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Battle of the Atlantic
- German U boats were sinking Ally Merchant ships
- Allies created a convoy to protect the Merchant ships
- Allies used sonar to detect U boats
- Germans lead early but ended giving the upper hand to the Allies
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Pearl Harbor
- Japan was trying to expand throughout the pacific.
- U.S constructed a trade embargo on Japan to stop them from invading.
- U.S broke threw Japans code, tried to warm the US Navy.
- Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
1,178 U.S military and civilians wounded
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Battle of the Coral Sea
- Prior to battle Japan was winning over the pacific
- U.S and Australia stopped japan from invading
- Japan won the battle but allies were able to stop Japan from invading for the first time
- U.S was beginning to use the Island Hopping technique to weaken Japanese forces
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Battle of Midway
- Japanese code was intercepted by Admiral Chester
- U.S attacked Japan at Pacific island called Midway
- U.S won the battle
- Japan lost 275 Planes
- America lost 150
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Battle of Stalingrad
- Germans attacked union violating nonaggression pact
- Hitlers desire was too capture soviet oil fields
- Germans nearly won (controlled 9/10 of the city)
- Winter hit (1943)
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Normandy Invasion (D-Day)
- Soviets were pushing into Poland
- Allies were pushing North in Italy
- General Dwight D. Eisenhower and George Patton influential in leading attack
- 150,000 Allied troops invaded
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Battle of Bulge
- German tanks pressed through American lines (80 Miles)
- Battle in Belgium, Germans were trying to capture Antwerp
- Very Brutal War
- 120,000 Germans died (also lost 600 tank and guns and 1,600 planes leading to defeat)
- 80,000 Americans Died
- America won, but were close to losing
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Yalta Conference
- Leaders of US (Roosevelt) and the leader of the soviet's (Stalin) and Churchill met in Yalta in the soviet union to discuss post WWII
- Set up United Nations
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Potsdam
- Truman
- Drew up a blueprint to disarm Germany and eliminate the Nazi regime
- Divided Germany into four parts
- France, Britain, U.S and Soviet union occupied these four sector
- Set up Nuremberg Trials in order to persecute Nazi Leaders
- Japan must "unconditionally surrender"
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Nuremberg Trials
- International tribunal court tried Nazi Officials
- Over 23 Nations tried Nazi war criminals in Nuremberg, Germany
- 12/22 were sentenced to death
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Iwo Jima
- Iwo Jima is a critical win for the U.S
- 27,000 Japanese troops were stationed at Iwo Jima
- 26,800 Died
- U.S lost 6,000 Marines
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Battle of Okinawa
- Japan's last defensive stronghold
- Japan used 1,900 Kamikaze attacks
- 110,000 Japanese troops died
- 7,600
- 12,500 US troops died
- U.S Won
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Roosevelt's Death
- Roosevelt passes away at the start of his fourth term
- U.S went through major grieving
- Harry S. Truman, as Vice-President takes over role as president
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The End of Hitler
- Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide (Gun Shot and Cyanide)
- Bodies Burned
- Cover of time Magazine (May 7, 1945)
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V-E Day
- Victory in Europe Day
- 1st part of War is over
- General Eisenhower accepted a surrender by the third Reich
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Manhattan Project
- U.S dropped two bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- Bomb dropped was named "Little boy" - In 43 seconds, the whole city collapsed to dust Nagasaki
- Bomb dropped was named "Fat man"
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V-J Day (Victory in Japan)
- Japan offers a Surrender on August 15
- September 2nd 1945 Japan accepts a Formal Surrender