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US in the European TheaterPearl Harbor______________________________________________-2987801549700“A date that shall live in ____________________________”Empire of Japan Attacked the US Navy trying _______________________________________________ 607568034798000-31578521717000In little more than _________________________ Japanese military destroyed or damaged ____ American war shipsDamaged or destroyed __________military aircraft ____________ Americans died and ______________ wounded___________________our Pacific FleetUnited States and the European Theater - WWII Heroes and Horrors568071030162500The Big 3FDRUnited StatesWinston ChurchillGreat Britain Josef StalinSoviet Union Alliance between two ___________________________ and one __________________________ leaderUneasy allianceMeet several times________________and __________________ become friendsUnconditional surrenderAllied Forces United States of AmericaBritainAustralia France USSR/ Russia/ Soviet UnionPlus several others 11582409906000Total __________ Nations Plan of Attack ________________________________________________________________________Military Plan_________________________________ on Germany and Italy _________________________ on Germany Peripheral strikes in the _________________________Direct ____________________ on ____________________________StalingradMight be the _______________________________________________________ ______________________________ for the Germans on land-37465019621500Destroys the German ___________________________ Germany is in retreat from the east until the reach BerlinStalin is angered because Allies did not help and the Russian took the brunt of this attack Lasts __________________________________________________________317436513589000Operation Torch___________________________________________________________________Brits had been there since ______________________________________________ leaderTurning point of the warFirst FrontOperation Overlord___________________________________________________________________ stormed _____ beachheads at Normandy coast800,000 more men within 3 weeks; 3 million494728514795500Causalities: 2,245 Allies killed 1,670 wounded SignificanceEstablished a strong _____________________ ( Russia VERY happy) August 1st 1944 Allies enter into ParisEnd of the summer 414909022923500_______________________________________________Battle of the Bulge _________________________________Germans last _________________________Move against US positions _________________________________5640070-45720000101st Airborne Div.____________________________ US Troops killed Stopped Hitler’s Last gasp counter offensiveVictory over Europe-27940025844500January advancing toward Germany Attack ______________________ with fire bombs killing __________________________ and destroying factories and rail lines38354005715000 April 1945US approached Berlin form the west while Soviets come from the East Italian resistance collapsingMussolini caught by Italian resistance and killed Hitler goes into a _______________________________________ Germany surrenders _______________________________________________Movies On (Europe) WWIIBand Of BrothersSaving Private Ryan Fury We were soldiersThe Monuments Men King’s Speech Valkyrie The Pianist Red Tails Saints and SoldiersThe Imitation GameEnemy at the GatesThe Great Escape30099002668905001809750268287500768985267017500-36068026803350058477152611120004030980267462000 -4254547942500 ................
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