the Allies
plural noun
: the nations that fought together against Germany in World War I or World War II
fought with the Allies in World War II
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Operation Market Garden sought to capture bridges over the Rhine, allowing the Allies to advance into Germany through the Netherlands and encircle the Ruhr industrial region, the heart of the Nazi war machine.
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William A. Ryan, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2024
Reviews from Washington Post critic Ron Charles D-Day: When the Allies turned the tide 34 photos
GALLERY: D-Day - When the Allies turned the tide
June 6, 1944 marked one of the world's most gut-wrenching and consequential battles.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 31 May 2024
Taken as a prisoner of war, he was held for only 22 hours as the Allies pressed their advance.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2024
Read More: What Aid Groups Say Gaza Needs Tensions among the Allies, especially between the Soviet Union and the U.S., were evident from the start.
—Kaete O’Connell / Made By History, TIME, 22 May 2024
Caught off guard by the Allies’ most formidable weapon, the deutsche mark pegged to the dollar, the Soviets had blockaded Berlin and set themselves up for a multidimensional demonstration of Western supremacy, the Berlin airlift.
—Thomas Meaney, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
Many of us see Israel’s war against Hamas as the same battle (albeit on a smaller scale, at least at this point) that took place between the Allies and the Nazis, even down to their tyrannical totalitarianism and their virulent antisemitism.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 6 May 2024
None of their ships or boats could get close enough to the shore without being detected, so the Allies needed miniature submarines—and divers.
—Rachel Lance, WIRED, 16 Apr. 2024
One man named Horace Cameron Wright started plotting out the holes in the Allies’ understanding of lung injuries from underwater explosions.
—Rachel Lance, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2024
William A. Ryan, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2024
Reviews from Washington Post critic Ron Charles D-Day: When the Allies turned the tide 34 photos
GALLERY: D-Day - When the Allies turned the tide
June 6, 1944 marked one of the world's most gut-wrenching and consequential battles.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 31 May 2024
Taken as a prisoner of war, he was held for only 22 hours as the Allies pressed their advance.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2024
Read More: What Aid Groups Say Gaza Needs Tensions among the Allies, especially between the Soviet Union and the U.S., were evident from the start.
—Kaete O’Connell / Made By History, TIME, 22 May 2024
Caught off guard by the Allies’ most formidable weapon, the deutsche mark pegged to the dollar, the Soviets had blockaded Berlin and set themselves up for a multidimensional demonstration of Western supremacy, the Berlin airlift.
—Thomas Meaney, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
Many of us see Israel’s war against Hamas as the same battle (albeit on a smaller scale, at least at this point) that took place between the Allies and the Nazis, even down to their tyrannical totalitarianism and their virulent antisemitism.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 6 May 2024
None of their ships or boats could get close enough to the shore without being detected, so the Allies needed miniature submarines—and divers.
—Rachel Lance, WIRED, 16 Apr. 2024
One man named Horace Cameron Wright started plotting out the holes in the Allies’ understanding of lung injuries from underwater explosions.
—Rachel Lance, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2024
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