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The deadliest battle in world history
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Battle of Stalingrad
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The largest tank battle in history
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Battle of Kursk
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The last major German offensive of the war
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Battle of the Bulge
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The first major engagements between American and Axis forces in the war
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Battle of Kasserine Pass
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The battle during which the Japanese carrier fleet was wiped out
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Battle of Midway
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The naval battle in which both the battleship Bismarck and the battleship Hood were sunk
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Battle of the Denmark Strait
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The naval engagement that prevented Japan from invading Australia
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Battle of the Coral Sea
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The second of two battles in the region surrounding this town that was decisive in deciding the fate of Egypt
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Second Battle of El Alamein
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The beachfront that the Canadians were responsible for taking on D-Day
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Juno
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The first beachfront that the Americans were responsible for taking on D-Day
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Utah
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The second beachfront that the Americans were responsible for taking on D-Day
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Omaha
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The first beachfront that the British were responsible for taking on D-Day
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Gold
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The second beachfront that the British were responsible for taking on D-Day
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Sword
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The final battle of the war which saw Germany's final major defeat in the war and resulted in mass-rape by Russian forces
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Battle of Berlin
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The siege that saw over 4,000,000 total casualties and lasted for over two years
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Siege of Leningrad
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One of the last battles of the war, it was the only conflict during which American forces and German forces fought side-by-side
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Battle for Castle Itter
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The German Luftwaffe's aerial dominance over the English channel was directly challenged and broken, preventing Operation Sea Lion
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Battle of Britain
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This battle saw the encirclement of over 400,000 Soviet soldiers near the beginning of Operation Barbarossa
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Battle of Kiev
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This operation to regain the Netherlands by the Allies, which was notably made up of a majority paratrooper force, was a massive failure
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Operation Market Garden
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This successful evacuation of the entire British army from a port in Northern France was praised by the Allies, and kept Britain in the war
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Battle of Dunkirk
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This battle in Belgium and the Netherlands led to the Allies regaining the city of Antwerp, which greatly assisted in supply for Allied troops
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Battle of the Scheldt
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A naval and ground battle that saw more Japanese deaths by starvation than actual combat; also saw the death of Yamamoto when his plane was shot done
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Battle of Guadalcanal
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