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Battle of the Atlantic
- Unprotected US merchant ships were being sunk by German U-Boats.
- German U-Boats were being found by allies sonar systems.
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Pearl Harbor
- Japan had two full blown attacks on Pearl Harbor on the same day.
- The US was able to read the Japanese secret messages and codes.
- Over 3,500 casualties.
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US declares war
- US declares war on the Japanese.
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US gets war declared on them.
- Italy and Germany declare war on the US.
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Battle of the Coral Sea
- U.S. and Australia stopped Japan from invading.
- Japan won the actual battle.
- U.S. use the Island Hopping technique to weaken Japan’s forces.
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Battle of Midway
- U.S. was successful in the battle.
- U.S. surprise attack on Japan at Pacific island called Midway.
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Battle of Stalingrd
- Germans violated nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union and attacked.
- Germans controlled 90% of the city.
- Turning point in World War ll.
- 1,100,000 Soviet soldiers lost in battle.
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France was freed from Nazi control.
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Normandy Invasion
- 150,000 allied troops invaded.
- Generals Dwight D. Eisenhower and George Patton leading attack.
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Battle of the Bulge
- Fought in Belgium Germany.
- 80,000 Americans died.
- 120,000 Germans died.
- America won.
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Yalta Conference
- Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill met in Yalta in the Soviet Union to discuss post WWII.
- Set up of the United Nations.
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Potsdam
- Truman and Stalin met in Potsdam, Germany.
- Divided Germany into 4 sectors.
- Japan must "unconditionally surrender".
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Nuremberg Trails
- Over 23 nations tried Nazi war criminals in Nuremberg, Germany.
- 12 of the 22 defendants were sentenced to death.
- 200 other officials found guilty.
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Iwo Jima
- U.S. won.
- Island in the Pacific that was critical for U.S. win.
- 26,800 Japanese troops died.
- 6,000 U.S. Marines died.
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Battle of Okinawa
- U.S. won.
- 110,000 Japanese troops died.
- 7,600 - 12,500 U.S. troops died.
- 1,900 Kamikaze attacks.
- Japan's last defensive stronghold.
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FDR passes away after his 4th term.
- Harry Truman becomes president.
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The end of Hitler
- Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide.
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Hitlers death is cover of time magazine
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V-E Day
- 1st part of the war was over.
- General Eisenhower accepted a surrender by the Third Reich.
- V-E Day = Victory in Europe day.
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Manhattan Project
- 200,000 Japanese died due to the Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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V-J Day
- Japan offers unconditional surrender.
- Victory in Japan day = V-J Day.