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Second World War battles

From D-Day to Dunkirk; from Stalingrad to the Battle of Britain, we bring you the facts and analysis on the most important battles of the Second World War. Covering Britain, Russia, Europe and the world beyond, we examine the bloodiest, most decisive and most successful WW2 battles that had the most impact upon later military and political events, and indeed the outcome of the war itself…