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U-89

Military; World War II

SM U-89 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) in World War I. U-89 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First ...

Adolph Hitler

Military; World War II

Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party, commonly referred to as the Nazi ...

Admiralty Islands

Military; World War II

The Admiralties are a group of Pacific islands taken by the Allies in late 1943 and early 1944 for air bases -- including New Britain, Arawe, Cape Gloucester, and the Green ...

Arcadia Conference

Military; World War II

Also called the First Washington Conference, it's a summit between the U.S. and Britain on military strategy following the United States' entry into World War II. The conference ...

Crossbow

Military; World War II

Operational code name for Allied attacks on the German V-1 long-range weapons program during World War II. The mostly Anglo-American operation was designed to attack all phases of ...

Casablanca Conference

Military; World War II

A military strategy and planning summit between the U.S. and Britain that took place from January 14 to 24, 1943 at the Anfa Hotel in Casablanca, Morocco. At the Casablanca ...

D-Day

Military; World War II

The first day of the Allied invasion of occupied Europe on Tuesday, June 6th 1944. D stands for the "day" of actual landing. Codenamed Neptune in Allied Operation Overlord, the ...