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The battle of midway was a very large naval battle in the pacific. Winning this helped stop the growth of Japan. It also put the United States in a better position to start shrinking Japans military forces. -
Germany had started the attack on Stalingrad due to it's industrial capabilities. They also took Stalingrad because it allowed them to cut off all sources of trade and additional military deployment. -
Operation Torch was an allied invasion onto French North Africa during the second world war. This was the United States first major victory during World War II. -
The goal of D-Day was to take down nazi troops and help liberate Western Europe. There were roughly 29,000 Americans killed and over 100,000 wounded or missing. For the nazi's there were only 4,000 - 9,000 recorded casualties. -
Germany Surrendered on May 7th, 1945 due to heavy fighting. On April 30th, 1945 Hitler killed himself. Berlin fell to the soviets shortly after. This led Germany to surrender.