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Battle of the Coral Sea
Blocked Japanese drive toward Austrialia -
Battle of Midway
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Battle of Solomon Island
US navy and marines attack Solomon island under Gerneral MacAuthur -
Start Date
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Capture of Guadolcanal
US marines capture Guadolcanal -
Allies defeated Afrika Korps in Tunisia
All through July -
Italians overtherow the government of Mussolini
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Allied forces attack Italy
Continues for 9 months -
Germans rescue Mussolini
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Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met in Tehran, Iran
The Big 3 discuss postwar Europe, the establishment of the United Nations, and Soviet participation in the war against Japan after victory in Europe -
Island hoping began
Admiral NI itz began his "island hopping" through the Central Pacific -
Solomon Island secured by Allies
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Battle of Leyte Gulf
Largest Naval battle ever -
Only 3 U boats remained in the Atlantic
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Allies capture Rome
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Invasion of France
D-Day -
Soviets liberated Warsaw
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US Marines capture countries
All Summer
US marines capture Sagan, Tinian, and Guam -
Attempted Assaination
German officers attempt to assinate Hitler. The failed attempt lead to death of suspected conspirators -
Battle of Normandy
Allies took back Normandy from German troops -
Allied troops liberated Paris
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Soviets took Romania & Bulgaria
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Germany retreats
Germany begins to retreat from France -
Countries freed by Soviet Army
Belgrade, Yugoslavia, and advance on Hungary -
Surprise Offensive
Hitlers orders surprise offensive in Ardennes forest in France and Belgium