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Battle of Stalingrad
-Germany invaded Russia for oil fields
-Germans nearly won
Russis pusehd back and changed the tide of the war -
Pearl Harbour
-Japan Attacked USA in Hawaii -
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Battle of the Atalntic
-Germans were sinking ships with their U-Boats
-USA started using the convoy system to protect thier ships -
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Battle of Coral Sea
-Japan won battle
-But USA stopped them from invading Australia
-USA started using the island hopping technique -
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Battle of Midway
-Admiral Chester Nimitz intercepted Japanese transmission
-USA launched surprise attack on Japanese fleet on the island of Midway
-USA won -
D-Day
-Allies invaded Northern France -
Battle of The Bulge
-Germans broke through American lines in Belgium
-Germans nearly won, but Americans came back and defeated them -
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Yalta conference
Roosevelt, Stalin and CHurchill met in Yalta
-Set up United Nations -
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Battle of Iwo Jima
-USA attacked the island of Iwo Jima
-USA won -
Roosevelt Dies
-USA went through major grieving persiod
-Vice President Truman took over -
The end of Hitler
-Hitler and Ava Braun commit suicide
-Bodies Burned -
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US occupation of Japan
-Similar trials for Japanese war criminals
-7 of 28 officials senteced to death
-Occupied under General Douglas MacArthur -
V-E day
-The Third Reich surrenders
-V-E day= Victory in Europe Day
-One half of war over -
Battl;e of Okinawa
-Japan's final stand against US forces
-USA won -
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Postdam Conference
-The Big Three met in Postdam
-Discussed how to disarm Germany and end the Nazi regime -
Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima
-The bomb 'Little Boy" was dropped on Hirshoshima
-City reduced to dust in 43 seconds -
Atomic bomb on Nagasaki
-Atomic bomb "Fat Man" dropped on Nagasaki
-Leveled half the city -
Japan offers surrender
-Japan offers uncondidtional surrender -
V-J Day
-Victory in Japan Day
-Japan formally surrenders -
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Nuremberg trials
-Nazi war crimnals tried
-12 of 22 defendants sentenced to death
-200 other officials given lesser sentences