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The battle of the Atlantic
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The Battle for North Africa
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The Battle of Stalingrad
Adolf Hitler orders the Nazis to capture strategic oil fields, factories, and farmlands in southern Russia and Ukraine. -
Halting the Germans
Roosevelt orders the invasion of Morocco and Algeria. -
The Battle of the Atlantic
German submarines had sunken more than 360 American ships along the East coast. -
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The Battle of Stalingrad
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The Battle for North Africa
After a 12 day battle, the British secured the Suez canal and forced Rommel to retreat. -
The Battle of North Africa
American troops led by general Dwight D. Eisenhower invaded North Africa. -
The Battle of Stalingrad
Soviet reinforcements arrived and surrounded Stalingrad, trapping around 250,000 German troops. -
Striking Germany and Italy
Roosevelt headed to Morocco to meet with Prime minister Churchill. -
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Strategic Bombing
The Royal Air Force and the United States Eighth Army Air Force dropped around 53,000 tons of explosives on Germany each month. -
The Battle of the Atlantic
the first month that more German U-Boats were sunken by American Destroyers than allied merchant vessels. -
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The Battle of the Atlantic
German submarines where unable to duplicate the success they had in the first three years of the Battle of the Atlantic causing them to lose the war. -
Striking the Soft Underbelly
Troops commanded by General Dwight D. Eisenhower invaded sicily. -
The Tehran Conference
Staling agreed to meet with Roosevelt and Churchill and proposed that they meet him in Tehran Iran. -
Striking the Soft Underbelly
Germans retreated out of Italy -
Planning Opertion Overlord
Just after midnight Eisenhower gave the final order to begin. -
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Planning Operation Overlord
The first opportunity for D-Day.
