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European trate!y

"Europe #irst$ % Ger&any was t'ebi!!est lon!(ter& t'reat )lar!e ar&y*'i!' production+

talin asks ,llies to open -nd.ront inEurope

Paci/c trate!y BUT t'e U didn0t i!nore t'e Paci/c

t'reat


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Paci/c T'eater

1 2ec 34 % ,ttack on Pearl Harbor Most lar!e s'ips sunk or da&a!ed5 &ost

/!'ter planes destroyed

2ec 34 % May 3- % #i!'t in t'e P'ilippines

2ou!las Mac,rt'ur and U troops 'old.orti/cations in Manila

,pr 3- % 2oolittle Raid

bo&bin! o. Tokyo in retaliation .or PearlHarbor

,pr 3- % Bataan 2eat' Marc' U troops taken as P6Ws and .orced to &arc'

to Bataan


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Paci/c T'eater

May 3- % Battle o. 7oral ea New strate!y wit' aircra.t carriers

topped sout'ern 8apanese e9pansion

8une 3- % "attle o$ %idway &'ey Turnin )oint&

Halted 8apanese e9pansion

U acti:ely on t'e o;ensi:e


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Paci/c T'eater

,&erican trate!y< Island('oppin! U Marines and ot'er &ilitary branc'es

"'opped$ .ro& island to island* takin!

control teadily &o:in! toward 8apan

8apanese trate!y< =a&ika>e

Pilots deliberately cras'in! planes intoU s'ips .or &a9i&u& da&a!e


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Paci/c T'eater

#eb?Mar 3@ % Iwo 8i&a Pro:ided e&er!ency airstrips

,pr 3@ % In:asion o. 6kinawa

Pro:ided air base .ro& w'ic' to bo&b 8apan

,&erican trate!y< aturation Bo&bin!

Hea:y bo&bin! .or &a9i&u& da&a!e

Used a!ainst Tokyo to try to draw surrender


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Paci/c T'eater

A ,u! 3@ % U drops ato&ic bo&b onHiros'i&a8apan re.uses to surrender

%an*attan )ro+e,t / Use o$ !to-i,"o-b . 'ey Turnin )oint

,u! 3@ % U drops ato&ic bo&b on

Na!asaki 4@ ,u! 3@ % 8apan announces it will

surrender


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Paci/c T'eater

- ept 3@ % C(8 2ay8apan .or&ally surrenders to Mac,rt'ur

in Tokyo Bay


10/18

European T'eater

Early 3- % ,llies be!in saturation andstrate!ic bo&bin! o. Ger&any aidedby Tuska!ee air&en trate!ic bo&bin! D bo&bin! &ilitary

and industrial tar!ets to slow war e;orts

A support soldiers .or e:ery co&batsoldier


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European T'eater

,u! 3- %an 0 Stalinrad &'ey Turnin )oint&

Hitler wanted Russian oil /elds lon! sie!e

Fon! winter wit' no supplies

Ger&an surrender End o$ er-an ad3an,e in Europe

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U(boat attacks continued t'rou!'out t'e war*but by &id(43* we be!an to di&inis' t'eire;ect


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European T'eater

6ct 3- % "attle o$ El !la-ein &'ey Turnin )oint&

Puts t'e ,9is on t'e de.ense* ,llied

o;ensi:e in Nort' ,.rican be!ins

#all 3-? prin! 3 % 6peration Torc' ,llies take Nort' ,.rica .ro& ,9is Powers

Fed by 4wi*t Eisen*ower andeore )atton


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European T'eater

8uly 3 % ,llied .orces in:ade icily*t'en Italy ,llies control t'e Mediterranean ? supply

routes

ept 3 % Italy0s surrenders a.ter

Mussolini ees to t'e nort'Note5 Fi*tin ,ontinues in Italyuntil 1607


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European T'eater

No: 3 % BIG THREE )U* GreatBritain* o:iet Union+ &eet in Te'ran*Iran

#inally a!ree to open a -nd

.ront in#rance

talin* Roose:elt* 7'urc'ill


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European T'eater

8une A* 433 484ay &'ey Turnin)oint& #irst day o. 6peration 6:erlord* in:asion

o. Nor&andy

upre&e 7o&&ander D 2wi!'tEisen'ower

Opens t*e se,ond $ront in Europe9pa3es way to er-any:s de$eat


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European T'eater

,u! 33 % Fiberation o. Paris

2ec 33 % Battle o. t'e Bul!e )led byPatton+

,pril 3@ % #2R dies* Harry Tru&an beco&es

president

o:iets reac' Berlin

Hitler co&&its suicide

J May 43@ % C(E 2ay )Cictory in

Europe+


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