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Events That Lead Up To Allied Victory In WW2
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German Defeat At Stalingrad
August 23, 1942 - February 2, 1943. Hitler breaks treaty with Stalin and he pays for it because he lost 841000 men that he could not replace making this the turning point of the war because this is one of first major loss' for the German army. -
Invasion Of Italy
Sep. 4 - 16 1943
Allied Victory -
D-Day Invasion
Invasion started ar 6:30 am on June 6, 1944 and Normandy, France was captured on June 30, 1944. This was were the Americans , Canadians , and Brittish stormed Omaha beach and several others in order to take France back from the Germans. This was one of the more significant battles because even though Hitler was ready for the invasion, in the end he still lost. -
Bombing of Nagasaki
One of two Atomic Bomb drops by the americans -
Italy surenders
Italy gives up -
Battle of Bulge
16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945
Germans fighting French for France German Victory -
Invasion of Iwo Jima
19 February – 26 March 1945
americans take heavly armed island -
Death of Mussolini
29 July 1883 – 28 April 1945
Caught by his gaurds trying to sneak away -
Death of Hitler
he shot himself in the head and poisned his wife and dog -
Battle Of Berlin
16 April 1945 – 2 May 1945
Battle Between Russia and Germany For German capital Germans Eventually surender -
VE-Day
Victory in Europe day End of war -
Invasion of Okinawa
april 1st - june 21st 1945 it was an 82 day long battle
Japan lost over 100,000 troops killed, captured or committed suicide, and the Allies suffered more than 65,000 casualties. -
Bombing of Hiroshima
First bomb droped in Japan -
Japan Surrenders
September 2, 1945
Official japan surrenders to the allies
