The offensive marked Recording an escalation of World War II , both geographically and in the formation of the Allied coalition .

The Eastern Front became Becoming the site of some of the largest battles , most horrific atrocities , and highest World War II casualties ( for Soviet and Axis forces alike ) .

All of which influenced Influence the course of both World War II and the subsequent history of the 20th century .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of the Coral Sea , fought Hostile_encounter from 4–8 May 1942 , was a major naval battle Hostile_encounter between the Imperial Japanese Navy ( IJN ) and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia , taking place Process_start in the Pacific Theatre of World War II .

Two months later , the Allies took advantage of Japan 's resulting strategic vulnerability in the South Pacific and launched Military_operation the Guadalcanal Campaign ; this , along with the New Guinea Campaign , eventually broke Destroying Japanese defenses Defending in the South Pacific and was a significant contributing Causation factor to Japan 's ultimate surrender Surrendering in World War II .

After Catholic victories Earnings_and_losses early in the Thirty Years ' War Hostile_encounter , the `` Declaratio Ferdinandei '' was overturned Process_end in the Edict Legal_rulings of Restitution of 1629 , which was part of Ferdinand II 's master plan Arranging to reconvert the Holy Roman Empire to Catholicism .

Giap planned Arranging to launch Process_start another assault Attack on French positions in operation `` Le Hong Phong II '' .

More recently , the operation as a whole has come to be known as `` Pokhran II '' , and the 1974 explosion Attack as `` Pokhran-I '' .

`` the airstrike on Truk Island '' ) , 17–18 February 1944 , was a massive United States Navy air and surface attack Attack on Truk Lagoon conducted Action as part of the American offensive drive Self_motion against the Imperial Japanese Navy ( IJN ) through the Central Pacific Ocean during World War II .

After eight months of battles and negotiations Communication , which overcame Resolve_problem the diplomatic resistance of the Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II to his visit , Cortés arrived in Arriving Tenochtitlan on 8 November 1519 , where he took up Conquering residence with fellow Spaniards and their indigenous allies .

Involved parties agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to a new ceasefire , called Name_conferral Minsk II , on 12 February 2015 .

The military 's action was supported Supporting by the Grand Sheikh of Al Azhar Ahmed el-Tayeb , the Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II and opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei .

According to Herman Hagedorn ( who was writing prior to World War II ) , the position held Hold by the Moros was `` the strongest which hostiles in the Philippines have ever defended Defending against American assault Attack . ''

On January 30 , 1945 , during World War II , United States Army Rangers , Alamo Scouts and Filipino guerrillas liberated more than 500 from the POW camp .

After this tour , however , most of those songs would again be shelved Placing and to date , with the exception of `` God Gave Rock ' N ' Roll To You II '' and `` Lick it Up '' , they have not reappeared Coming_to_be .

The Grand Duchy of Lithuania became Becoming a Swedish fief , the Polish–Lithuanian regular armies surrendered Surrendering and the Polish king John II Casimir Vasa fled Escaping to the Habsburgs .

Exploiting the hurt religious feelings of the Roman Catholic population under Protestant occupation and organizing Arranging Polish–Lithuanian military leaders in the Tyszowce Confederation , John II Casimir Vasa managed to regain ground in 1656 .

John II Vasa found Know an ally in Leopold I of Habsburg , whose armies crossed Motion_directional into Poland–Lithuania from the southwest .

The funeral of Pope John Paul II was held Defending on 8 April 2005 , six days after his death Death on 2 April .

On 22 February 1996 , Pope John Paul II introduced Statement revisions to the centuries-old ceremonies surrounding papal death , repose and burial .

By the end of World War II , the state was heavily industrialized Creating , and the populations of Texas cities had broken Destroying into the top 20 nationally .

The Granada War Hostile_encounter ( ) was a series of military campaigns Military_operation between 1482 and 1491 , during the reign of the Catholic Monarchs ( ) Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon , against the Nasrid dynasty 's Emirate of Granada .

The first ( 1642–1646 ) and second ( 1648–1649 ) wars Hostile_encounter pitted Hostile_encounter the supporters Supporting of King Charles I against the supporters Supporting of the Long Parliament , while the third ( 1649–1651 ) saw Self_motion fighting Hostile_encounter between supporters of King Charles II and supporters Supporting of the Rump Parliament .

The outcome Change of the war was threefold : the trial Legal_rulings and execution Killing of Charles I ( 1649 ) ; the exile Departing of his son , Charles II ( 1651 ) ; and the replacement Change of English monarchy with , at first , the Commonwealth of England ( 1649–1653 ) and then the Protectorate under the personal rule Legal_rulings of Oliver Cromwell ( 1653–1658 ) and briefly his son Richard ( 1658–1659 ) .

