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Battle of the Atlantic
-Germany blockaded Allied ships from getting to Great Britain and the Soviet Union
-Allied ships were transporting food and war materials
-Destroyed many U-boats, which weakened German forces -
Germany/ Italy declared war on the U.S
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Stalingrad
-German defense in the Soviet Union where thousands died
-Bombing raids, which caused fires and hand-to-hand combat
-Germans surrendered from the winters' conditions -
Operation TORCH
-British and American invasion of French North Africa
-Africans surrendered under their general Erwin Rommel
-The beginning of the British and American alliance and paved the way for operation OVERLOAD -
D-day
-Codenamed operation OVERLOAD
-British, American, and Canadian forces landed on fortified beaches in Normandy France
-The beginning for the end of the German forces and Hitler -
Battle of the Bulge
-Allies fought with Germany in Belgium to keep their ground
-Allies won and led Germany's forces to collapse
-The purpose was to move the opposing sides forces off the land for territory reasons -
Buchenwald
-One of the largest concentration camps in Germany
-The Germans captured people from all over Europe and the Soviet Union
-Housed thousands of people that were forced laborers to help in the war efforts -
Harry S. Truman
-Came to office after the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt
-Ended world war 2 with the atomic bomb on Japan
-33rd president -
VE day
