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Battle of the Atlantic
-Germany and U.S. involved
-Germany attacked U.S. ships, but the Allies used new technology and sank Germany's ships
-Germany wanted to prevent food and war materials from reaching Great Britain and Soviet Union
-U.S. won and created a new shipbuilding program -
Germany/Italy declares War on U.S.
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Stalingrad
-Germans and Soviet Union involved
-Germans destroyed majority of the city
-Hitler wanted the Soviet oil fields and wipe out the major industrial center of the Volga River
-Soviet's won and marked a turning point in the war for the Allies -
Operation TORCH
-Allies and Germany involved
-Allies invaded North Africa and chased the Arfika Korps
-Wanted to open a second front in Europe and would divert Hitlers troops from the Soviet Union front
-Still took away some land from the Axis power by not stepping on European soil -
D-Day
-Allies and Germany involved
-Allies attacked by massive air and sea bobardment in Normandy, France
-Allies wanted to invade a part of Europe and get back at Germany
-Allies freed France, Belgium, and Luxembourg -
Battle of the Bulge
-Allies and Germany involved
-Germany broke through American defense line
-America captured their first German town, Aachen and Germany wanted to recapture
-Germans lost 120,000 troops, 600 tanks and guns, 1,600 planes and could not replace them and they retreated -
Buchenwald
-One of the largest concentration camps
-Controlled by Nazi Germany in Weimar
-Hitler wanted to get rid of the Jews in mass numbers
-U.S. forces liberated the camp -
PRES Harry S. Truman
-Truman became the 33rd President
-Roosevelt was 32nd and Truman was 33rd
-Roosevelt died of a stroke
-The war was almost over and Roosevelt was not there for the end of it -
VE Day
