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Lasted from 1941-1943
1942-1943: Germans took the offensive and took 9/10 of Stalingrad
January 31,1943: German Commander surrendered
February 2, 1942- German troops surrendered -
US was attacked in Hawaii and we lost many men and several ships. This attack brought the US into WWII
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Two Days after Pearl Harbor, the US join forces with Britain
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Prim Minister Churchill arrived at the White house and made war plans with Roosevelt for the next 3 weeks
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Hitler attempted to make Britan and the USSR quit the war by cutting off their supplies from the US but failed
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Doolittle led 16 bombers in the attack on Japan
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America and Australia slowed the Japanese drive toward Australia in 5 days
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Japanese carriers were bombed and attacked when a scout plane found the Japanese fleet. Island hopping was becoming more successful.
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107,000 Allied troops landed in Casablanca, Oran, and Algiers
May 1943: Afrika Korps surrendered -
King Victor Emmanuel III told Mussolini "You are the most hated man in Italy" and the Italians finally started to celebrate the end of the war
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First day of the invasion. It was the largest land-sea-air operation in army history.
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Soviets came upon the Death Camps and found guards burning the body's
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Germans captured 120 Americna soldiers near Malmedy
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1945-1949: War criminals were put on trail and half were sentenced to death and most of the rest were went to prison.
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Japan was occupied by US forces under command of General MacArthur. 1100 Japanese guards were sent to prison and seven were sentenced to death.
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As the allies pushed toward victory in Europe, Roosevelt met the Big Three at the Black Sea as they toasted the defeat to Germany.
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A heavily guarded spot with 20,700 Japanese soldiers entrenched. 6,000 marines died taking the desolate island.
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When the Japanese used kamikaze attacks it sank 30 ships, damaging more than 300 more, and killed 5,000 seamen
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Roosevelt died and wasn't able to see V-E Day
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Hitler wrote his last address to the German people and soon after he shot himself.
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600,000 americans were involved in the atomic bombing of Japan
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Aug. 6th & 9th: The US dropped Fat Boy and Skinny Man over Hiroshima and Nagaski.
