World War 2 Events

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  1. 1. Japenese city on which the second atomic bomb was dropped
  2. 5. City in Japan, the first to be destroyed by an atomic bomb
  3. 10. Death March American and Filipino soldiers were forced to march 65 miles to prison camps by their Japanese captors, so many of the prisoners died en route.
  4. 11. The first island to be reclaimed from Japanese occupation in WWII; It took 6 months of bitter fighting and heavy casualities, convincing the Allies to use the strategy of "island hopping"
  5. 13. Gulf last great naval battle of World War II; ended Japan's sea power status and allowed for Allied troops to begin retaking the Philippines; MacArthur returns
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  1. 2. Considered a turning point of the European Theater of the war, the Soviets beat the Germans after a long seige . After this surrender, the Soviets will push the Germans out of the USSR.
  2. 3. Jima One of the bloodiest battles in the war; a fight to the death for Japanese soldiers, as the Americans were coming closer to Japan; allowed Americans to launch land-based air raids on Tokyo
  3. 4. Naval battle that was the turning point in the Pacific; the American fleet (aircraft carriers) are able to stop the Japanese advance across the Pacific
  4. 6. Last island to be taken from the Japanese in World War II; the last major battle before the dropping of the atomic bombs
  5. 7. Harbor military base on Hawaii that was bombed by Japan, bringing the United States into World War II.
  6. 8. of Coral Sea Naval battle between Japanese and American forces that stopped the Japanese advance on Australia.
  7. 9. Invasion June 6, 1944, "D-Day", Operation Overlord, Allied invasion of France;a turning point in WWII; beginning of the end for Germany in World War II
  8. 12. June 6, 1944, Led by Eisenhower, over a million troops stormed the beaches at Normandy and began the process of re-taking France.