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End of the War

End of the War. Important Offensives. Battle of Stalingrad: put Germany on defensive for rest of war North Africa: Allied victory Dwight D. Eisenhower: U.S . g eneral who led Allies to many victories. Important Offensives. War at Sea

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End of the War

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  1. End of the War

  2. Important Offensives • Battle of Stalingrad: put Germany on defensive for rest of war • North Africa: Allied victory • Dwight D. Eisenhower: U.S. general who led Allies to many victories

  3. Important Offensives • War at Sea • Battle of Midway: Americans defeat Japanese turning the tide of the war • Island Hopping: Allied offensive in the Pacific

  4. Important Offensives • Operation Overlord: Invasion of Northwest France • D-Day: June 6, 1944 • Allied landing on Normandy’s coast

  5. Important Offensives • V-E Day • April 30, 1945: Hitler commits suicide • May 8, 1945: Victory in Europe Day

  6. Victory over Japan • Islands Captured • Iwo Jima: most bitter fighting of war • Okinawa: 263 Allied ships sunk • Kamikazes: suicide attacks by Japanese pilots

  7. Victory Over Japan • Atomic Bombs • Hiroshima: Aug. 6, 1945- 80,000 people killed instantly • Nagasaki: Aug. 9, 1945- 40,000 people died • V-J Day: Sept. 2, 1945 Japan surrenders

  8. Costs of the War • WWII was the most destructive war in history • More than 22 million military personnel died • Upward of 16 million civilians died

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