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Battle of the Atlantic
German U-Boats sunk unprotected merchant ships
Convoy ships and sonar systems used to protect shipping -
Pearl Harbour
Two attacks by Japan on the USA
Hawaii, USA -
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Battle of the Coral Sea
America lost battle
America stopped Japanese invasion for the first time
Island Hopping used to weaken Japan's forces -
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Battle of Midway
Admiral CHester Nimitz intercepts Japanese code
U.S. launches surprise attack on Island called Midway
U.S. won battle -
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Battle of Stalingrad
Germans attacked Soviet Union to gain Soviet oil fields
Germans controlled 9/10 of the city but couldnt survive the 1943 winter -
Invasion of Normandy (D-Day)
Largest land-see-air operation in history
3 million alliy troops attacked
5 beaches attacked - Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword -
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Battle of the Bulge
Americans defending Belgium against Germans
Germans lost 1,600 planes leading to their defeat -
Yalta conference
Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill met to discuss post WW2
Set up UN
Took place before end of the war throughout -
Iwo Jima
Island in the pacific crucial to America's war effort
27,000 japanese held the island 200 survived
6,000 U.S. Marines lost in battle -
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Okinawa
Japan's last defensive strongpoint
1,900 Japanese Kamikaze attacks
US won -
Passing of FDR
FDR passes away at the beggining of his 4th term
US went through a lengthy grievng period
Harry S. Truman, V.P., takes over as U.S. President -
End of Hitler
Hitler and current girlfriend, Eva Braun, commit suicide
Gun Shot and Cyanide
Bodies burned -
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American Occupation of Japan
Trials held for Japanese war criminals
7 of 28 Japanese leaders sentenced to death
Occupation for 6 years under General Douglas MacArthur
New Japanese constitution with free elections and suffrage for women
Free market economy introduced -
V-E Day
Victory in Europe
Third Reich surrenders
1st part of the war was over -
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Postdam
Allied leaders meet in Potsdam, Germany
Drew up plan to rid Germany of the Nazi regime -
The Manhattan Project - Little Boy
American atomic bomb
Dropped on Japan city Hiroshima
City collapsed in 43 seconds -
The Manhattan Project - Fat Man
American atomic bomb
Dropped on Japan city, Nagasaki
Leveled half the city -
Japan Offers Surrender
Surrender was unconditional -
V-J Day
Formal surrender
Victory in Japan Day -
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Nuremberg Trials
Nazi officials tried under court of law
12 of 22 defendants were sentenced to death
200 other officials found guilty, given lesser sentences