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4285:Fall of Singapore
4209:Fall of Hong Kong
3952:Battle of Britain
3805:Operation Himmler
3714:
3713:
3378:Dutch East Indies
3014:Southern Rhodesia
2766:
2765:
2666:Genocide of Serbs
2569:German war crimes
2546:Soviet war crimes
2539:Allied war crimes
2385:Division of Korea
2364:Chinese Civil War
2162:Strategic bombing
2074:Manhattan Project
1667:triple occupation
1523:Kingdom of Serbia
1441:Italian offensive
1426:Greco-Italian War
1420:Greco-Italian War
1274:
1273:
1244:Greco-Italian War
1195:
1194:
1110:Mediterranean Sea
1046:
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967:Strategic bombing
883:Mediterranean Sea
639:
638:
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359:(from April 1941)
319:(from April 1941)
301:(from April 1941)
240:
239:
130:
129:
122:
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5021:
5014:
5005:
4998:
4991:
4989:Prague offensive
4984:
4982:Battle of Berlin
4977:
4970:
4963:
4956:
4949:
4942:
4935:
4928:
4926:Vienna offensive
4921:
4914:
4907:
4905:Battle of Manila
4900:
4880:
4871:
4862:
4855:
4846:
4839:
4832:
4825:
4818:
4811:
4804:
4795:
4786:
4779:
4770:
4763:
4756:
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4726:
4719:
4712:
4705:
4698:
4689:
4682:
4673:
4664:
4655:
4648:
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4641:
4630:
4608:
4599:
4592:
4585:
4578:
4571:
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4548:
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4527:
4518:
4511:
4504:
4497:
4490:
4488:Bombing of Gorky
4483:
4476:
4469:
4449:
4442:
4433:
4426:
4419:
4410:
4403:
4396:
4389:
4382:
4371:
4364:
4357:
4350:
4348:Battle of Midway
4343:
4336:
4334:Battle of Gazala
4329:
4322:
4315:
4308:
4301:
4294:
4287:
4267:
4260:
4253:
4246:
4244:Battle of Borneo
4239:
4237:Malayan campaign
4232:
4225:
4218:
4211:
4204:
4197:
4190:
4183:
4181:Bombing of Gorky
4176:
4174:Battle of Moscow
4169:
4162:
4155:
4148:
4141:
4134:
4118:
4111:
4104:
4097:
4090:
4083:
4074:
4067:
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4017:
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3989:
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3975:
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3961:
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3947:
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3898:
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3691:
3684:
3677:
3676:Soviet prisoners
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3663:
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3647:
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3624:
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3583:
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3550:
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2571:
2562:
2555:
2548:
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2514:
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1561:Battle of Greece
1497:, some parts of
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1377:Kingdom of Italy
1281:Balkans campaign
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