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 the end, the Allies managed to quash Adolf Hitler’s last-ditch effort to win the war.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
The campaign was certainly the Allies' most significant victory of the War.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 6 June 2024
By the time the Allies began bombing German and Japanese cities, those two nations had already conquered neighboring lands and begun murdering innocents on a world-historic scale.
—Eric Levitz, Vox, 3 June 2024
Indeed, the Allies used Malta as a base in World War Two.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
The campaign was certainly the Allies' most significant victory of the War.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 6 June 2024
By the time the Allies began bombing German and Japanese cities, those two nations had already conquered neighboring lands and begun murdering innocents on a world-historic scale.
—Eric Levitz, Vox, 3 June 2024
Indeed, the Allies used Malta as a base in World War Two.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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“The Allies.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Allies. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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