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EUROPE Sept-Dec 1943 (right after Stalingrad)
British push Itally all the way back to Tunisa
Allied forces arrive in Algeria and Morocco
Mussolini Deposed (Italy surrenders, but troops from Germany are still there)
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Early 1944
JAPAN
- America Takes Kwajalein, Solomon Islands, Marshall Islands, and Gilbert Islands
- Google Earth Marshall and Gilbert
EUROPE
- SU take Poland
- Allies meet at Yalta
- USA/GB start firebombing major German cities
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June 1944
JAPAN
- Battle of Philippine Sea
- America takes Mariana Islands which is significant due to B-29 close enough
- America takes Palau, Mortai, Leyte
- At Leyte, Japs go all in, and it is a decisive victory for the Americans...Jap navy destroyed
EUROPE
5th Rome is liberated
6th D-Day (Normandy)
Germany sends V1 rockets into GB
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August - October 1944
SU pushes Axis into Poland
Polish people uprise and start fighting the Axis powers lol
Germany sends V2 rockets into GB
Paris liberated
Athens liberated (Greek civil war begins shortly thereafter)
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December 1944
Battle of the Bulge begins
Most bloody battle for the Americans
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Jan-June 1945
JAPAN
USA takes Luzon and Manilla
USA takes Iwo Jima...very bloody...famous pic, 3 out of 4 die
70,000 USA troops against 22,000 Jap troops
20,000 Japs die and 7,000 USA die
USA firebombs Tokyo
Battle of Okinawa
Tens of thousands of military and civilians die
EUROPE
USA wins Battle of Bulge and make it into West Germany
Soviets take Berlin
Hitler kills himself
May 8th V-E Day
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Aug-Sept 1945
Aug 6 Hiroshima
Aug 9 Nagasaki
SU invade Manchuria
Aug 14 Jap Surrender
Sept 2 V-J Day
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