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  2. Uruguay during World War II - Wikipedia

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    Uruguay during World War II. The sinking of the German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee is the best known event of Uruguay during World War II. Mr. Montero de Bustamante, Uruguayan Chargé d'Affaires in the United Kingdom, speaking at a 1943 ceremony to name a Royal Air Force Spitfire fighter funded by Uruguayan donations.

  3. Paris Peace Treaties, 1947 - Wikipedia

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    The Paris Peace Treaties (French: Traités de Paris) were signed on 10 February 1947 following the end of World War II in 1945. The Paris Peace Conference lasted from 29 July until 15 October 1946. The victorious wartime Allied powers (principally the United Kingdom, Soviet Union, United States, and France) negotiated the details of peace ...

  4. Line of Contact - Wikipedia

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    In general a "line of contact" refers to the demarcation between two or more given armies, whether they are allied or belligerent. Final positions of the Western Allied and Soviet armies, May 8, 1945. Areas not yet occupied also indicated. The first contacts were made by the US 273rd Infantry Regiment, 69th Infantry Division and Soviet 58th ...

  5. Potsdam Agreement - Wikipedia

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    The "Big Three": Attlee, Truman, Stalin. The Potsdam Agreement (‹See Tfd› German: Potsdamer Abkommen) was the agreement among three of the Allies of World War II: the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Soviet Union after the war ended in Europe on 1 August 1945 and it was published the next day. A product of the Potsdam Conference ...

  6. Crusade in Europe - Wikipedia

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    394251. LC Class. D743.E35 1948. Crusade in Europe is a book of wartime memoirs by General Dwight D. Eisenhower published by Doubleday in 1948. Maps were provided by Rafael Palacios. Crusade in Europe is a personal account by one of the senior military figures of World War II. It recounts his appointment by General George Marshall to plan the ...

  7. History of Uruguay - Wikipedia

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    Uruguay reached the peak of its economic prosperity thanks to the World War II and the Korean War. During these conflicts, the country supplied beef, wool, and leather to the Allied armies. [107] In 1949, to cover the British debt for the beef deliveries during WWII, British-owned railroads and water companies were nationalized. [108]

  8. Western Front (World War II) - Wikipedia

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    The Western Front was a military theatre of World War II encompassing Denmark, Norway, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. The Italian front is considered a separate but related theatre. [ nb 11 ] The Western Front's 1944–1945 phase was officially deemed the European Theater by the United States ...

  9. Eastern Front (World War II) - Wikipedia

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    The Eastern Front, also known as the Great Patriotic War Against Germany [ n ] in the Soviet Union and its successor states, and the German–Soviet War[ o ] in modern Germany and Ukraine, was a theatre of World War II fought between the European Axis powers and Allies, including the Soviet Union (USSR) and Poland.