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14 Cards in this Set
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V-J Day
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Victory of Japan
September 2 1945 Japan surrenders |
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MacArthur
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Commander of Us land forces in the Pacific
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May 1942 American & japan battle Northeast of Australia's expansion in south Pacific and began the US push of Japanese forces back towards japan
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Battle of Coral Sea
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Allied invasion of France(coast of Norway) from England, attack by sea, land & air. lLargest land invasion in history and allies slowly pushed Germans from the beaches which led to the liberation of france Belgim, Luxembourg and much of the Netherlandss
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D Day invasion
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(september,1942) Soviet troops forced Germany to surrender, & then began pushing thenm back west ward toward Germany
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Stalingrad
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Oct 1942 Allied Forces under general Patton defeated German tank forces at torbuk
Control of North Africa opened way for allied invasion of Italy |
North Africa
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July 1943
allied forces led by the US invaded Italy Italians surrended , butt German forces fight to maintain control of the country Allies slowly push Germans northward out of Italy Italian invasion tricked Hitler into thinking the main invasion was from the south, not France |
Italy
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V-J Day
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Victory of Japan
September 2 1945 Japan surrenders |
|
|
MacArthur
|
Commander of Us land forces in the Pacific
|
|
|
May 1942 American & japan battle Northeast of Australia's expansion in south Pacific and began the US push of Japanese forces back towards japan
|
Battle of Coral Sea
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Allied invasion of France(coast of Norway) from England, attack by sea, land & air. lLargest land invasion in history and allies slowly pushed Germans from the beaches which led to the liberation of france Belgim, Luxembourg and much of the Netherlandss
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D Day invasion
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(september,1942) Soviet troops forced Germany to surrender, & then began pushing thenm back west ward toward Germany
|
Stalingrad
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|
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Oct 1942 Allied Forces under general Patton defeated German tank forces at torbuk
Control of North Africa opened way for allied invasion of Italy |
North Africa
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|
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July 1943
allied forces led by the US invaded Italy Italians surrended , butt German forces fight to maintain control of the country Allies slowly push Germans northward out of Italy Italian invasion tricked Hitler into thinking the main invasion was from the south, not France |
Italy
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