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15 ore fa · In 1944, the Western Allies invaded German-occupied France, while the Soviet Union regained its territorial losses and pushed Germany and its allies back. During 1944–1945, Japan suffered reversals in mainland Asia, while the Allies crippled the Japanese Navy and captured key western Pacific islands.
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4 giorni fa · Normandy Invasion, during World War II, the Allied invasion of western Europe, which was launched on June 6, 1944 (the most celebrated D-Day of the war), with the simultaneous landing of U.S., British, and Canadian forces on five separate beachheads in Normandy, France.
1 giorno fa · On 8 September 1944 the Red Army began an attack on the Dukla Pass on the Slovak–Polish border. Two months later, the Soviet forces won the battle and entered Slovakia. The toll was high: 20,000 Red Army soldiers died, plus several thousand Germans, Slovaks and Czechs.
1 giorno fa · World War II, conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during the years 1939–45. The principal belligerents were the Axis powers — Germany, Italy, and Japan —and the Allies— France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and, to a lesser extent, China.
- World War II began in Europe on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland. Great Britain and France responded by declaring war on Germany on S...
- The main combatants were the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) and the Allies (France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, an...
- The Allied powers were led by Winston Churchill (United Kingdom); Joseph Stalin (Soviet Union); Charles de Gaulle (France); and Franklin D. Rooseve...
- The war in the Pacific turned against Japan during the Battle of Midway (June 3–6, 1942), an American victory that destroyed the Japanese first-lin...
- The Allied landings at Normandy on June 6, 1944, opened a second front in Europe, and Germany’s abortive offensive at the Ardennes in the winter of...
- Estimates of the total number of people killed during World War II have ranged from 35,000,000 to 60,000,000—a significant span, because statistics...
2 giorni fa · On 1 August 1944, the underground Polish Home Army, being in contact with and loyal to the Polish government-in-exile in London, began offensive operations in Warsaw, in an attempt to free the city from the occupying German forces before the Red Army could secure the capital.
- 1 August – 2 October 1944, (63 days)
1 giorno fa · Animazione del teatro europeo durante la seconda guerra mondiale. Il teatro europeo della seconda guerra mondiale fu l'area dei combattimenti più importante della seconda guerra mondiale; le azioni belliche continuarono quasi ininterrottamente dal 1º settembre 1939 all'8 maggio 1945, giorno della resa ufficiale della Germania nazista .
4 giorni fa · La presa di Cassino e il dramma delle marocchinate. Come ben sappiamo, la campagna militare volse a favore degli Alleati. Ma dopo la presa di Cassino ( 18 maggio 1944 ), e in seguito alle incalcolabili morti civili portate dall’artiglieria aerea anglo-americana, alla Ciociaria spettò una violenza per certi versi ancora peggiore: il dramma ...
