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To those in the West, the Battle of Berlin may seem like an afterthought, the death throes of a war already decided.
Submarine warfare had some impact in the First World War but became vastly more significant in WWII as the German U-boat packs aimed to blockade Europe.
By late 1940 _______ faced the threat of a German invasion, but the incursion would succeed only with air superiority.
Hitler's plan to attack Soviet Russia was called Operation Barbarossa, and it sure looked insane on paper given the Russian numerical superiority.
Following the D-Day invasion of June 1944, the Allies broke out of Normandy and advanced rapidly across France and Belgium.
After Pearl Harbor, the Japanese aimed to invade New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. U.S. forces, aided by some Australian ships, moved to intercept them.
One of the most audacious operations in the German conquest of Europe was the air assault on the Greek.
Stalin aimed to drive back the invading German armies with an offensive that included more than a thousand tanks backed by 700 aircraft.
Operation Citadel was the final German offensive on the Eastern front, and Kursk is considered the greatest tank battle of the war.
The largest naval battle in history, the Battle of Leyte Gulf off the Philippines was another step in the U.S. advance toward the Japanese home islands.
After Anzio, the Germans occupied defensive positions known as the Winter Line, consisting of bunkers, barbed wire, minefields and ditches.
The last great carrier battle of WWII, the Battle of the Philippine Sea happened as U.S. forces advanced across the Pacific.
When Britain and France declared war on Germany following the Nazi invasion of Poland, many expected that war to be a retread of the infantry tactics actions of WWI.
The Japanese controlled the Philippines from May 1942, when the defeat of American forces led to General MacArthur’s departure and Gen.
This World War II clash followed the Allied landing at the Philippine island of _____ in October 1944

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