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The Battle of Midway: Anatomy of a Decisive World War II Victory | Battle 360 | History

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D-Day - Normandy Invasion, Facts & Significance

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Codenamed Operation Overlord, the invasion began on June 6, 1944, also known as D-Day, when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region during World War II. The operation was one of the largest amphibious mil…

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-The Battle of Atlantic was the longest continuous military campaign.
-It was a battle to see who could control the Atlantic Sea
-The british were the main navy ad helped the allies the most
-Germany's submarines were very effective in this war just like they were in WW1

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-Whoever controlled the Atlantic also controlled its resources and all the merchant ships in it
-Also the Allies used it to cut off some of Germany's resources, helping them tremendously

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-June 5th, 1942
-Japan was planning to attack Midway, a U.S. controlled island
-halfway between the U.S. and Asia
-U.S. knew about the attack -listened to Japan's radios and cracked their codes
-U.S. ambushed Japan, destroyed 4 battleship

SIG:
-Seen as a turning point in the war for the U.S.
-The U.S. halted Japan's advancement
-3,057 Japan casualties
-362 American casualties

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Visual Representation of the bombing of Iwo Jima

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Visual Representation of the bombing of Iwo Jima

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-November 24,1944
-A battle between japan and america
-American military invaded Iwo Jima in Tokyo, Japan
-America dropped fire bombs on the town
-It was a great strategic point for America to have a large impact.

SIG:
-significant impact on the town in Japan
-Firebombs were things that when dropped would automatically start a fire and spread fast, therefore very controversial
-It was one of the last battles before we dropped the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima.

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-Oct 23, 1944 – Oct 26, 1944
-Battle in the Pacific between America and the Japanese
-The largest naval battle in history
-The first time that the Japanese used kamikaze attacks
- Japanese were able to inflict damages upon American ships but suffered from high casualties
-Japanese became overwhelmed by the amount of supposedly oncoming ships and retreated
-fighting moved into the Philippine's capital of Manila
-MacArthur's troops captured Manila in March 1945
-left the city in ruins and caused the death of over 100,000 civilians, and 80,000 in combat
-more than 80,000

Significance:
-a significant win for the Allies
-Proved that Japanese war values, of winning over life, were not always successful
-Showed the desperation of the Japanese military as they resulted to suicide missions due to the lack of experience pilots

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- December 16, 1944
- Port of Antwerp, Belgium
- Germans surprise attacked the Americans when they advanced toward the German border
- Hitler's goal was to cut off the Allied Supplies that was coming through the Port of Antwerp in Belgium

SIG:
- America won the battle
- German troops began to withdraw on January 8, 1944
- The Germans had suffered more than 100,000 deaths
- They also lost many tanks and aircrafts
- After this battle, Germany had very little resources left from preventing the Allies from entering Germany
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ID: - June 6, 1944
- Allied powers deployed massive troops on France's beaches at Normandy's coast
- 7,000 ships that carried 100,000 soldiers were sent to Normandy's coast
- Also, 23,000 paratroopers were dropped inland
- America attacked at different spots that were code named Utah, Omaha, Gold, Sword, and Juno

SIG: - America captured the Utah Beach in less than 3 hours, and suffered less than 200 deaths
- 2,500 Americans were either killed or wounded at the attach at Omaha Beach
- Although there were many casualties, American forces began to slowly knock out the German Forces
- 35,000 American troops had landed at Omaha, and another 23,000 Americans landed at Utah
- In addition, another 75,000 British and Canadian troops were on shore