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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In early 1944, as the tide of the war turned irreversibly in the Allies’ favor, the Nazis sought to hide evidence of their crimes by forcing Jewish captives to dig up and burn the remains.
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Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
The federal holiday is held annually on Nov. 11 to mark the end of World War I when the Allies and Germany signed an armistice agreement on Nov. 11, 1918.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2024
The band plans to play at several D-Day beaches and World War II commemorative sites in the coming weeks, including Pointe-du-Hoc, Utah, Sword, Omaha and Juno beaches in France, where the Allies began their World War II journey inland through Europe.
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 5 June 2024
Similarly, blitzkrieg—an evolution of the same German military principles—would be used against the Allies in World War II to great and terrible effect.
—Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
The federal holiday is held annually on Nov. 11 to mark the end of World War I when the Allies and Germany signed an armistice agreement on Nov. 11, 1918.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2024
The band plans to play at several D-Day beaches and World War II commemorative sites in the coming weeks, including Pointe-du-Hoc, Utah, Sword, Omaha and Juno beaches in France, where the Allies began their World War II journey inland through Europe.
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 5 June 2024
Similarly, blitzkrieg—an evolution of the same German military principles—would be used against the Allies in World War II to great and terrible effect.
—Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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“The Allies.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Allies. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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