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About How America Helped Turn The Tide Against Nazi Germany | America's War Years: 1943

By 1943, the battle turned against North Africa. Allied forces led an invasion of Sicily and Italy, and plans were laid to bomb Germany. The liberation of Tunisia and the defense of Stalingrad began to crack the myth of Hitler's super-race, while Allied forces fought back against the Japanese in the Aleutians and on New Guinea and Guadaloanal.

How America Helped Turn The Tide Against Nazi Germany | America's War Years: 1943 is presented by Real History. Its listed runtime is 53 minutes. The source link and publisher attribution are provided with the embedded film.

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How America Helped Turn The Tide Against Nazi Germany | America's War Years: 1943
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53 minutes
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