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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
-Japan launches 2 full blown surprise attacks on the harbor in Hawaii
-2400 U.S military and civilians lose their lives
-Another 1178 U.S military and civilians are injured
-in total 18 ships and 350 planes are wither sunk or damaged -
United States declares war on Japan
-just one day after the attack on Pearl Harbor the United States declares war on Japan
-With this decleration they have now entered World War II -
Germany and Italy declare war on the United States
-3 days after the United States declared war on Japan, thier allies then declare war on the United States
-Every country had their different allies depending on what side you were on
-You were either on the Allies side or on the Axis Powers side -
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Battle of the Coral Sea
-Prior to this battle the Japanese were taking over the Pacific
-U.S and Australia stop Japan from invading
-Japan wins the actual battle but for the first time the Allies stop the invasion
-U.S begins using Island Hopping technique -
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Battle of Midway
-Admiral Chester Nimitz intercepted Japanese code
-U.S launches surprise attack on Japan at Pacific island named Midway
-U.S wins battle -
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Battle of Stalingrad
-Battle of Stalingrad started due to the Germans violating the nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union and attacking
-Hitler wanted to capture the Soviets Oil fields
-The Germans controlled 90% of the citty but then the winter hit and the Soviets used this to their advantage and won the battle
-Even though they won the Soviets lost 1,100,000 people
-This battle is know as the turning point in the WWII -
Normandy Invasion (D Day)
-At this time the Soviet Union was oushing into Poland and other Allies were moving North into Italy
-150,000 Allied troops invaded
-Attacked along a 60 mile stretch and was the largest land-sea-air operation in history
-600 warships involved and 11000 planes
-around 5,000 U.S deaths -
France freed from Nazi Control
-Due to the D-Day attacks the troops that got through were able to help free France and drive Germany out of France -
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Battle of the Bulge
-German tanks broke throgh U.S lines in Belgium while they were trying to capture Antwerp
-Germans were winning to start but ended up losing in a very close battle
-120,000 Germans died along with 600 tanks and 1600 planes
-80,000 Americans died -
Yalta Conferene
-Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill met in Yalta to discuss post WWII
-At this meeting they set up the Unnited Nations -
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Iwo Jima
-Island is critical for U.S win
-27000 Japanese on island
-U.S wins battle with 6000 deaths opposed to Japans 26800 deaths -
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Battle of Okinawa
-This was Japans last defensive stronghold
-Japan used 1900 Kamikaze attacks
-110,000 Japanese troops died
-7600-12500 U.S troops died
-The United States ended up winning the battle -
President Roosevelt passes away
-United States go through a grieving period
-The Vice-President, Harry S. Truman takes over as President -
The end of Hitler
-Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide by gun shot and cyanide
-Their bodies are burned -
Hitler is on the Cover of Time Magazine
-Hitler is on the cover of Time Magazine with a big X on his face -
V-E Day
-General Eisenhower accepts a surrender by the Third Reich
-V-E day stands for Victory in Europe day
-this concludes the first part of the War -
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Potsdam
-Truman, Churchill and Clement Atlee and Stalin meet in Potsdam,Germany.
-Meet to draw up the blueprint on how to disarm Germany and eliminate the Nazi's
-They divided Germany up into four parts controlled by France, Britain, U.S and the Soviet Union
-They also set up the Nnuremburg Trials to persecute Nazi leaders -
Hiroshima
-Known as the "little boy'"
-In as little as 43 seconds the entire city collapsed to dust -
Nagasaki
-Known as the "Fat Man"
-Leveled half of the city with one explosion -
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U.S Occupation of Japan
-Similar trials held for Japanese war criminals
-7 out of 28 leaders were found guilty and sentenced to death, this was including Tojo -
V-J Day
-On this day Japan offers unconditional surrender
-Victory in Japan Day (Formal surrender) -
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Nuremberg Trials
-International tribunal court tries Nazis officials
-12 of the 22 defendants are sentenced to death
-200 other oficials found guilty but given lesser sentences