beat a rapid retreat to the German border. -
1944 BCE
Operation 'Bagration', June-July 1944
Bigger than the battle of Normandy. Red army would end the war in control of all Eastern Europe. -
1942 BCE
Midway, June 1942
The Japanese Fleet, hoping to lure the Americans to destruction. The Japanese who were ambushed, losing four of their best carries. -
1942 BCE
Stalingrad, November 19, 1942
Tre months battle war's turning point. Third Reich was now on the defensive. -
1941 BCE
Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941
Six aircraft carriers with more than 400 planes attacked the main American naval base. -
Operation 'Torch', November 1942
Torch was the first successful strategic offensive, and American troops crossed the Atlantic for the first time.
