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U-boats controlled the Atlantic
The Battle of the Atlantic, which lasted from September 1939 until the defeat of Germany in 1945, was the war’s longest continuous military campaign. During six years of naval warfare, German U-boats and warships – and later Italian submarines – were pitted against Allied convoys transporting military equipment and supplies across the Atlantic to Great Britain and the Soviet Union. -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attacked the biggest base of the U.S. In the pacific U.S. enters
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US declares war to the axis
It meant US was on uk side -
Early war on the pacific
The U.S. and Japan go to war in the pacific -
Losing ground
General MacArthur lose Hong Kong, Philipines, Guam, Wake island, Australia. Japan is winning U.S. losing. -
Bataan death march
Japanese forced the malnourished and sick troops to March 55 miles up to Bataan Peninsula to reach a railway that tooked them inland and were forced to walk eight more miles -
Doolittle raid
An air raid in Tokyo at noon that killed 50 Japanese and damaged a 100 buildings. -
Japan dominates Southeast Asia and Western pacific
Japan gains ground and advances -
Battle of the coral sea
Battle in which the US and Japan had a naval war in which they didn't see each otherin New Guinea they harmed each other by planes. It ended up Japan retiring from New Guinea. It gave hope to the allies in the Atlantic -
Manhattan project
government research project (1942–45) that produced the first atomic bombs. It was the creation of the weapon that would end ww2 -
Battle of Midway bombing attack
The United States, however, was a growing threat, and Japanese Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto sought to destroy the U.S. Pacific Fleet before it was large enough to outmatch his own. That's why they wanted to decimate U.S. naval force by bombing the island of Midway. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad (July 17, 1942-Feb. 2, 1943), was the successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in the U.S.S.R. during World War Il. it's important stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide of war in favor of the Allies. -
Allies invade North Africa
On November 8, 1942, the military forces of the United States and the United Kingdom launched an amphibious operation against French North Africa, in particular the French-held territories of Algeria and Morocco. That landing, code-named ‘Torch,’ reflected the results of long and contentious arguments between British and American planners about the future course of Allied strategy.. It may have been the most important strategic decision that Allied leaders would make. Made easier moving manpower -
Italy surrenders to the allies
First it allied with the axis but military defeats in the Balkans and North Africa severely dented confidence in Mussolini as a leader and he was ousted in July 1943 by a group of senior military and politicians with King's approval. Germany invaded but when the allies captured Italy -
D-day invasion
resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control. Codenamed Operation Overlord, the battle began on June 6, 1944, also known as D-Day, when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. The invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history and required extensive planning. -
Liberation of Paris
August 25, after Gen. Dwight Eisenhower was assured by Gen. Charles de Gaulle, leader of the French Resistant forces, that Allied troops could now virtually sweep into Paris unopposed it gave the allied more ground -
Battle of Bulge
In December 1944, Adolph Hitler attempted to split the Allied armies in northwest Europe by means of a surprise blitzkrieg thrust through the Ardennes to Antwerp. Caught off-guard, American units fought desperate battles to stem the German advance at St.-Vith, Elsenborn Ridge, Houffalize and Bastogne. As the Germans drove deeper into the Ardennes in an attempt to secure vital bridgeheads, the Allied line took on the appearance of a large bulge, giving rise to the battle’s name. -
Hitler commits suicide
Der Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler, dictator of Germany, burrowed away in a refurbished air-raid shelter, consumes a cyanide capsule, then shoots himself with a pistol, on this day in 1945, as his “1,000-year” Reich collapses above him. It marked a new face in ending and winning WW2 -
Mussolini execution
When he was executed great part of Italy had already fallen to the allies his death was just the final blow to Italy. -
Manhattan Project
government research project (1942–45) that produced the first atomic bombs. It created the final weapon to win the war.
