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Battle of the Atlantic
German U-boats are sinking. Allies used convoys to protect ships. German was winning at first but by the mid 1943 the allies had the upper hand -
Pearl Harbor
Japan wants to expand throughout the pacific. Japan attacks the US military. US declares war on japan. -
Pearl Harbor continued
Germany declares war on Italy. -
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Battle of the Coral Sea
Japan won the battle, but the allies were able to stop Japan invasion for the first time. -
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Battle of Midway
U.S. launched surprise attack on Japan at Pacific island called Midway. -
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Battle of Stalingrad
Germans violated pact with soviet union and attacked. Hitler wanted to capture soviet oil fields. Germans almost won they controlled 9/10 of the city. The winter hit in 1943. Soviets won, it was the turning point in world war 2 -
Normandy Invasion (D-day)
Soviet union pushes in to Poland and allies were pushing north in Italy. The generals lead the attack. 150 000 allied troops invaded. -
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Battle of the Bulge
Fought in Belgium, very brutal war. 120 000 Germans died, 80 000 Americans. Americans won. -
Yalta Counference
Set up United Nations -
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Nuremberg trails
International tribunal court tried Nazi officials -
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U.S. Occupation of japan
trails held for Japaneses war criminals . -
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Postdam
blueprint to disarm Germany and eliminate the Nazis. Divided Germany into 4 sections. -
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Iwo Jima
Island in the pacific, US needed to win it. And they did -
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Battle of Okinawa
Japan’s last defensive stronghold. US won. -
April 12, 1945
President Franklin D. Roosevelt passes away -
The end of Hitler
Hitler commits suicide. Bodies are burned. -
V-E day
General Eisenhower accepted a surrender by the Third Reich. V-E stands for victory in Europe day. 1st part of the war is over. -
V-J day
Japan offers to surrender. -
Hiroshima
atomic bomb dropped. In 43 seconds the city collapsed -
Nagasaki
bombs dropped. Leveled half the city.