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Winston Churchill arrived at the White House and for the next 3 weeks worked out war plans with the president.
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Hitler sent submarine raids against ships along america's east coast.
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hitler sank 87 of our ships off the atlantic shore. 7 months into the year Germans had destroyed a total of 681 allied ships.
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107,000 soldiers were sent to north africa to invade the Axis controlled areas.
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German troops begin bombing raids on Stalingrad, and began to invade. Stalin refuses to retread, and instead sends in more troops. Stalin launches a massive counterattack and Hitler refuses to surrender.
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German commander surrenders to the Russian army. The Russians lost 1,100,000 troops in the battle, but after the Battle of Stalingrad, the Russians started advancing westward on the Germans
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99th Pursuit squadron, the first all black squad, arrived in North Africa
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II Duce was taken to the Italian palace, stripped of his power, and was arested.
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An army of 3million land air and sea troops from America, Canada, and Great britan invaded the beaches of Normandy
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The Battle Of the Bulge. a month long battle, Hitlers futile attempt to break through the American lines. The Germans lost 120,000 troops, 600 tanks/assalt guns, and 1600 planes. That was enough so that all the Nazis could do was run
