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- German U-Boats were sinking unprotected U.S. and other allies' merchant ships. Since German U-Boats began sinking unprotected boatsm, the Allies started to protect ships using convoys
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The japaneses successfully delivered 2 full blown attacks on Pearl Harbor.
The impact/Damage on U.S
- 2, 400 U.S military and civillians lost their lives
- 1,178 U.S military and cilvilians wounded
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-It was during June 4-7, 1942
-The U.S. Admiral Chester Nimitz intercepted Japanese code
- The US lauched a suprise attack on Japan at the pacific island called Midway.
- The USA won that war, Japan lost many military carriers, ships, cruisers, and planes -
- The battle of Stalingrad
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During this time, soviet union was pushing into Poland and the Allies were pushing North in Italy
The normandy invasion was led by Generals Dwight D. Eisehower and George Patton.
-D-Day was the largest land-sea-air operation in world history.
-About 150, 000 Allied troops invade.
- Omaha beach known as one of the brutal areas. -Within 1 month, about a million more troops invaded -
-It was a very brutal war, it was one of the most expenisve battle in U.S. military. About 120 American GIs captured and mowed down by SS machine guns and pistols.
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It was a conference between Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill which they met in Yalta in the Soviet Union to discuss post WWII.
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-It was japan's last defensive stronghold
-Japan used 1,900 kamikaze attacks
-About 110, 00 Jaoanese troops died during these dates
- 7,600- 12,500 U.S troops died
- The U.S. won the battle of Okinawa. -
"Fat man" was the of the bomb that wsa used by the U.S. against Japan.
-It leveled half of the city. -
-Franklin D. Rooosevelt passes away on his 4th term.
-The U.S last in major grieving after the passing of their president.
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- Adolf Hitler and his wife, Eva Braun commited suicide
- They commited suicide in their underground bunker, which was in Berlin. -Their bodies were burned.
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- The Nazi party surrender to the Allies forces.
- General Eisehower accepted a surrender by the Third Reich.
- Since the allies forces defeated the Third Reich, all was left was the japanese.
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The postam was between July-August 1945.
Truman, Churchill, Clement Atlee, and Stalin met in Postdam, Germany.
They all drew up a blueprint to disarm Germany and eliminate the Nazi Reich. -
The Manhattan project was a secret project to built a nuclear Bomb.
-The United States drop a nuclear bomb called " Little Boy' over Hiroshima.
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Agust 15, 1945: Japan offers unconditionals surrender.
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- September 2, 1945: V-J Day, victory in Japan Day (Formal surrender)
