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Battle of the Atlantic
- Germany's U-boats were sinking unpretected Allie and U.S. merchant ships,
- Allies began using convoys for protection of ships,
- Allies began using new sonar systems to detect German U-boats and slowly got the upper hand,
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Pearl Habor attack
- Two attacks from Japan on Hawaii,
- Japan was looking to expand empire and U.S. made them mad by the creation of a trade embargo on them,
- U.S. intercepted a telegram and warned Pearl Habor on the attack.
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Pearl Harbor Continued
- Japan viewed as a great victory,
- U.S. declares war on Japan,
- Germany & Italy declare war on U.S.
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Battle of the Coral Sea
- Before this battle, the Japanese were winning all the battles and were taking over the Pacific ocean,
- The U.S. and Australia stopped Japan from invading for the first time,
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Battle of Midway
- Admiral Chester Nimitz intercepted a Japanese code,
- The U.S. did a surprise attack on Japan at Pacific island; Midway,
- U.S. were successful,
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Battle of Stalingrad
- Germans violated nonaggression agreement with Soviet Union to attack,
- Hitler planned to concure Soviet oil fields,
- Germans nearly won by controlling 90 percent of the city, but the winter of 1943 hit,
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Normandy Invasion (D-Day)
- Soviet Union pushed into Poland and Allies pushed into Northern Italy,
- 150,000 Allied troops invaded,
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Battle of the Bulge
- German tanks broke 80 mile U.S. lines,
- Fought in Belgium, Germany planned on capturing Antwerp,
- Very brutaly war for Americans - 120 American GIs captured and killed by machine guns and pistols,
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Yalta Conference
- Took place before the end of world war 2,
- Theodore Roosevelt met with Stalin and Churchill in Yalta, Soviet Union to discuss world war 2,
- Creation of the United Nations,
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Iwo Jima
- 27,000 Japanese protected Iwo Jima,
- U.S. were successful,
- 99 percent of the Japanese troops died,
- 6,000 U.S. Marines died,
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Battle of Okinawa
- Japan's last defensive attempt,
- Japan used 1,900 Kamikaze attacks,
- 110,000 Japanese troops died,
- 7,600 - 12,500 U.S. troops died,
- U.S. won,
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April 12, 1945
- During the beginning of Franklin Roosevelt's 4th term, he passed away,
- The U.S. passed through a huge grieving point,
- Harry S. Truman, Vice-President of the U.S. takes the presidential role of Roosevelt,
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Occupation of Japan
- Similar trials as German, many Japanese war criminals blammed,
- 25 percent of leaders were found guilty and sentenced to death,
- U.S. controlled Japan for 6 years under the direction of General Douglas MacArthur,
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The death of Hitler
- Hitler and his wife, Eva Braun commit suicide ?
- Bodies burned,
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V-E Day
- General Eisenhower accepted a surrender by the Third Reich,
- V-E day = Victory in Europe day,
- 1st part of War was over,
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Postdam
- Truman and Stalin met in Postdam, Germany
- Together they made a blueprint to disarm Germany and eliminate the Nazi regime
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Manhattan Project - Hiroshima
- U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killing 200,000 people
- In Hiroshima, after 43 seconds, the city collapsed,
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Manhattan Project - Nagasaki
- "Fat Man"
- Leveled half of the city
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V-J Day
- Japan offers an unconditional surrender,
- V-J Day = Victory in Japan Day,
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Nuremberg Trials
- An International court tried Nazi crimials and officials,
- Over 23 nations tried the Nazis in Nuremberg, Germany,
- 54 percent of the defendants were sentanced to death,
