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Battle of the Atlantic
-German U-boats sank unprotected U.S. ships and other merchant ships
-Allies began using convoys to protect ships
-Allies used sonars to detect German U-boats -
Pearl Harbor
-Sunday morning the U.S. army was taken off guard by 2 full blown attacks by Japan
- 2.400 U.S. military and Civilions died
- It was considered a stunning victory for Japan -
U.S declares war on Japan
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Germany and Itlay declare war on U.S.
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U.S. and Australia stopped Japan from invading
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Battle of the Coral Sea
-Japan won the actual battle
-U.S. began using the island hopping technique to weaken japans forces -
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Battle of Midway
-Admiral Clester Nimitz intercepted Japan's code
- U.S. launched surprise attack on Japan
- U.S was successful -
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Battle of Stalingrad
-Germans violated non-aggression with Soviet Union and attacked
-Soviet army began to move westward towards Germany
-Soviets won -
Normandy Invasion (D-Day)
-Allies pushed north into Italy
-150,000 Allied troops invaded
- Largest land sea operation in history -
France freed from Nazi control
-Paris Liberated -
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Battle of Bulge
-German tanks broke through American lines
-Very brutal war
-Americans won, but were close to losing -
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U.S. occupation of Japan
-7 out of 8 leaders found guilty and sentenced to death
-U.S. occupied for 6 years under direction of General Douglas MacAuthur -
Yalta Conference
-F.D.R., Stalin, and Churchill met in Yalta to discuss post WW2
-Set up United Nations -
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Iwo Jima
-Island in the Pacific critical to U.S. win
-27,000 Japanese held Iwo Jima
-U.S. won -
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Battle of Okinawa
- Japans last defensive stronghold -Japans used 1,900 Kamikaze attacks -U.S. won
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F.D.R. dies
- At the begnning of the 4th term F.D.R. passes away
- U.S. has a major grieving period
- Harry S. Truman takes over as president
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The end of Hitler
-Hitler and Eva Braud commit suicide by gun shot and cyanite
-Their Bodies were burned -
V-E day
-General Eisenhower accepted surrender
-V-E day = Victory in Europe Day
-1st part of the war is over -
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Potsdam
-Trawman, Churchill, Clement and Stalin met in Potsdam Germany
-Drew blueprints to disarm Germany and eliminate Nazi regime -
Hiroshima
-”Little boy”
-In 43 seconds the city collapse to dust
- hit by a Atomic bomb launched by U.S. -
Nagasaki
-”Fat man”
-Leveled half of the city
- hit by an atomic bomb launched by U.S. -
Japan offers uncondittionel surrender
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V-J Day
-Victory day in Japan
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Nuremberg Trials
- International tribunal court tried Nazi officials -12 of the 22 defendants sentenced to death -200 officials, found guilty