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June 6 1944- the allies stormed the beaches of Normandy this was the biggest battle that was ever fought. There were 160,000 allied troops that landed along the beaches of Normandy. There was three American one Canadian and three British divisions that defeated Hitler’s army

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December 7 1941- Hideki Tojo the leader of Japan planned a attack on pearl harbor, he sent over 353 aircrafts to try to destroy our military base in the pacific to prevent the us from coming over and striking. The Japanese ended up killing 2403 people destroyed 188 planes and sunk 8 battleships. 1 day after this attack the United States declared war on Japan

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November 1944-The battle of Metz this battle took place right after the allies invaded Normandy; the allies faced very heavy resistance from German forces. This battle lasted for several weeks and resulted in heavy casualties for both sides. The allies did eventually end up defeating the Germans but at a heavy cost.



may 4 1942-Battle of the coral sea a major naval battle that was fought in the pacific ocean between the Japanese navy and the allied navy. This was the first navel battle in history where neither sides ship fired directly upon the other. Although the Japanese technically won the battle in terms of ships sunk it still allowed the American to weaken their navy and would lunch the Guadalcanal campaign.

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January 16 1945-the battle of Berlin this was the last European battle. The read army breached the German front and pushed the Germans westward 30 to 40 kilometers a day until they ended up in Berlin this ended up as one of the bloodiest battles in war history. The red army did end up defeating the Germans.

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October 23 1944-Battle of Leyte Gulf the U.S. naval forces destroy remnants of Japanese navy, the largest navel engagement in history. This battle was fought near the Philippines and the allies attacked the Japanese to push them back to their mainland.

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August 6 1945-The atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. the bomb named little boy was equivalent to 12,500 tons of TNT. As a result the bomb killed 140,000 people directly and killed another 60,000 due to the aftermath of the bomb. The bomb killed not only men but also innocent women and children of all ages

[] August 9 1945- the second atomic bomb nicknamed Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki. This bomb exploded at 1650 feet and had the force of 22000 tons of TNT. 70,000 people died in Nagasaki due to the bombing and almost 140000 died due to the after math of this extremely powerful bomb.

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may 8 1945-victory in Europe day. This was the day that Germany surrendered and the allies won the war in Europe this was an unconditional surrender so Germany excepted full blame and would eventually pay back the allies. []

August 14 1945-victory in Japan day this was the day that Japan surrendered to the allies and the war was over a formal surrender ceremony was performed in Tokyo Japan on the U.S.S Missouri many of the Japanese soldiers were so distraught by the surrender that the actually committed suicide. The atomic bomb is what made Japan realize they could not keep fighting this war.