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Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain, was a military campaign of the WWII in which the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force. This happen because Hitler wanted Britain to submit. -
Operation Barbarossa
The original name was Operation Fritz which was code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union. This was launched on June 22, 1941. The failure of German troops to defeat Soviet forces in the campaign signaled a crucial turning point in the war. -
Operation Torch
Operation Torch was an Allied invasion of French North Africa. While the French colonies were formally aligned with Germany, the loyalties of the population were mixed. Reports indicated that they might support the Allies. It happened because there was an uneasy compromise between the Western Allies. -
Operation Overlord
Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe. This happened because the outset the Americans pushed for a cross-Channel invasion of north-west Europe as the most direct way to engage German forces. -
Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference was a meeting of three World War II allies: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin. They met in February 1945 in the resort city of Yalta, located along the Black Sea coast of the Crimean Peninsula. The aim of the conference was to shape a postwar peace that represented not only a collective security order but also a plan to give self-determination to the liberated peoples of Europe.