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Pearl Harbour
2 full blown attacks on pearl harbour. 2400 US military and civilians lost their lives and 1178 US military and civilians wounded. Japan viewed as stunning history -
USA declares war on Japan.
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Germany and Italy declare war on USA.
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Battle of the Atlantic
Allies began using convoys and sonar system to protect ships. The Germans were successful in the beginning, but by mid 1943, allies had upper hand -
Battle of the Coral Sea
Prior to this battle, the Japanese won every battle and took over the Pacific. USA and Australia stopped Japan from invading and the US began to use the Island Hopping technique to weaken Japan's forces. -
Battle of Midway
Admiral Nimitz intercepted Japanese code. USA launched surprise attack on Japan at the Pacific Island called Midway. -
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Battle of Stalinburg
Germans violated non-aggression pact with Soviet Union and attacked. Soviets lost 1,100,000 million people and began to move westward towards Germany. -
Normandy Invasion (D-Day)
Longest land-sea air operation in history. Soviet was pushing into Poland and Allies were pushing north to Italy. By the end of the Normandy Campaign, nearly 425,000 Allied and German troops were killed, wounded, or missing. -
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Battle of the Bulge
Fought in Belgium and 120 American GI’s captured and mowed down by SS machine guns and pistols. One of the most extensive war of US military. Americans won by close to losing. -
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Potsdam
Truman (Churchill and Clement Atlee) and Stalin met in Potsdam, Germany. They drew up a blueprint to disarm Germany and eliminate Nazi regime. Japan had to unconditionally surrender. -
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Nuremberg Trials
Over 23 nations tried Nazi war criminals in Nuremberg, Germany. 12/23 defendants were sentenced to death. -
Yalta Conference
Took place before WWII was over. Roosevelt, Stalin and churchill met in Yalta in the Soviet Union to discuss post WWII. Set up United Nations -
Iwo Jima
27,000 Japanese held Iwo Jima and lost 26,800 Japanese troops. US won but lost 6000 marines. -
Battle of Okinawa
Japan's last defensive stronghold. They used 1900 Kamikaze attacks and lost 110,000 Japanese troops. The US won. -
President Franklin D. Roosevelt passes away and the US went through a major grieving period. Harry S. Truman takes over as president.
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The end of Hitler
Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide. (Gun shot and cyanide)
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V.E day
Means “Victory in Europe” day. General Eisenhower accepted a surrender by the Third Reich. 1st part of war was over. -
Manhattan Project
Hiroshima turned the whole city to dust in 43 seconds. -
Manhattan Project
Nagasaki leveled half the city. 200,000 Japanese died due to atomic bombs. -
Japan offers unconditional surrender.