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Operation Torch
a joint British and American military operation during World War II, where Allied forces invaded French North Africa in November 1942, aiming to open a second front against the Axis powers by securing key ports like Casablanca, Oran, and Algiers, thereby drawing German forces away from the Eastern Front and relieving pressure on the Soviet Union -
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D-Day (June 6th, 1944)
The Allies launched the long-anticipated invasion of Normandy, France -
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The Death of Adolf Hitler
committed suicide via a gunshot to the head on 30 April 1945 in the Führerbunker in Berlin