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US cuts off trade with Japan
United States froze all Japanese assets and cut off all trade including fuel to Japan : Japan gambled by attacking the U.S. fleet at pearl Harbor -
Lend Lease
Allowed the President to lend or lease supplies to any nation deemed vital to the U.S. defense : people were still shocked due to the neutrality in the late 1930s, didn't expect war to last this long -
USA joins allied powers
the USA is now an active participant in war : 4 against 3 -
Pearl Harbor
19 ships sunk, 350 planes destroyed, over 2,400 dead, three US aircraft carriers escape : it completely united Americans -
War in the Pacific : Midway
Location of an important US base in the Pacific, United States won a decisive victory : turning point in the war in the Pacific, boosted USA morals -
D-day
Allied invasion in western France , involved over 200,000 Allied troops, 11,000 aircraft, and 4,000 vessels : led by American General Dwight David Eisenhower -
Yalta Conference
Big 3 meet up to talk about what would happen when Germany is defeated; 1. free elections would be held in Poland, 2. Germany would be occupied by Allied Powers, 3. USSR would reaffirm its commitment to join the war against Japan, 4. Allied Powers would participate in the United Nations : USA in happy with agreement considering they are one of the Big 3 -
Okinawa
About 12,000 US military dead, nearly 40,000 wounded
110,000 Japanese military dead , 80,000 Japanese civilians dead or wounded : get victory for US showing that they has less casualties -
Germany's defeat
Hitler commits suicide April 30, 1945 , Germany surrenders on May 8, 1945 : USA has won war over Germany -
Japanese Surrender
Japan Surrender : War in the US was finished