World War 2 Timeline

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    Battle of the Atlantic

    • German U-Boats were sinking unprotected US and other Allies merchant ships
    • Allies began using convoys to protect ships
    • Germany was successful in the beginning, but by mid 1943 Allies had the upper hand

  • Pearl Harbor

    • Japan launched two full blown attacks on Pearl Harbor
    • 2,400 people died
    • Japan viewed this as a victory

  • US declares war on Japan

  • Germany and Italy declare war on US

  • US and Australia Stopped Japan from Invading

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    Battle of the Coral Sea

    • Japan won the battle
    • US used islnd hopping as a technique to weaken Japan's forces
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    Battle of Midway

    • US launches surprise attack on Jaan at Pacific Island
    • US was successful
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    Battle of Stalingrad

    • Germans violated nonaggression pact with Soviet Union and attacked
    • Hitler forced German army to stay put during the winter
    • Soviet Union won Turning point in World War 2

  • Nomandy Invasion

    • Also known as D-Day
    • Largest lad-sea-air operation in history Soviet Union was pushing into Poland and Allies were pushing north of Italy

  • France was freed from Nazi control

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    Battle of the Bulge

    • German tanks broke through American lines
    • Fought in Belgium
    • Very brutal
    • Americans won, but were close to losing

  • Yalta Conference

    • Roosevelt, Stalin, ad Chruchill met in Yalta in Soviet Union to discuss post world war two
    • Set up United Nations
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    Iwo Jima

    • Island in the Pacific ta was critical for US win
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    Battle of Okinawa

    • Japan's last defensive stronghold
    • US won
    • 110,000 Japanese troops did

  • Roosevelt Dies

  • Hitler and Eva Braun Commit Suicide

  • V-E Day

    • General Eisenhower accepted a surrener by the third Reich
    • Known as Victory in Europe day
    • First part of the war was over
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    Potsdam

    • Truman, Chruchill, and Stalin mt in Potsdam
    • Thy ecided to disarm Germany and divide it into four sections
    • They decided that Japan must surrender

  • Hiroshima

    • In 43 seconds the entire city collapsed to dust
    • US bombed the city

  • Nagasaki

    • Leveled half of the city
    • atomic bomb dropped by USA

  • Japan Offers Unconditional Surrender

  • Victory in Japan Day

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    Nuremberg Trials

    • Tried Nazi officials