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Battle of the Atlantic
German U-boats were sinking U.s. and other unprotected merchant ships -
Pearl Harbor
Full blown attack on pearl harbor. United States was taken by surprise -
U.S. declaires war on Japan
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Germany and italy declaires war on the U.S.
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Battle of the Coral sea
Japanese were winning every battle and taking over the pacific -
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Battle of Midway
-Admiral Chester Nimitz intercepted Japanese code
-U.S. launched a surprise attack on japan on pacific island called Midway -
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Battle of Stalingrad
-Germans violated nonaggression pact with soviet Union and attacked
-Germans nearly won -
Normandy invasion (D-day)
Soviet Union was pushing into Poland and allies were pushing north in italy -
Normandy invaison cont
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 -
Yatal confrence
Roosvelt, Stalin and Churchill met in yatal in the soviet Union to discuss post world war 2 -
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Postdam
all the important guys drew up a blueprint to disarm Germany and eliminate the nazi regime -
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Iwo jima
Island that was critical for the U.S. to win -
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Battle of okinawa
- Japan's first stronghold
- Japan used 1,900 kamikaze attacks
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April 12, 1945
-At the beginning of his 4th term president Franklin D Roosevelt passes away
- U.S. went through major grieving period -
end oh Hitler
Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide -
Cover of time magazine
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V-E day
-general Eisenhower accepted a surrender by the third Reich
- V-E= victory in Europe day -
v-j day
Japan offers unconditional surrender -
v-j day
victory in japan day