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Ww2

By Reaganheeter

  • Soviet Union expansion

    turning Eastern Europe into a buffer zone between the Soviet Union and Western Europe. Stalin feared that Eastern Europe could be the doorway for an attack on the Soviet Union by the West.

  • Battle of Britain

    the successful defense of Great Britain against unremitting and destructive air raids conducted by the German air force

  • Operation Barbarossa

    The operation put into action Nazi Germany's goal of defeating the western Soviet Union to repopulate it with Germans.

  • Operation Torch

    Allied invasion of French North Africa during the Second World War. The French colonies in the area were dominated by the French, formally aligned with Germany but of mixed loyalties. Reports indicated that they might support the Allies.

  • Operation overlord

    Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II.

  • Yalta conference

    World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe.