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FDR told military to round up all Japanese and send them to restricted military areas/internment camps
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Luftwaffe bombed Stalingrad until 90% destroyed, but soviets laid siege to the city and they starved the germans until surrender on february 2, 1943
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London launched surprise attack on Germany at El Almain, Egypt-won by november 4
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developed joint war policy, based on Stalin's idea of attacking Germany on two fronts
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In Operation Torch, Montgomery and Eisenhower surrounded Afrika Korps and crushed them
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Allies landed in Sicily and won about a month later
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Allies faked out Germany and attacked unsuspected beach in Normandy, july 25 broke through german barriers
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german tanks broke through american defenses in the Ardennes but eventually were driven back, signals beginning of the end for the germans
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American Marines took island, first actual capture of japanese land
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Battle between Americans and Japanese, Japanese lost
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germany surrenders unconditionally, signed treaty in berlin
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The Big 3 meet to discuss how Germany would be split up
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US dropped atomic bomb in japan, killing over 70,000 people
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second atomic bomb dropped on japan, killing an additional 70,000 people, caused japanese to finally surrender, ending the war
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After both atomic bombs, surrendered to Douglass MacArthur in Tokyo Bay
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When nazi war criminals were put on trial in nuremberg Germany,
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US created new constitution for japan, making it into a constitutional monarchy, parliament called the diet