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German U-Boats were sinking unprotected US and the Allies merchant ships. The US used convoys and sonar technology to locate the U-boats. Germans were successful in the beginning but by mid-1943, the Allies had the advantage.
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Full blown attacks with 2400 lives lost and 18 ships and 350 planes were sunk or damaged. Japan viewed this as a victory as they wanted more land across the Pacific.
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Japanese were taking over the Pacific but the US and Australia stopped them from invading. Japan won the actual battle but the allies were finally figuring out how to stop Japan.
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US launched a surprise attack on Japan on an island in the Pacific called Midway. US were successful.
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Germans violated nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union and attacked hoping to catch their oil fields. Winter hit and forced the Germans to stay put so the Soviet Union used this to their advantage and won.
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Largest land-sea-air operation in history. Nearly 425000 Allied and German troops were killed, wounded or missing at the end of the entire campaign.
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Fought in Belgium as Germany was trying to capture Antwerp. One of the most demanding battles of US military.
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Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill met in Yalta to discuss post WW2. Set up the United Nations
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An island in the Pacific that was critical for the US to take and ended with a victory for the US.
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Japan’s last defensive stronghold. US Win.
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Harry S Truman (Vice president) takes the role as President. Major grieving period for all of America
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Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide by a gunshot and cyanide, their bodies were burned
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General Eisenhower accepted a surrender from the Third Reich. V-E Day (Victory for Europe)
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Leaders met in Potsdam to come up with a plan to disarm Germany and eliminate the Nazi regime. Set up the Nuremberg Trials for the persecution of Nazi leaders.
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Atomic bombs dropped a two cities, Nagasaki and Hiroshima. 200 000 Japanese civilians died
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Over 23 nations tried over 200 Nazi war criminals. 12 were sentenced to death and 200 were given lesser sentences
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Similar trials held for the Japanese with 7 sentenced to death. US occupied Japan for 6 years and called for a new constitution and introduced free market economy