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Nazi-Germany invades Soviet Russia and breaks the non-aggression pact. This marks the start of World War II
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Germans started by targeting coastal sites and British vessels navigating in the English Channel. It was the initial significant battle conducted solely in the sky
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The attack on Pearl Harbor was caused by the Japanese because Pearl Harbor was a major fueling and oil station for planes and ships. They thought that if they attacked the U.S., it would cripple their Navy.
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Japanese aircrafts attacked and damaged the US base at Midway. The forces of the US Marine Corps located at Midway faced significant casualties.
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Known as the bloodiest battle in all of history, The Battle of Stalingrad had up to as many as 30 million deaths overall. Germany started to invade through Stalingrad and Russia had too many people for the Germans to fully invade.
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Operation Torch was designed to take pressure off of the besieged Soviet Union by opening a second front in the Mediterranean to divert German attention.
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To regain momentum on the Eastern Front, the Germans devised a surprise offensive attack from the north and south, aiming to encircle and annihilate the Soviet troops within the bulge.
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Troops rode into the beaches of Normandy, France and attacked German forces on the coast of northern France
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The U.S fights for and eventually secures the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese. The U.S wanted this land as an airbase to attack Japan's home islands
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The 82 day battle of Okinawa was between Japanese and American troops for the island. The U.S. wins and the island would be used at an airbase.
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Roosevelt won reelection in 1944 but died in 1945 after his physical health seriously and steadily declined during the war years.
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Adolf Hitler, along with his wife Eva Braun, committed suicide in his secret bunker.
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The US wanted to force a quick surrender by the Japanese to reduce the number of American lives lost, so we dropped a bomb on Japan
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We bomb Nagasaki after Hiroshima because the Japanese still didn't surrender after the first bomb.