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Holocaust
the Holocaust is when the nazis would murder enslave and exterminated jews in concentration and murder camps -
pearl harbor
pearl harbor was the attack that japan did on the u.s
2500 soldiers died and it would bring the u.s into ww2 -
the battle of Stalingrad
the battle of stalingrad was the turning point for the soviets and they started to push back on the nazies -
d-day
d day is when America stormed the beach of Normandy france and started the western push on the nazis -
battle of the bulge
this was the bloodiest battle the u.s fought in ww2
19000 died -
battle of iwo jima
this battle is important because it would give the u.s an airbase in the Pacific and would lead to the battle of Okinawa it also was the place with the iconic pic of the soldier lifting the flag -
bombing of Tokyo
the bombing of Tokyo was the u.s trying to force japan into surrender this would not work because Japanese would rather die than give up until the atomic bombs got dropped -
The Battle of Okinawa
this battle would give the u.s a airbase that could drop bombs on main land japan 50000 Americans died -
FDR died
he died from a stroke in the middle of his 4th term in office Truman would be his successor and would go on to win the war
FDR was also the president who put us in ww2 and got us out the great depression -
Truman getting sworn in
Truman got sworn in after fdr died -
Hitlers death
hitler killed himself and his wife they took a cyanide capsule but it took to long so he just shot her and himself in the head -
ve day
this was the end of the war in Europe -
Hiroshima bombing
hiroshima was the first city to get hit by an atomic weapon it was not the end of the war in the pacific -
nagasaki bombing
Nagasaki was the second city to get hit with the atomic bomb it also would make the Japanese surrender -
jv day
this was the end of the war in the Pacific