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Pearl Harbour Bombing
-Suprise military strike conudcted on Dec. 7, 1941
-Japan bombed the American Pearl Harbour in hopes to expand their empire throughout the pacific
-Ultimately led to America's entrance in the war -
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World War II
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Entering the War
-United States entered the war on Dec. 8, 1941
-Germany and Italy declared war on America on Dec. 11, 1941 -
Battle of Atlantic
-Batlle of Atlantic started for Americans on Dec. 8, 1941
-Battle lasted from beginning to end of war
-Allies used convoys to protect ships from German attacks -
Battle of Stalingrad
-Germans violated agreement with Soviet Union and attacked
-Hitler aimed to caoture oil fields
-Soviets lost 1.1 million people
-Soviets won, and continued to advance towards Germany
-Considered turning point in the war -
Battle of the Coral Sea
-Fought between America and Japan
-Prior to the battle Japnese won every battle of the Pacific
-Japan still won, but America stopped their invasion for the first time -
Battle of Midway
-Sea Battle
-American intercepted Japanese coded message
-America launches suprise attack on the island Midway
-Japan suffers greatly -
Normandy Invasion (D-Day)
-3 million allied troops planned to attack
-Largest land and air operation in history
-150,000 troops among battleships were deployed
-425,000 casualties -
France is Freed
-Nazi's lose control over France
-France was free for the first time since 1940 -
Battle of the bulge
-Germans broke American lines
-Bruttle battle
-Battle was extremely close
-200,000 casualties -
Yalta Conference
-Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill met for peace conference
-Set up United Nations -
Iwo Jima
-Iwo Jima was a critical island important to America's victory against the Japanese
-Out of 27 000 Japenese troops defending the island, 26 800 died -
Roosevelt dies
-American President Roosevelt dies of polio
-U.S. goes through grieving period
-Harry S. Truman takes role as President -
The end of Hitler
-Hitler and Newlywed wide commit suicide
-Bodies burned -
V-E Day
-Third reich surrenders
-V-E=Victory day in Europe
-Step one of the war over -
Battle of Okinawa
-Okinowa was Japans last stronghold in the war
-In desparation Japan used 1 900 Kamikaze attacks
-110 000 Japanese troops died -
Potsdam
-Ended in August
Churchill, Clement, Atlee, Truman, and Stalin meed in Potsdam
-Decided how to disarm Germany
-Country split between 4 Ally countries -
Manhattan Project
-Project to develop atomic bomb
-Bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed 200 000 people
-Hiroshima turned to dust
-Nagasaki half destroyed -
V-J Day
-Japan officialy offers surrender on September 2, 1945
-V-J= Victory day in Japan -
U. S. Occupation of Japan
-Trials held for Japanese war criminals
-7 leaders sentenced to death
-U. S. occupied Japan for 6 years
-U. S. introduced free market economy, and a new constitution -
Nuremburg Trials
-Held in Nuremburg, Germany
-Trials to try German Nazi's in court
-12 sentenced to death
-200 sentenced to lesser sentences
-Lasted until October, 1946
