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Battle of Midway. Guadalcanal US takes the offensive Island hopping Recapture some islands, while bypassing others Would be used as stepping stones Very.

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1 Battle of Midway

2 Guadalcanal US takes the offensive Island hopping Recapture some islands, while bypassing others Would be used as stepping stones Very successful

3 Battle of the Bulge US troops advance into Belgium- Dec. 1944 Hitler launches counterattack Germans drove Allies back in places but unable to break lines Very costly for both Hitler’s last success

4 On to Berlin March, Allies cross Rhine River April, US and Russian troops meet at Elbe River Hitler commits suicide 1000 year Reich lasts 12 years

5 V-E Day May 7, 1945 Victory in Europe Germany surrenders Celebration time

6 Defeat of Japan Japan- fight to the death Kamikaze pilots- Japanese suicide pilots July 1945- US tests 1 st atom bomb in Alamogordo, New Mexico FDR dies- Truman is President Surrender or face utter and complete destruction

7 Hiroshima & Nagasaki Aug.6, 1945- US drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima “Strong flash of light” Flattened 4 square mi. 70,000 killed instantly Aug. 9- 2 nd bomb dropped on Nagasaki 40,000 killed

8 V-J Day Sep. 2, 1945- Japan surrenders Victory in Japan A-bomb brings quick but controversial end to war

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