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Allied powers
Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
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Yalta Conference Operation Barbarossa lend-lease vehicles Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin A flowchart showing the Anglo-American chain of command for the Normandy invasion on D-Day, June 6, 1944, with boxes for key leaders such as Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Charles de Gaulle, and Dwight D. Eisenhower, and the hierarchical structure of military forces involved in the operation.
Turning point of World War II: D-Day and its aftermath
At a Glance
Germany invades Poland, September 1, 1939, using 45 German divisions and aerial attack. By September 20, only Warsaw held out, but final surrender came on September 29.
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Allied powers: References & Edit History

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  • Allied powers
  • Why wasn’t Auschwitz bombed?
  • Holocaust
    / Jewish resistance to the Nazis
  • 20th-century international relations
    / World War II, 1939–45
  • World War II
    / Forces and resources of the European combatants, 1939
  • Anglo-American Chain of Command in Western Europe, June 1944
  • Austria
    / Anschluss and World War II
  • Battle of the Atlantic
  • Council of Foreign Ministers
  • Italy
    / Military disaster
  • monuments men and women
  • Operation Mincemeat
  • annexation
  • Germany
    / Allied occupation and the formation of the two Germanys, 1945–49
  • Germany
    / Formation of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • education
    / Education after World War II
  • organized labour
    / Japan
  • Second Sino-Japanese War
    / Allied influence and the Japanese surrender
  • Ultra
  • United Nations
    / History and development
  • United States
    / The road to war
  • Tehrān Conference
  • Yalta Conference
  • Normandy Invasion
  • D-Day in pictures

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  • Adam Volle
    Adam Volle is a freelance writer and editor based in Atlanta, Georgia. 

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  • Michael Ray
  • Emily Rodriguez

Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: Imperial War Museums - Why the Allies won the Second World War.
  • Emily Rodriguez
Feb 12, 2026
Add new Web site: The National WWII Museum - The Big Three.
  • Emily Rodriguez
May 17, 2023
New article added.
  • Michael Ray
  • Adam Volle
May 12, 2023
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