Major Allied Offensives

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  • Gattle of the Coral Sea

  • US attack Solomon Islands

  • Casablanca

  • Marines captured Guadalcanal

  • The Battle of Stalingrad

    The Soviets force the entire German Sixth Army to surrender. Was the bloodiest battle in human history. About 91,000 taken prisoner.

  • Allies attack Sicily

    Shortly after the Allies defeated the Afrika Korps in Tunisia, they ataked Sicily.

  • Italy overthrows Fenito Mussonini

    Italians overthrew the government of Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.

  • Allied forces attack Italy

    During the next nine months, Allied toops slowly advanced up the Italian peninsula against strong German resistance.

  • Meeting in Iran

    Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met in Tehran, Iran.

  • Admiral Nimitz bagan thrust through Central Pacific

  • Rome is captured

  • D-Day

    Invasion of France

  • Allies broke through German lines around the Normandy beachheads

  • US captures Saipan, Tinian, and Guam

  • Attempt to assassinate Hitler

    Some German officers, convinced that the war was lost, tried to assassinate Hitler.

  • Election of 1944

    FDR wins a 4th term against Thomas Dewey

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