World War 2 Battles

5. second city to be bombed and led to the end of WW2 in Japan
6. December 7,1941; no one at battle station and Japan attacks.
10. atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and destroyed 60% of the city
11. Japan withdrew into caves and 12,000 Americans were killed. It was also called operation iceberg
12. The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history.
13. 16 B-25 bombers bomb Tokyo on April 18 then land in China
14. 1st city to be bombed but it did not lead to Japan's surrender
15. atomic bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki and 44,000-75,000 died

1. Turning point in the war in Europe
2. Afircan American pilots
3. Evacuated French and Brits to GB
4. 65 mile long running march with no food or water, many were shot for fun or if slow
7. Island geography very bad and Japanese built many tunnels. 6800 marines ended up dying
8. tank offensive to cut of Belgium
9. ships are no longer riveted but now welded