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Battle Of The Atlantic
-Allies began using convoys to protect ships and used a sonar system to detect German U-Boats
-The Germans were successful at the start but by roughly 1943 the Allies had the advantage -
Pearl Harbor
-Japan made 2 full blown attacks at pearl harbor
-The U.S. had a trade embargo on japan and was able to intercept and break Japan's secret codes
-over 3500 casualties -
The U.S. Declare War
The U.S. declares war on Japan. -
Germany and Italy Declare War
Germany and Italy declare war on the U.S. -
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Battle of the Coral Sea
-before this battle, the Japanese were winning every battle and were beginning taking over the Pacific
-the U.S. and Australia were able to prevent Japan from invading
-U.S. was beginning to use the Island Hopping technique so they could weaken Japan’s forces -
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Battle Of Midway
-Admiral Chester Nimitz intercepted Japanese code
-American Losses:included 1 carrier, the Yorktown, a destroyer, about 150 planes, and 307 men
-Japan loses:4 carriers, a heavy cruiser, 3 destroyers, some 275 planes, at least 4,800 men, and suffered heavy damage among the remaining vessels of their fleet. -
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Battle of Stalingard
-Germans controlled 90% of the city and nearly won the war
-Soviets lost 1,100,000 people in this battle
-This was the turning point of World War II -From this time, the Soviets began moving west -
France Is Free
-France was officially freed from Nazi control -
Normandy Invasion (D-Day)
-150,000 Allied Troops invaded
-At this time, the Soviet Union was pushing into Poland and Allies were pushing North in Italy
-On D-Day, nearly 4900 U.S. people were reported dead -
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Battle of the Bulge
-80,000 Americans died
-120,000 Germans died. They also lost 600 tanks and guns and 1,600 planes
-This was fought in Belgium
-Germany was trying to capture Antwerp. -
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Yalta Conference
-This conference set up the United Nations
-Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill all met in Yalta to discuss post world war 2 -
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Iwo Jima
-Island in the Pacific that was critical for U.S. win
-26,800 Japanese troops died
-6,000 U.S. Marines died -
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Battle of Okinawa
-110,000 Japanese troops died
-7,600 - 12,500 U.S. troops died
-The U.S. emerged victorious
-Japan used 1900 Kamikaze attacks -
April 12th, 1945
-FDR passes away
-Harry Truman, the current vice president, takes over as president.
-The U.S. goes through a major grievance period -
The End of Hitler
-Adolf Hitler committed suicide
-Eva Braun committed suicide
-Bodies were burned -
V-E Day
- V-E stands for Victory in Europe -The first part of the war had concluded -General Eisenhower accepted a surrender by the Third Reich
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Potsdam
-Truman, (Churchill and then Clement Atlee) and Stalin met in Potsdam, Germany
-Berlin was to be divided up in East
-Japan was forced to unconditionally surrender -
Hiroshima
-In 43 seconds, the city collapsed to dust
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V-J Day
-Also known as Victory in Japan day
-It was a formal surrender -
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Nuremburg Trials
-Over 23 nations tried Nazi war criminals in Nuremberg, Germany
-12 of the 22 defendants were sentenced to death
-200 other officials were found guilty, but given lesser sentences