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Battle of Britian
The Battle of Britain was the German air force's attempt to gain air superiority over the Great Britain's RAF from July to September 1940. Their ultimate failure was one of the turning points of World War Two and prevented Germany from invading Britain. -
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Invasion of Soviet union
Under the codename Operation "Barbarossa," Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, in the largest German military operation of World War II.The destruction of the Soviet Union by military force, the permanent elimination of the perceived Communist threat to Germany, and the seizure of prime land within Soviet borders for long-term German settlement had been a core policy of the Nazi movement since the 1920s. -
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Bttle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in Southern Russia, on the eastern boundary of Europe. -
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Battle of Normandy
The Invasion of Normandy was the invasion by and establishment of Western Allied forces in Normandy, during Operation Overlord in 1944 during World War II; the largest amphibious invasion to ever take place.It resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control. Codenamed Operation Overlord was when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on France's normandy region. -
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The Battle of Okinawa
Okinawa, one of the largest Ryuku islands, was the site for one of the bloodiest battles of WW2. This battle lasted for several months and resulted in thousands of casualties on both sides. Okinawa was a strategic location for the United States. It was controlled by the Japanese and the United States sought it for their campaign against Japan. As such, the U.S forces invaded this island in the March of 1945. The Japanese fought fiercely using kamikazes and launching a groundcounterattack. -
Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, in the United States Territory of Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941. The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II.Japan attacked Pearl harbor because the United states had placed an embargo on oil.
