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Battles and operations of World War II involving Poland

  • Operation CrusaderErwin Rommel was not even in Africa when Operation Crusader began. A deception plan had him expecting December.
  • Normandy landingsThe D-Day invasion hinged on a weather forecast from Ireland's west coast.
  • Spring 1945 offensive in ItalyItalian partisans liberated Milan on the 25th of April 1945, before Allied troops entered.
  • Operation Market GardenWhy did Allied commanders wave off warnings before Operation Market Garden at Arnhem in 1944?
  • Battle of FranceIn 1940, France fell within six weeks despite having more tanks than Germany.
  • North African campaignGerman commanders in North Africa read a US attaché's secret reports.
  • Falaise pocketPilots flying over the Falaise pocket smelled the carnage from hundreds of feet up.
  • Western Allied invasion of GermanySeven German soldiers surrendered at Nierstein, then paddled themselves back across the Rhine.
  • Operation BagrationOperation Bagration began exactly three years after Germany invaded the Soviet Union.
  • Dieppe RaidThe Dieppe Raid was over within ten hours of the landing. Of 6,086 men who landed, 3,623 were dead, wounded or captured.

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