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Higgins boats
used bu U.S army to transport troops to the beaches in france when fighting Nazi Germany. -
North Africa Campaign
axis and allied forces pushed each other back and forth across desert. -
battle of Midway
battle when U.S sunk four of japans are craft carriers in the pacific ocean by surprise -
Battle of Stalingrad
Nazi germany fought its allies Soviet Union for control of the city of stalingrad -
Battle of the Atlantic American
german U-boats sunk american ships in the atlantic ocean. -
Island Hopping
strategy used against japans in the pacific ocean to throw them off balance -
D-Day
Allied troops landed along a beach to fight Nazi germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. -
Battle of Leyte Gulf
first use of kamikaze pilots against U.S troops invaded as a strategy aimed to isolate japan from cuntries it occupied with in south east asia. -
Battle of Bulge
major German offensive launched through the densely forested Ardennes mountain region of Wallonia in Belgium -
battle of Iwo Jima
a major battle in which U.S fought for the islands of Iwo jima from the japanese empire. -
battle of Okinawa
largest amphibious assult in the pacific war of ww2. lasted 82 days long between japenese and u.S -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
the affects killed 90,000-160,000 people within the first four months of the bomb being dropped.
