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  2. List of World War II battles - Wikipedia

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    The major battle of Operation Market Garden; Allies reach but fail to cross the Rhine; British First Airborne Division destroyed. • Battle of Peleliu: A fight to capture an airstrip on a speck of coral in the western Pacific. • Battle of Aachen: Aachen was the first major German city to face invasion during World War II. • Battle of the ...

  3. List of World War II battles involving the United States

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    first major American airborne assault. resulted in Free French control of French West Africa and Anglo-American occupation of western French North Africa. lead to full German occupation of Vichy France. Battle of the Kasserine Pass. February 19, 1943. February 25, 1943. Kasserine Pass, Tunisia. Tunisia Campaign. 6,500.

  4. Outline of World War II - Wikipedia

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    The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to World War II: World War II, or the Second World War was a global military conflict that was fought between September 1, 1939, and September 2, 1945. The war pitted two major military alliances against each other: the Allies of the United States, Soviet Union, United ...

  5. Spring 1945 offensive in Italy - Wikipedia

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    British troops of the 5th (Huntingdonshire) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment, part of 11th Brigade of 78th Division, pick their way through the ruins of Argenta, 18 April 1945. The spring 1945 offensive in Italy, codenamed Operation Grapeshot, was the final Allied attack during the Italian Campaign in the final stages of the Second World ...

  6. List of documentary films about World War II - Wikipedia

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    Battle 360° Tony Long 2008 Germany Harlan – In the Shadow of Jew Süss: Felix Moeller: 2008 Netherlands Tulip Time: The Rise and Fall of the Trio Lescano: Tonino Boniotti, Marco De Stefanis: 2008 Latvia The Soviet Story: Edvīns Šnore: 2008 United Kingdom World War II Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West: Laurence Rees ...

  7. World War II - Wikipedia

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    World War II [b] or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all the world's countries—including all the great powers—participated, with many investing all available economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities in pursuit of total war, blurring the distinction between military and ...

  8. Battle of Milne Bay - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Milne Bay (25 August – 7 September 1942), also known as Operation RE or the Battle of Rabi (ラビの戦い) by the Japanese, was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II. Japanese naval infantry, known as Kaigun Tokubetsu Rikusentai (Special Naval Landing Forces), with two small tanks attacked the Allied airfields at ...

  9. Military history of the United States during World War II

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    History of theUnited States. The military history of the United States during World War II covers the nation's role as one of the major Allies in their victory over the Axis Powers. The United States is generally considered to have entered the conflict with the 7 December 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan and exited it ...