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Germany being successful in the beginning, but then by mid - 1943, the Allies had the upper hand
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Japan was working on expanding empire throughout the Pacific, the U.S. was able to intercept and break Japan's secret codes.
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The Japanese were winning every battle and taking over the Pacific, soon the U.S. and Australia stopped Japan from invading.
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Admiral Chester Nimitz intercepted Japanese code
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Germans violating a nonaggression pact with Soviet Union and attacked, Germans nearly won controlling 9/10 of the city.
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Soviet Union as pushing into Poland and Allies were pushing North in Italy
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German tanks broke through American lines, they fought in Belgium - Germany was trying to capture Antwerp.
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Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill met in Yalta in the Soviet Union to discuss post WWII
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Truman, (Churchill and then Clement Atlee) and Stalin met in Potsdam, Germany to disarm Germany and eliminate the Nazi regime, creating a blueprint.
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~200,000 Japanese died due to 2 Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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International tribunal court tried Nazi officials, 12 of the 22 defendants were sentenced to death.
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U.S. occupied Japan for 6 years under the direction of General Douglas MacArthur.
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Island in the Pacific that was critical for U.S. win
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Japan's last defensive stronghold, U.S. won.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt passes away, Vice-President Harry S. Truman takes the role as President
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Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide by gunshot and cyanide.
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Victory in Europe day, 1st part of the war was over.
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"Little Boy" -
In 43 seconds, the city collapsed to dust -
"Fat Man" -
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August 15, Japan offers unconditional surrender.
September 2, formal surrender.