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manhattan project
in the 1930's scientists learned how to split the nuclei of certain elements and soon they discovered that fission released a lot of energy, Einstein alerted F.D.R. of the importantce of nuclear development, and the manhattan project was born -
1943 2nd front
Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt were contomplating when to start a second front and start to squeeze germany out of europe by having to fight a war on 2 fronts. -
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post D-Day
after D-Day germany now had to fight a war on 2 fronts, the same problem that germany faced in WWI. The Soviets were pushing in from the east, forcing germany to give up its territory in Latvia, Romania, Slovakia, and Hungary. Allied armys were also pushing on germany from the west. -
germany's last stand
in december of 1944 germany counterattacked the allied troops strung out between the english channel and the alps AKA the battle of the Bulge. However germanys "last stand" was not enough, and in a desperate attempt to regain a foothold in the war, germany lost more that it could replace, and with germany now pushed out of france, began the decline of nazi germany and hitlers ultimate goal. -
Operation overlord
The only way to gain a foothold on france and kick start a 2 front war for germany, was to invade the beaches of Normandy France, the 50 mile stretch of beaches was a german stronghold, and gateway to the allies into france -
germans loose faith in the war
As the german troops face loss after loss, their support for the war started to dwindle. As a direct result of this, Hitlers generals such as rommel, plotted to overthrow him, and in 1944 an officer planted a bomb in hitlers HQ in an attempt to kill him. 20 people were either killed or wounded, except hitler -
iwojima
In the allies push towards japan, they stumbled upon one of the largest battle in all of the island hopping campaign. Marines faces a 36 day fight in the 5 mile stretch of island called iwojima. more than 23,000 marines lost their lives in the exchange, but they took the island and continued towards japan -
fight for okinawa
an even deadlier fight post iwojima was unveiled. as the allies were beginning to close in on japan, they needed a very vital strategic air base known as okinawa. However taking Okinawa would be the mast large and strategic advance in all of the war in the pacific.After a brutal fight, the allies gained okinawa and lost roughly 50,000 men.
the invasion of japan was now within arms reach -
atomic attacks that ended WWII
To avoid the invasion of japan and the estimated 1,000000 projected casualties, Truman decided to use the A-bomb on japan. Hiroshima was the cite of the first bomb, then nagasaki. both detonated and caused server casualties to the japanese. little boy was supposed to make the japs surrender but when they refused, fat man was released, and forced japan to surrender, concluding WWII -
allies in the pacific
as the allies make towards japan, they adopt the strategy called island hopping, however this strategy was quite a struggle due to the japanese's fight to the death mentality
