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Battle of Britain
A military campaign which the Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy of Britain defended the UK from large-scale attacks from Nazi Germany’s Air Force. Britain won in the end of the campaign. -
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Operation Barbarossa
The code name of the Axis operation to invade the Soviet Union. This started to Germany’s ideological goal to conquer the western Soviet Union to repopulate the area with Germans. -
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Operation Torch
The Allied invasion of French North Africa. The opposing French colonies were formally aligned with Germany but with mixed loyalties. They might have supported the Allied Powers. -
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Operation Overlord
Operation Overlord (also known as D-Day) was the code name for the battle of Normandy. The allied invasion of German-occupied territory in Western Europe. Ended in Allied victory. -
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Yalta Conference
Also known as the Crimea Conference and code named Argonaut, was the meeting of the heads of government of the USA, the UK, and the Soviet Union to discuss postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe.