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Pearl Harbor
Japan was working on expanding empire throughout the Pacific /
U.S. intercepted and broke Japan's secret codes /
2 full blown attacks on Pearl Harbor -
Pearl Harbor Continued
U.S. declares war on Japan / An hour after the Infamy Speech presidential address of Franklin D. Roosevelt -
Pearl Harbor continued
Germany and Italy declare war on U.S / It follwed the declaration of war from U.S on Japan -
Battle of the Atlantic
German U-Boats were sinking unprotected U.S. and other Allies' merchant ships / The Germans were very successful in the beginning, but by mid - 1943, the Allies had the upper hand -
Battle of the Coral Sea
The Japanese were winning every battle and taking over the Pacific /
Japan won the actual battle, but the allies were able to stop Japan invasion for the first time -
Battle of Midway
Admiral Chester Nimitz intercepted Japanese code/ U.S. was successful in the Battle of Midway -
Battle of Stalingrad
Germans violated nonaggression pact with Soviet Union and attacked / The Germans almost won, but in the end the soviets won /
Soviets lost 1,100,000 people in this battle -
Normandy Invasion (D-Day)
Soviet Union was pushing into Poland and Allies were pushing North in Italy /
150,000 Allied troops invaded -
Normandy Invasion continued
France was freed from Nazi control / 2 days before landings at Normandy -
Battle of the Bulge
German tanks broke through American lines
Germany was trying to capture Antwerp
It was a very brutal war but America won -
U.S. Occupation of Japan
7 out of 28 leaders were found guilty and sentenced to death / U.S. occupied Japan for 6 years under the direction of General Douglas MacArthur -
Yalta Conference
Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill met in Yalta in the Soviet Union to discuss post / Set up United Nations -
Iwo Jima
Island in the Pacific that was critical for U.S. win / U.S. ended up winning and 26,800 Japanese troops died -
Battle of Okinawa
Japan’s last defensive stronghold / 110,000 Japanese troops died/ U.S.A won -
Death of Franklin D. Roosevelt
The U.S. went through a really big and long grieving period /
The Vicee-President, Harry S. Truman takes the role as President -
The end of Hitler
Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide /
Thier bodies were burned -
V-E Day
General Eisenhower accepted a surrender by the Third Reich\ 1st part of War was over -
Potsdam
Truman, and Stalin met in Potsdam, Germany /
Set up the Nuremberg Trials to persecute Nazi leaders -
Manhattan Project
200,000 Japanese died due to the Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Hiroshima / In 43 seconds, the city collapsed to dustNagasaki / August 9, 1945 / Leveled half of the city -
Nuremberg Trials
International tribunal court tried Nazi officials / Over 23 nations tried Nazi war criminals in Nuremberg, Germany
