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Battle of the Atlantic
-The allies started using sonar to detct German U-Boats.
-Germans were sucsessful at first but the Allies took control in 1943. -
Pearl Harbor
-Two attacks on the Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
-These attacks cost the lives of 2400 civilians and troops. -
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Battle of Midway
-United States planned and completed a suprise attack on a Japanese island called Midway
-U.S. won this battle. -
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Battle of Stalingrad
-Hitler planned to capture Soviet oil fields.
-The Germans nearly won as they activley controlled 90% of the city. -
D-Day
-The soviet troops invaded poland, while the Allies invaded northern Italy.
-150000 Allies invaded in total. -
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Battle of the Bulge
-The German tanks broke through 80 miles of American front lines.
-This battle was fought in Beligum as the Americans were trying to capture Antwerp. -
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Iwo Jima
-This island was critical for the U.S. win.
-27000 Japanese troops secured Iwo Jima. -
Yalta Confrence
-Set up United Nations.
-Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill met to discuss WW2 -
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Battle of Okinawa
-This was Japan's last defensive stronghold.
-This battle resulted in the death of 110000 Japanese troops. -
FDR
-At the begining of his 4th term he passed away.
-Harry S. Truman takes his place as active president. -
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U.S. Occupation of Japan
-7 of the 28 Japanese leaders were sentenced to death.
-The United Stated occupied Japan for the following six years. -
The End of Hitler
-Adolf and his wife both commited suiced on this day.
-After their deaths, both of their bodies were burned. -
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Battle of the Coral Sea
-U.S. and Australia stopped Japan from invading.
-U.S. was begining to use island hopping techniques. -
V-E Day
-This stood for "Victory in Europe Day"
-This was the mark of the end of the 1st part of WW1 being over. -
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Potsdam
-Japan was forced to "Unconditionally surreneder"
-Berlin was set to be divided up in east. -
Nuclear attacks on Hiroshima
-The bomb was called "Little Boy".
-It took only 43 seconds to turn this entire city into dust. -
Nulear attacks on Nagasaki
-This bomb was called "Fat Man".
-This attack leveled half of the city. -
Japan Surrender
-Japan surrendered unconditionally.
-This occured only 6 days after the "Fat Man" leveled half of Nagasaki. -
V-J Day
-This stood for Victory in Japan day.
-This was a formal official surrender. -
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Nuremberg Trials
-12 of 22 defendants were sentenced to death.
-200 officials were found guilty but given softer punishments.