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WWII
WWII officially started when Germany attacked Poland -
Pearl Harbor
Japan attacked the US by bombing Pearl Harbor -
Operation Barbossa
Code name for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II -
Battle of Midway
Americans cracked Japanese code and destroyed many japanese carriers -
Battle of Guadalcanal
First offensive battle for the Americans, they discovered that the Japaneses would fight to the death. -
Battle of Alamein
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Operation Torch
British-American invasion of French North Africa -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia, on the eastern boundary of Europe -
Invasion od Sicily
Codenamed Operation Husky, was a major campaign of World War II, in which the Allies took the island of Sicily from the Axis powers -
Battle of Hiroshima
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Invasion of Anzio
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Siege of Leningrad
Prolonged military blockade undertaken mainly by the German Army Group North against Leningrad -
D-Day
Allied Powers crossed into France and began the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi control -
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Took place in Philipppines and Japan used Kamikaze pilots -
Battle of the Bulge
German offensive campaign launched in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe -
Battle of Iwo Jima
United States fought for the island in order to use it for the air strips it provided -
Roosevelts death
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Unconditional Surrender: Hitler blames Jews and commits suicide the next day
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VE Day
The day that the Allies celebrated the defeat of Nazi, Germany, and the end of Adolf Hitler -
VJ Day: Japan surrenders
