Hint
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Answer
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1 Sept. 1939 - German invasion of Poland
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Fall Weiss (Case White)
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9 April 1940 - German invasion of Denmark and Norway
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Operation Weserübung
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10 May 1940 - German invasion of Benelux countries and France
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Fall Gelb (Case Yellow)
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Planned Sept. 1940 German invasion of the United Kingdom
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Operation Seelöwe (Sea Lion)
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9 Sept. 1940 - Italian invasion of British Egypt
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Operation E
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6 April 1941 - Axis invasion of Yugoslavia
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Operation 25
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6 April 1941 - German invasion of Greece
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Operation Marita
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20 May 1941 - German invasion of Crete, Greece
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Operation Merkur (Mercury)
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22 June 1941 - Axis invasion of the Soviet Union
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Operation Barbarossa
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7 Dec. 1941 - Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
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Operation AI / Operation Z
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4 June 1942 - Japanese attack on Midway Atoll
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Operation MI
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7 Aug. 1942 - Allied invasion of Japanese-occupied Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
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Operation Watchtower
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8 Nov. 1942 - Allied invasion of Vichy French Algeria and Morocco
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Operation Torch
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19 Nov. 1942 - Soviet encirclement of Axis-held Stalingrad
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Operation Uranus
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12 Dec. 1942 - Soviet offensive against Axis-held Stalingrad
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Operation Little Saturn
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22 April 1943 - Allied invasion of Axis-held Tunisia
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Operation Vulcan (then Strike)
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9 July 1943 - Allied invasion of Sicily
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Operation Husky
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9 Sept. 1943 - Allied main invasion of mainland Italy
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Operation Avalanche
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22 Jan. 1944 - Allied landings in Anzio (Battle of Anzio, Italy)
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Operation Shingle
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6 June 1944 - Allied invasion of German-occupied France (Normandy-landings)
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Operation Overlord (D-Day)
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23 June 1944 - Soviet invasion of German-occupied Belarus and Poland
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Operation Bagration
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15 Aug. 1944 - Allied invasion of German-occupied Southern France
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Operation Dragoon
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17 Sept. 1944 - Allied invasion of German-occupied Netherlands
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Operation Market Garden
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16 Dec. 1944 - German counteroffensive in the Ardennes, Belgium (Battle of the Bulge)
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Operation Wacht am Rhein
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1 April 1945 - Allied invasion of Okinawa
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Operation Iceberg
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Planned Nov. 1945 Allied invasion of Japanese Home Islands
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Operation Downfall
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