World War 2

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    Attack on Poland

    Known as the September Campaign

  • Churchill becoming Prime Minister

    Winston Churchill was also an officer in the Brittish Army
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    Battle of North Africa

    Axis and Allied powers fought in Egyptian and Lybian deserts and in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.

  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    This attack happened on December 8th 1941.

  • The election of FDR

    This was FDR's 3rd term. It was very unusual for a president to run three times. This caused the 22nd amendment to be passed.

  • Battle of Midway

    Was widely known as the most important naval battle for the USA.
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    Battle of Stalingrad

    This was the bloodiest battle in the history of warfare.
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    Battle of Normandy (D-Day)

    Codenamed Operation Neptune.
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    Battle of the Buldge

    This batt;e was also called the Ardennes Offensive and the Von Rundstedt offensive to the Germans.
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    Battle of Iwa Jima

    Codenamed Operation Detachment

  • Battle of Okinawa

    Codenamed Operation Iceberg

  • VE Day

    Allies formally accepted to unconditional surrender of the Nazis
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    Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    6 days after the bombings (August 15th) the Japanese surrendered.

  • VJ Day

    The Japanese surrendered 6 days after the Atomic Bombings
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    Nurenberg Trials

    Tried 24 of the most important Nazi leaders in Germany