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The Battle of the Atlantic
Hitler ordered submarine raids against ships along the Atlantic -
Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Japanaese Navy on the United States. The attack is what pushed the US into World War II -
War Plans
Churchill and Roosevelt discussed war plans. -
Doolittle's Raid
The Doolittle Raid was an air attack on Japan -
Battle of the Coral Sea
The Battle of the Coral Sea was the first of the Pacific War's six fights between opposing aircraft carrier forces -
Battle of Midway
After this battle, the Japanese fleet and the American fleet were equal. -
The Battle of Stalingrad
Germans took offense in the southern Soviet Union -
North African Front
Some 107,000 allied troops landed in Casablanca -
The Italian Campaign
Summer of 1943- Stunned by the fall of their army's collapse. The Italian government forced dictator Benito Mussolini to resign -
D-Day
the first day of the invasion. Shortly after midnight 3 divisions parachuted down behind german lines. they were followed in early that morning by thousand and thousands of sea born soldiers -
Liberation of Death Camps
Soviets were the first to come upon one of the Nazi Death Camps. All soldiers were stunned at what they saw. -
Battle of the Bulge
Americans captured their first German town -
Yalta Confence
This conference was held to discuss the post-war reprganization of Europe. -
Numbering Trials
The Numbering Trials were trials of the people who commited war crimes during WWII (Started in 1945; not sure of the exact date) -
Iwo Jimma
Iwo Jimma was critical to the United States. It allowed them a place where heavily loaded bombers could easily reach Japan. More than 6,000 marines died contracting this land, -
Battle of Okinawa
Okinawa was the only obstacle left between the US and Japan after Iwo Jimma. America invaded in April 1945, and the battle lasted until June 21, 1945. More than 7,600 Americans died. -
Roosevelt's Death
Roosevelt died on April 12, 1945 -
Unconditional Surrender
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The Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project was the development of an atomic bomb. The first test of the bomb was on July16, 1945. -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Hiroshima and Nagasaki where the two places in Japan where the US dropped atomic bombs -
The Occupation of Japan
Japan surrendered on August 14, 1945. Japan was then occupied by the Allied Powers.