The British airborne operations Military_operation in North Africa were conducted Action by British paratroopers of the 1st Parachute Brigade , commanded Control by Brigadier Edwin Flavell , as part of the Tunisian Campaign Military_operation of World War Military_operation II , over the period between November 1942 and April 1943 .

The attackers Attack were commanded Control by the 21-year-old Sultan Mehmed II , who defeated Conquering an army commanded Control by Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos and took Getting control Control of the imperial capital , ending Process_end a 53-day siege Besieging that had begun Process_start on 6 April 1453 .

Emperor Boris II was captured Conquering and taken Bringing to Constantinople where he abdicated Change_of_leadership and the Byzantine Emperor John I Tzimiskes announced Expressing_publicly the annexation Change_of_leadership of Bulgaria , even though the Eastern Roman Empire only controlled Control Eastern Bulgaria at the time , but the lands to the west remained under Bulgarian control Control .

Samuel proved Causation to be a successful general inflicting Causation a major defeat on the Byzantine army commanded by Basil II at the Gates of Trajan and retaking north-eastern Bulgaria .

The Byzantines under Basil II , a successful general and experienced soldier , slowly got Getting the upper hand and from 1001 started Process_start to seize Conquering a number of important areas and towns .

After razing Destroying it to the ground he made peace with Henry II , the winner of the civil war .

In February 1407 , the truce between the Christian and Islamic kingdoms collapsed Process_end during the reign of the infant John II as the result of a minor skirmish .

It was one of the biggest offensives Attack of World War Hostile_encounter II , stretching Expansion over a 1,000 km ( 620 mi ) front and involving Cause_to_be_included almost 3,500,000 troops from both sides .

The Canadian Corps relieved Cure the exhausted II Anzac Corps , continuing the advance started Process_start with the First Battle of Passchendaele and ultimately capturing the village .

To permit Preventing_or_letting time for divisional reliefs , there was a seven-day pause planned Arranging between the second and third stages , during which the Second Army took over Conquering the XVIII Corps area , north of the Canadian Corps , from the Fifth Army with the II Corps on 2 November , to assure Statement unity of command over the central part of the attack front .

II Corps asked Request for a delay until 19 November to move Motion artillery forward ; five British divisions were transferred Military_operation to Italy and four British divisions on the coast were sent Sending to take over French positions south of the Somme .

In 1452 , the newly acceded Agree_or_refuse_to_act Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II ordered Request his first campaign against Skanderbeg , the chief of the League of Lezhë .

Shortly after the First Siege of Krujë , Murad II died Death in Edirne , only to be succeeded Change_of_leadership by his son Mehmed II .

Shortly after the First Siege of Krujë , Murad II died Death in Edirne , only to be succeeded Change_of_leadership by his son Mehmed II .

Spurred Influence by religious zeal , King Henry II of England and King Philip II of France ( known as `` Philip Augustus '' ) ended Process_end their conflict with each other to lead a new crusade .

Spurred Influence by religious zeal , King Henry II of England and King Philip II of France ( known as `` Philip Augustus '' ) ended Process_end their conflict with each other to lead a new crusade .

Operation Halyard ( or Halyard Mission ) , known Know in Serbian as Operation Air Bridge ( ) , was an Allied airlift operation Military_operation behind Axis lines during World War II .

Throughout the years , the Cybersonica festival has attracted Influence headline artists and witnessed the debut of Guitar Hero II during its 2006 gathering .

Operation Military_operation Tannenberg ( ) was a codename for one of the extermination actions by Nazi Germany that was directed Aiming at the Poles during the opening Openness stages of World War II in Europe , as part of the `` Generalplan Ost '' for the German colonization of the East .

The Battle Military_operation of Buna–Gona was part of the New Guinea campaign Military_operation in the Pacific Theatre during World War Military_operation II .

Operation `` Sharp Gate '' , English : Operation `` Gate of Dawn '' ) was an armed Bearing_arms conflict Hostile_encounter during World War II between the Polish Home Army and the Nazi German occupiers of Vilnius ( ) .

The Warsaw Uprising ( ; ) was a major World War II operation Military_operation , in the summer of 1944 , by the Polish underground resistance , led by the Home Army ( ) , to liberate Warsaw from German occupation .

In the three-day battle Hostile_encounter the Ottoman army under the command Control of Sultan Murad II defeated Conquering the Crusader army of regent John Hunyadi .

On 19 October Murad II used Using his `` sipahi '' cavalry from Thessaly to envelop Besieging the cavalry on the Crusader left flank , along with a general assault Attack all along the line to distract Preventing_or_letting Hunyadi from the primary effort .

On 20 October , with Murad II personally observing Perception_active the struggle , the Janissaries attacked Attack and killed Killing everyone left in the stockade .

With the end Process_end of the half-century-long Crusader threat Warning to their European frontier , Murad 's son Mehmed II was free Releasing to lay siege to Constantinople in 1453 .