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Battle of the Atlantic
German U-Boats were sinking unprotected U.S. and other Allies' merchant ships
Allies began using convoys to protect ships
The Allies also used a sonar system to detect German U-Boats -
Pearl Harbor
The U.S. intercepted and broke Japan's secret codes
They sent a message on a slower telegram to warn U.S. Navy
2400 U.S. military and civilians lost their lives
December 8 U.S. declares war on Japan -
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Battle of Stalingrad
Germans violated nonaggression pact with Soviet Union and attacked
Hitler hoped to capture Soviet oil fields
Germans nearly won
Hitler forced Germans to stay put
Soviets used to their advantage and won
Turning point in WW2
Soviet army began to move toward westward Germany -
Normandy Invasion(D-Day)
Soviet Union was pushing into Poland and Allies were pushing North in Italy
Generals Dwight D. Eisenhower and George Patton influential in leading attack
150 000 Allied troops invaded
England claims 2500 total allied troops died and Germans suffered between 4000-9000
September 1944 France was freed from Nazi control -
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Battle of the Bulge
German tanks broke through American lines
fought in Belgium Germany was trying to capture Antwerp
Germans were winning in the beginning,
120 000 Germans died- lost 600 tanks and guns and 1600 planes
80 000 Americans died -
Yalta Conference
Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill met in Yalta in the Soviet Union to discuss post WW2
set up United Nations -
President Roosevelt passes away
At the beginning of his 4th term Franklin D. Roosevelt passes away
Harry S. Truman as vice-president takes the role of President -
The end of Hitler
On April 30th 1945 Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide
Bodies were burned
it was the cover of time magazine May 7 1945 -
V-E Day