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16. Battle of the Bulge:
Started on December 16th 1944. Called the battle fo the bulge because the Germans made a bulge by pushing forward. Very cold snowy winter. Over million men: 500,000 Germans, 600,000 Americans, and 55,000 British. 100,000 Germans casualitites. 81,000 American casualities. 1,400 British casualities. 800 tanks lost total. Malmedy Massacre-86 Americans were captured and murdered by Germans. This battle was the worst battle-in terms of losses-to the American Forces in WWll.
17. FDR Dies-Truman takes over
18. VE Day:
-The day the axis powers surrendered
19. Battle in the Pacific-Island Hopping, Philippines, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa,
-Island Hoppings:
-Philippines:
-Bataan Dath March-americans marches and many got killed by Japanese and were mistreated
-60 mile forcible transfer of 75,000 american POW's
Battle of Coral Sea:
-We won
-body of water right by Australia
-first battle to flee when aircraft carriers came together
-Japanese invade port morisf
-plan called operation MO
-Japense invaded successfully
-Was a major Naval battle between the Japanese Navy and allied naval and air forces from the U.S and Australia
-The battle was the first action in which aircraft carriers engaged each other
-it was also the first naval battle in history in which neither sides ships aw or fired directly upon the other
-while Japan sank more ships than the allies di,it was a stragetic victory for the allies as it was the first time we stopped the japanese from advancing
Midway:
-Widely regardeed as the most naval battle against Japan
-fought between June 4-7
-The Japanese aimed to eliminate the U.S as a stratagic power in the Pacific and believed a victory at midway island would do just that
-U.S Navy decisively defeated the Japanese Navy attack against Midway Island
-Japans navy suffered heavy losses and never recovered from this battle
-Magic played a vital role in the Allied victory
Guadalcanal:
-the Guadalcanal campaign was fought between August 7,1942 and Feb 9 1943 in the Solomon Island Archipelago
-The Guadalcanal campaign was a significant stragic victory by Allied forces over the Japanese in the Pacific theatre
-Guadalcanal marked the transition by the Allies from defensive operations to offensive that resulted in Japans eventual surrender and the end of WWII
Iwo jima:
-was off southern coast of Japan
-bloody battle
-flag raising on Iwo Jima
Okinawa:
-Huge battle
-fleet size was 186,000 troops
-had the most casulaties of any battle
20. Navajo Code Talkers
21. Doolittle's Raid
22. Manhattan Project
23. Hiroshima bombing
24. Nagasaki bombing
25. VJ Day
26. Yalta Conference
27. Nuremburg Trials
28. Japanese Internment Camps in US
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