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British troops land in Normandy on 6 June 1944. D-Day, and the complex operations that followed, would not have been possible without Allied sailors (Photo by Photo 12/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)

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A Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel (LCVP) approaches Omaha Beach, Normandy on D-Day (Photo by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images)

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An African samurai: the tall, strong African man who acquired the name Yasuke in Japan was at first an object of curiosity but soon became a prized samurai warrior serving a powerful warlord in the violent intrigues that wracked the country during that volatile era. ((Illustration by Lynn Hatzius for BBC World Histories)

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The Registration Room in Hut 6, Block D, Bletchley Park. (Courtesy of Bletchley Park)

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The neutral USA entered World War II only when a Japanese fleet launched a big surprise air raid against its Pacific naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on 7 December 1941. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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