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- 1. Japenese city on which the second atomic bomb was dropped
- 5. City in Japan, the first to be destroyed by an atomic bomb
- 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.
- 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"
- 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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- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 6. Last island to be taken from the Japanese in World War II; the last major battle before the dropping of the atomic bombs
- 7. Harbor military base on Hawaii that was bombed by Japan, bringing the United States into World War II.
- 8. of Coral Sea Naval battle between Japanese and American forces that stopped the Japanese advance on Australia.
- 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
- 12. June 6, 1944, Led by Eisenhower, over a million troops stormed the beaches at Normandy and began the process of re-taking France.