Axis powers
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The U.S. military started arriving in England in early 1942 after the United States joined the war against the Axis Powers following the Dec. 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 16, 2023
But the Axis Powers, and the Soviet Union after that, were a different sort of enemy.
From Washington Times • Sep. 11, 2018
After World War II, a similar parade was held Jan. 12, 1946, to celebrate the Allied victory over Nazi Germany and the other Axis Powers.
From Washington Post • Feb. 6, 2018
You can read “All Too Well”-inspired fan fiction about Harry Potter, ABC’s Once Upon a Time, Disney’s Victorious, and the webcomic and manga Hetalia: Axis Powers, among dozens of others.
From The Verge • Oct. 17, 2017
Each decisive battle in Europe and the Pacific further underscored the sharp decline of the remaining Axis Powers.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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