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Operation Overlord
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D-Day
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Operation Jubilee
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Dieppe Raid
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Operation Iceberg
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Battle of Okinawa
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Operation Watchtower
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Battle of Guadalcanal
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Operation Stalemate II
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Battle of Peleliu
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Operation Fredericus
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Second Battle of Kharkov
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This battle is often called one of the largest, longest and bloodiest engagement in modern warfare
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Battle of Stalingrad
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This battle in the Pacific Theater is considered a victory for Japan in terms of ships sunk but a victory for America in strategic terms
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Battle of Coral Sea
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This battle in the Pacific Theater occurred six months after Pearl Harbor
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Battle of Midway
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This battle is also called the Air Battle for England
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Battle of Britain
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This battle occurred around the same time as Churchill's finest hour and we shall fight on the beaches speech
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Battle of France
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This battle inspired a movie starring Harry Styles
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Battle of Dunkirk
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This battle consisted of four assaults against the Winter Line during the Italian Campaign
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Battle of Monte Cassino
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This battle was an Allied invasion of French North Africa
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Operation Torch
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This battle lead to the famous raising the flag photo
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Battle of Iwo Jima
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This operation occurred in the Netherlands and is considered a military failure for the Allied Forces
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Operation Market Garden
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This battle lead to a famous propaganda photograph taken by Yevgeny Khaldei
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Battle of Berlin
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This battle is largely considered to be one of the most significant battles between the USSR and the Axis powers
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Battle of Moscow
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This battle was the last time Germany used blitzkrieg in an offensive battle
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Battle of Kursk
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This battle lead to the creation of the Sai Wan War Cemetery
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Battle of Hong Kong
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This battle put a stop to the Imperial Japanese Navy's ability to carry out large-scale carrier actions
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Battle of the Philippine Sea
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This battle was intended to open up the way to capture Rome, however, it resulted in a deadlock between Allied and Axis forces
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Battle of Anzio
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This was the largest Naval battle in WW2
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Battle of Leyte Gulf
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This is the first mainly airborne invasion in history
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Battle of Crete
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This battle removed German forces from the Lublin–Brest and Lvov–Sandomierz areas
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Operation Bagration
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This battle is also called the Ardennes Offensive
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Battle of the Bulge
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The allied invasion of Provence is called...
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Operation Dragoon
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After being defeated by Axis forces in Gazala the British forces retreated to Egypt and assumed a defensive position here, this lead to this battle
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First Battle of El Alamein
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This battle served to open up the shipping route to Antwerp
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Battle of the Scheldt
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Considered to be the shortest battle in WW2
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Six Hour War
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First large British military operation of the Western Desert Campaign
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Operation Compass
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