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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…

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Back to school and Hitler's schemes for war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Clean-up crews salvaging what they can from the ruins of buildings in Hornsey, a north London suburb, 1944. (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

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Hitler's secret weapon. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Operation Barbarossa, which began on 22 June 1941, saw more than three million German troops surge into the Soviet Union along a front of more than 1,000 miles. (Photo by Art Media/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Barbarossa and Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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In search of the Dunkirk spirit. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The LibraryOld and new - a look at the Merchant Navy and modern-day western supremacy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Where history happened: Dunkirk. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Battle of Marathon plus Dunkirk and WWII refugees. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The LibraryThe fall of France: Hitler’s greatest gamble. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A group of Belgian refugees fleeing upon the arrival of German troops on the roads, 21 June 1940. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

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The war grave warriors. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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D-Day and the Templar on trial. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Soldiers of the Soviet Union

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West Kent Territorial Army

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A flight of Vickers Wellington long-range bombers, used by the Royal Air Force to undertake raids into Germany and elsewhere, 8 February 1940. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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