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Battle of the Atlantic
-Germany was attacking US shipping chains
-The US began to use convoys and sonar to detect German U boats
-German U boat loses got too high and had to back out -
Germany/Italy declare war on US
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Stalingrad
-Germany wanted control of the industrial city of Stalingrad
-The Soviet Union and Germany fought, eventually Germany had to surrender
- A turning point, from then on the Soviet Union could advance towards Germany -
Operation Torch
-Allie troops wanted control of Axis powered North Africa
-Allie troops landed in Northern Africa and went east
-Allies gained control of Northern Africa after the fighting ended -
Operation Overlord
-Allies invaded Normandy, France at Ohama Beach(D-Day)
-Eisenhower's goal was to liberate France and continue East
-Allies gained 80 mile strip of France -
Battle of the Bulge
-Germany attacked Allie lines to get the port of Antwerp
-Allies and Germany fought with little progress
-Germany had heavy loses and were forced to retreat -
Buchenwald
-First camp the US liberated
-Continued moving East liberating more camps and countries
-Revealed the horrors of death camps -
Harry S. Truman becomes President
-Roosevelt dies of a stroke
-His vice president, Harry Truman, takes office
-Truman sees the end of WWII -
V-E Day
