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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Scientists realized that the Netherlands—the site of a 1944 railroad strike in support of the Allies, followed by a retaliatory Nazi blockade on food—had kept meticulous records of a subsequent famine, the Dutch Hunger Winter.
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Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
In September, on their way into Germany, the Allies were defeated in Operation Market Garden in Holland, with seventeen thousand battle losses in nine days, then bogged down in the Hürtgen Forest, just east of the Belgian-German border, for a full three months.
—Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
Very little in entertainment requires the level of diplomacy and brinkmanship of the summit that saw the Allies shape a post–World War II peace that has (technically) lasted through today, but Adam Pally trying to get into the mind of Mary Cosby comes close.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
The Science History Institute even attributes the first viable synthetic fiber to helping the Allies win World War II.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
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Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
In September, on their way into Germany, the Allies were defeated in Operation Market Garden in Holland, with seventeen thousand battle losses in nine days, then bogged down in the Hürtgen Forest, just east of the Belgian-German border, for a full three months.
—Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
Very little in entertainment requires the level of diplomacy and brinkmanship of the summit that saw the Allies shape a post–World War II peace that has (technically) lasted through today, but Adam Pally trying to get into the mind of Mary Cosby comes close.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
The Science History Institute even attributes the first viable synthetic fiber to helping the Allies win World War II.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the Allies
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