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This World War II Battle Was Just As Important As D-Day For America's Victory In Europe

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How Russia, And Not America, Forced Imperial Japan's Surrender In World War II

Battle of Khalkhin Gol—Japanese Soldiers

How Russia Dealt Imperial Japan Their Death Blow In World War II

Battle of Midway, June 1942. Burning oil tanks on Sand Island, Midway, following the Japanese air attack delivered on the morning of 4 June 1942.

D-Day Won World War II? Not So Fast—There Was Another Battle

Picture of the only survivor of six Torpedo Squadron Eight (VT-8) Grumman TBF "Avengers" that had attacked the Japanese carrier force in the morning of 4 June 1942.

Your History Book Has It Wrong: This Battle Won World War II—Not D-Day

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World War II: How America Treated Nazi and Imperial Japanese Prisoners

How the Biggest Battleship Ever Built Committed Suicide

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World War II Dogfight: How America Beat the Mitsubishi Zero

Japan Used These Balloons To Bomb America in World War II

How This U.S. Navy Destroyer Survived Waves of Kamikazes in World War II

The Eastern Solomons: Death Struggle Off Guadalcanal in World War II

How Japan's Emperor Remained on His Throne (Even After the Allies Won WWII)

Japan's Capture of Java Was a Military Disaster for the Allies in World War II

The Grumman F4F Wildcat Fighter Held the Line Against Japan in WWII

How a World War II Captain Fought Both the Nazis and the Japanese