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key american events in wrold war 2
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Pearl Harbor
The japanese atacked the united states -
Battle of Coral Sea
This battle lasted 4 days and was the japanese against united states and austrailia -
Battle of Midway
The war lasted three days the u.s attacked the japanese -
Battle of Guadalcanal
took the americans six months to defeat the japanese -
Battle of El Alamein
this war lasted 20 days was between the allies any egypt -
Invasion of Italy
The allies landing on italy -
Operation Overlord(D-day)
was the allied victory led by hitler -
Battle of Leyte Gulf
lasted 3 days was a allied victory against japanese -
Battle of the Bulge
a major german offensive launched through the forested ardennes maoutain region -
The Yalta Conference
lasted 7 days/was a meeting for the heads of government pf the united states/kingdom and the soviet union -
Battle of Iwo Jima
36 days long the u.s armed forces and fought for and captured the island of iow jima from the japanese empire -
Battle of Okinawa
82 day long battle the allies where approaching japan and planned to use okinawa a large island only 340 mi -
V.E Day
when the allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed force of nazi germany and the end of adolf hitler -
Manhattan Project(little boy)
was the first atomic bomb used by the u.s -
Manhattan Project(fat man)
was a second atomic bomb by the u.s dropped on japan -
V.J Day
the day japanese surrendered and ended wor war II
