Major Battles of WWII

Pearl Harbor

The Japanese became outraged when the U.S decided to

_________________________________ in the Pacific.
Isoroku Yamamoto the leader behind the plan to attack
on Pearl Harbor. On the early morning of ___________
___________________________ the Japanese attacked.
The casualties left were 4 battle ships sunk, 4 battle ships
were disabled, and 11 other ships were sunk/damaged.
About 2,330 servicemen were killed.
On December 8 the U. S declares war on Japan and the
U.S was officially involved in WWII.

The Battle of the Atlantic

The Battle of the Atlantic had been going on since September of 1939. The American and British
ships fought to have control over the Atlantic.
It was important to have control of the Atlantic because _______________________ for England
and Soviet Union where shipped by sea.
The Germans relied on U-boats to inflict great damaged to the shipping cargo.
The _____________ began using Sonar to locate and attack __________________________.

Why were European countries

North Africa
and Italy
battling in Africa?

The Germans were threatening to take over the

_________________ and the Oil fields of the Middle East but
were defeated by the _______________, this was the battle of
El Alamein.
In Italy on July 1943, allied soldiers land and take the Island
of Sicily.
Within a few days, Sicily fell and ________________ was
forced from power. Germany came to Italys rescue and both
continued to fight.

D-day and the Battle of

the Bulge

On June 6, 1944 General ________________ leads a

sea assault on Normandy beach in ________ to begin
the invasion of Western Europe and liberate France.
Within three weeks the allies had all of the Normandy
peninsula and by August Paris was liberated.
On December 1944 the Germans launched their last
offensive attack towards the U.S in ______________
_______________. Largest battle ever fought in
WWll and it would lead to the end of German

V-E Day

Americans continued to attack Germany from

Western front while Soviets attacked Germany from
East.
Hitler was found dead in his bunker while the
Russians were approaching.
Berlin surrendered on _____________ Germany five
days later.
Victory in Europe was proclaimed on ___________.

Battle of the Coral Sea

The Japanese were establishing bases in order to invade

Australia.

The Battle of Midway

June 3, 1942 Japanese forces moved into Midway Island

in which they wanted to invade Hawaii.
Americans ________________ and new when they would
attack.
Battle was fought entirely on air,
the____________________________________________.
Japan would begin to retreat.

Iwo Jima

U.S forces landed on ______________________.

Casualties: 6,000 Marines dead, Japan 20,000 dead, 1,000
captured.
Only 200 Japanese surrendered.

Battle of Okinawa

April-June 1945: Japanese Kamikazes launched nearly

________________against British and American fleets.
Bloodiest battle with 30 ships sunk, 300 damaged and
5,000 soldiers dead.

How will all these battles lead to the dropping of the atomic bomb?

Is there one battle in particular that you think was unavailing to the war?

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