<p>Captain Lasdun briefs troops of the British Army on June 4, 1944, two days before the Allied invasion of Normandy on <a href="/narrative/2899">D-Day</a>.</p>

Allied powers

The Allied Powers fought against Nazi Germany and the other Axis Powers in World War II. By March 1945, forty-seven states had signed the Declaration by United Nations. The three main Allied Powers were Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union. The Allied victory in May 1945 brought an end to the Holocaust. Explore content related to the Allied Powers.

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