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Japanese Americans Eligible for Draft #12
The federal government deems first-generation Japanese Americans eligible for the military draft. -
Battle of the Philippine Sea #6
Combattants: Empire of Japan and America
Casualties: Japan- 2,987 America- 109
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siege of Leningrad #5
After the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union in the summer of 1941, a German army surrounded the city of Leningrad in an extended siege beginning that September. In subsequent months, the city sought to establish supply lines from the Soviet interior and evacuate its citizens, often using a hazardous “ice and water road” across Lake Ladoga. A successful land corridor was created in January 1943, and the Red Army finally managed to drive off the Germans the following year. -
Tojo made himself the commander in chief, like Adolf Hitler did
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Operation Hailstone (attack on Truk island) #13
Combatants: Empire of Japan and America
Casualties: Japan- 4,500+ America- 40 -
Germans begin the mass deportation of Jews #10
about 440,000 Jews deported from hungary -
Operation Overlord #4
June of 1944, Red Army was at Germany’s doorstep. There is no doubt that the Russians could have single handedly defeated Nazi Germany (hence this ranking at number 9), but Stalin had been putting pressure on the West to open a second front in an attempt to divert German resources and bring a quicker end to the war
Death total- 425,000 -
D-Day #1
160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline, fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which, and by day’s end, the Allies gained a foothold in Continental Europe. The cost in lives on D-Day was high.
Death total- 425,000 -
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Battle of Saipan #9
Combattants: Empire of Japan and America
Casualties: Japan- 59,000 total America- 10,364
Location: Saipan, Mariana Islands -
Japanese Protesters Imprisoned #15
A court in Cheyenne, Wyoming finds 63 Japanese-American men guilty of resisting the draft and sentences each of them to three years in a federal prison. -
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Battle of Tinian #8
Combattants: Empire of Japan
Casualties: Japan- 5,542 America- 1,593
Locations: Tinian, Mariana Islands -
Liberation of Paris #7
a military action that took place during World War II from 19 August 1944 until the German garrison surrendered the French capital on August 25, 1944.Casualties and losses: French Resistance 1,600 Dead, Free French Forces: 130 dead 319 wounded, The united States Casualties were unkown, and in total there was 3,200 dead and 12,800 prisoners -
Battle of Leyte Gulf #2
Combatants: Empire of Japan and America
Casualties: Japan- 12,500 America- 2,800
Location: Leyte Gulf, Philippines -
Palawan Massacre #12
December 14, 1944, In another case of POW massacre, the Japanese stationed in Palawan Island, Philippines tried to kill all their American prisoners after wrongly assuming Allied forces had invaded. After driving the prisoners into makeshift air raid shelters, the Japanese burned them alive.
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Battle of the Bulge #3
Adolph Hitler attempted to split the Allied armies in northwest Europe by means of a surprise blitzkrieg thrust through the Ardennes to Antwerp. Caught off-guard, American units fought desperate battles to stem the German advance at St.-Vith, Elsenborn Ridge, Houffalize and Bastogne.