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Battle of the Atlantic
German U-boats sink unprotected merchant ship. Convoys created to protect the ships. Sonar was used to detect German U-boats. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan bombs a US military base -
US declares war
US declares war on Japan -
Another declare of war
Germany and Italy declare war on the US -
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Decisive Years
Mid 1943, the Allies had the upper hand -
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Battle of the Coral Sea
Japan invasion was stopped by Australia and US but the Japan won the actual battle. -
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Battle of Midway
US launch a surprise attack on Japan on the Pacific island.
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Battle of Stalingrad
Germany violated the nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union and attacked. Germany nearly won (9/10 of the city was controlled).
Winter hits in 1939, Hitler forced the army to stay, causing the soviets to turn the war around and won. They begin to move westward to Germany -
Normandy Invasion (D-Day)
Largest land-sea-air operation in history. (60 miles of beach, 156 000 troops, 4 000 landing craft, 600 warship, 11 000 planes) Omaha beach was known as one of the most brutal areas. -
France is free
France is freed from nazi control -
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Battle of the Bulge
German tanks broke through American lines. Germany wanted to capture Antwerp. Americans won but was very close to losing. -
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U.S. occupation of Japan
Similar trials held for the war criminals. 7 out of 28 were sentenced to death. Japan would be occupied for 6 years. -
Yalta Conference
Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill met in Yalta which was in the Soviet Union discuss post WW2. Sep up of the Union Nations -
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Iwo Jima
A critical island for the US to win, US won -
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Battle of Okinawa
Japan's last defensive stronghold, causing the Japanese to kamikaze. The US won the battle in the end. -
FDR dies
F.D.Roosevelt dies in the beginning of his 4th term -
Hitler’s death
Hitler and his wife committed suicide -
V-E Day
General Eisenhower surrenders -
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Potsdam
Truman, Stalin, Churchill, and Clement met to make plans for Germany. Divide Germany in four sections. Divide Berlin from the east. Set up Nuremberg trial to persecute Nazi leaders. -
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Manhattan Project
A project on atomic bombs. Truman allowed the bombs to drop on Hiroshima (Aug 6 1945) and Nagasaki.(Aug 9 1945) -
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V-J Day
(Aug 15 !945) Japan offers unconditional surrender. (Sept 2 1945) Japan has a formal surrender. -
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Nuremberg Trial
Over 23 nations tried Nazi war criminals in Nuremberg, Germany. 12 out of 22 were sentenced to death, 200 officers were found guilty but given lesser charges.