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Spearhead Allied assault on Juno Beach (D-Day Normandy), protected the Atlantic convoy lifeline, and trained 130,000+ Allied aviators.

The largest all-volunteer army in world history. Halted the Imperial Japanese advance at Kohima and Imphal and spearheaded the Burma Campaign.

Defended the Pacific Gateway along the treacherous Kokoda Track, broke Rommel’s siege at Tobruk ("Rats of Tobruk"), and cleared Borneo.

Highest per-capita mobilization of any Allied belligerent. Heroic operations in Greece, Battle of Crete, El Alamein, and Monte Cassino.

Led by Field Marshal Jan Smuts; eliminated Italian forces in East Africa and fought across the Western Desert and Italian Gothic Line.

The vital strategic pivot linking Britain to Asia. Hosted British Eighth Army headquarters and served as the springboard for the victory at El Alamein.

Crucial economic and naval linchpin in Southeast Asia anchored by the Singapore Naval Base before being overrun in February 1942.

Fierce jungle combat theater keeping China supplied via the Burma Road and the heroic Allied "Hump" airlift over the Himalayas.