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The Unnatural Alliance Britain – France – Soviet Union (USSR) – United States Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact (August 1939) (aka Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact) Operation Barbarossa (June 1941) Overthrow of Mussolini (July 1943) Fascism Katyn Forest Massacre (1940; revealed 1943)
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The Unnatural Alliance Britain – France – Soviet Union (USSR) – United States Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact (August 1939) (aka Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact) Operation Barbarossa (June 1941) Overthrow of Mussolini (July 1943) Fascism Katyn Forest Massacre (1940; revealed 1943) Casablanca conference, January 1943 (Britain and United States) Second Front controversy strategic bombing unconditional surrender Yalta Conference, January 1945 (Britain, Soviet Union, United States) Death of Franklin Roosevelt, April 12, 1945 “V-E Day,” May 8/9 1945 Potsdam Conference, July 1945 Allied Control Council zones and sectors