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Normandy Landings (Operation Neptune) | World War II
History Normandy Landings (Operation Neptune) | World War II

The Normandy landings were the landing actions and related airborne operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy in World War II's Operation Overlord on Tuesday, June 6, 1944. It was the most ...

January 13, 2022
Battle of the Bulge | World War II
History Battle of the Bulge | World War II

The Ardennes Counteroffensive, usually known as the Battle of the Bulge, was a major German offensive assault on the Western Front during World War II that lasted from December 16, 1944, to January ...

January 13, 2022

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Battle of the Scheldt | World War II
History Battle of the Scheldt | World War II

During World War II, the Battle of the Scheldt was a series of military operations directed by the First Canadian Army, with Polish, Canadian, and British soldiers attached, to free up the maritime ...

January 13, 2022
Battle of Aachen | World War II
History Battle of Aachen | World War II

The Battle of Aachen was a major World War II battle conducted between American and German forces in and around Aachen, Germany, from October 2 to 21, 1944. The Siegfried Line, Germany's major ...

January 13, 2022
Combat of Hurtgen Forest | World War II
History Combat of Hurtgen Forest | World War II

The Combat of Hurtgen Forest was a sequence of violent battles conducted on the Western Front between American and German forces from September 19 to December 16, 1944, in the Hurtgen Forest, a 54- ...

January 13, 2022
Operation Market Garden | World War II
History Operation Market Garden | World War II

It was a World War II Allied military operation in the Netherlands from 17 September to 25 September 1944. Its goal was to carve a 64-mile salient into German territory with a bridgehead across the ...

January 13, 2022
Gothic Line of Germany | World War II
History Gothic Line of Germany | World War II

The Gothic Line was a German self-protective line during World War II's Italian Campaign. During the combat retreat of the German forces in Italy against the Allied Armies in Italy, commanded b ...

January 13, 2022
Operation Dragoon | World War II
History Operation Dragoon | World War II

The landing operation of the associated attack of Provence (Southern France) on 15 August 1944 was codenamed Operation Dragoon (formerly Operation Anvil). The process was supposed to occur in conju ...

January 13, 2022
Operation Bagration | World War II
History Operation Bagration | World War II

The 1944 Soviet Byelorussian Strategic Offensive Operation was codenamed Operation Bagration; a military campaign fought in Soviet Byelorussia on the Eastern Front of World War II between 22 June a ...

January 13, 2022
Battle of Anzio | World War II
History Battle of Anzio | World War II

From January 22, 1944 (starting with the Allied amphibious landing known as Operation Shingle) to June 5, 1944, the Battle of Anzio was fought in the Italian Campaign of World War II (ending with t ...

January 13, 2022
Battle of Monte Cassino | World War II
History Battle of Monte Cassino | World War II

During World War II's Italian Campaign, the Battle of Monte Cassino (also known as the Battle for Rome and Cassino) was a costly series of four assaults by the Allies against the Axis-held Wint ...

January 12, 2022
Armistice of Cassibile | World War II
History Armistice of Cassibile | World War II

During World War II, the Armistice of Cassibile was signed on September 3, 1943, and made public on September 8, 1943, between the Kingdom of Italy and the Allies. At a meeting of generals from bot ...

January 12, 2022

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Interesting Facts Yonaguni Monument: Natural Formation or Sunken City Beneath Japan?

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History The Hundred Days Offensive: How the Allies Defeated Germany in World War I

Explore the Hundred Days Offensive of 1918, from Amiens to the Hindenburg Line, and how relentless Allied attacks forced Germany toward the Armistice.

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