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Pearl Harbor
This is the day the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. -
U-boats sink merchant vessels
Allied merchant ships were sunk by German U-boats. -
Sicily falls
Following the Axis defeat in North Africa Allies persued the Axis to the island of Sicily where the British and US forces invaded the island. Sicilian capital of Palermo fell to the Allies, making Sicily secured.(July 10-22) -
D-Day
Allied troops (US lead by Eisenhower) landed along a 50 mile stretch of French coastline to fight German Nazi's on the beaches of Normandy, France. While the Americans attacked in the west the Russians attacked from the east. Germany was going to lose, but this wasn't the end of the war. (Allied Invasion) This fight was to get Axis out of france/restore France. -
Battle of the Bulge
The Germans made their last counteroffensive of the war. In Ardennes Forest they tried to divided the Allies fronts with a goal of taking Belgian city of Antwerp back. The Germans launched the attack during a heavy snowstorm. Dressed as American soldiers they decieved the Americans creating chaos. By the 24th German troops penetrated French territory making a bulge in the frontline. Germans had to retreat once the weather got better. (divide and conquer) Mc Auliffe said "nuts" to defeat. -
US flag raised on Mt. Suribachi
After winning at Iwo Jima, marines raised the flag atop of Mt. Suribachi. -
Truman becomes President
Before the term ended for President FDR, he died leaving the vice president (Truman) to be the next president. -
Hiroshima
The US dropped an Atomic bomb here as well as Nagasaki. The blast blew up most of the central city, not only did the blast kill people instantly, but the people who didn't die were later affected and died from the radiation. More than 200,000 died.
