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World War II History
World War II History
1942 - Iran signed the "Treaty of Alliance" with Great Britain and the Soviet Union. The agreement offered Iran protection and created a supply route from the West to Russia.
| "No amphibious attack in history had approached this one in size. Along miles of coastline there were hundreds of vessels and small boats afloat and ant-like files of advancing troops ashore." General Dwight Eisenhower - July 1943 (Sicily) |
