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Pearl Harbor
Called "Hawaii operation" was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese navy to the US naval base in Pearl Harbor
All 8 us battle ships were damadged 4 sunk and 6 returned to the war shortly after the war -
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Key Events of WWII
Pearl Harbor Thsi caused Ch27 -
Battle of Coral Sea
Major Naval Battle in the Pacific Theatre
Imperial japanese Navy vs Allied naval and air forces in the US and Australia
first battle in which aircraft carriers engaged eachother
also in which shipd didnt fire on each other -
Battle of Midway
Was the most important naval battle of the pacific campaign.
6bmonths after Japans attack on Pearl Harbor
US defeated the Japanese naval forces
Amercian codebreakers were able to decoad when and where the attacks were to be made -
Battle of Guadacanal
codenamed operation watch tower
it was the first major offensive against the Japan forces -
Opperation Overlord
Code name for Battle Normandy
known as D-Day over 7,000 vessels launched in the amphibious attack by the Allies.
located at Normnady,France
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Battle of Leyte Gulf
Known as the "Second battle of Phillipine Sea"
Largest Naval Batlle of WWII
fought in the Phillipine islands of Leyte and Samar
Us and Australian forces vs. Japanese Navy forces -
Battl of the Buldge
Knwon as the Adrenessasoffensive took place in Belgium towards the end of the World War German offensive launch throught the densly forest of Ardenesse mountain region.
Allied Victory German Fail -
Yalta Conference
"Crimea Confrence" A meeting that the government held by the US UNited Kingdom and the Soviet Union President Franklin D Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and General Secretary Joseph Stalin The meeting was called to discuss the re establishment of the war torn Europe. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Bloodiest fighting in the War of the Pacific.
Us Army forces fought and captured the isalnd of Iwo Jima, they wanted the whole island thoguh plus the airfeolds.
Us army vs Japanese forces
lasted one whole month -
Battle of Okinowa
Codename "Operation Iceberg" or "Typhoon of Steel" fought on the Ryukyu islands of Okinawa largest amphibious assult They battle lasted 82 days long after a long campaign of island hoppin g they get close to the Japan mainland having army air and amphibious forces -
V E Day
known as Victory Europe Day, it was a public celebration of the war in Europe also known as the day that the Germans celebrate Adolf Hitlers' Surrender . His successor came with the news that he committed suicide. -
Battle of Alamein
Fought on the Northen Coast of Egypt between Axis powers.
A second battle of Alamein was needed to push the powers out of the Suez Canal.
Stragetic allied victory -
"Little Boy"
Was a nuclear weapon in the Unitex States weight 9700 lbs filled with Uranium 235 dropped on Hiroshima Little boy was a code name for atomic bomb -
Invasion Of Italy
The thought if Italians surrendering by ALLIES. They were wrong it would take a year
Amercians were at Salanero and the British at Toronto
Allies moved quickly and moved 300 miles in one weel
