1942 Battle of Midway halts the Japanese expansion in the Pacific 1942-1943 Battle of Stalingrad...

1942 • Battle of Midway halts the Japanese expansion in the Pacific 1942-1943 • Battle of Stalingrad ends Nazi advances in Europe 1942 • Battle of l Alamein begins Allied offensive against the Axis powers in North Africa 1944 • D-Day invasion opens second front in Europe, paving the way for final defeat of Germany 1945 • Manhattan Project develops atomic bomb, used to end the war in the Pacific Five Turning Points of World War II

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Page 1: 1942 Battle of Midway halts the Japanese expansion in the Pacific 1942-1943 Battle of Stalingrad ends Nazi advances in Europe 1942 Battle of l Alame.

1942• Battle of Midway halts the Japanese expansion in the Pacific1942-1943• Battle of Stalingrad ends Nazi advances in Europe1942• Battle of l Alamein begins Allied offensive against the Axis

powers in North Africa1944• D-Day invasion opens second front in Europe, paving the way

for final defeat of Germany1945• Manhattan Project develops atomic bomb, used to end the

war in the Pacific

Five Turning Points of World War II

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Country Military Deaths Civilian Deaths

German 3,500,000 780,000Italy 242,000 153,000Japan 1,300,000 672,000

World War II Deaths, Selected Nations, Axis

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Country Military Deaths Civilian Deaths

France 213,000 350,000Britain 264,000 93,000China 1,310,000 1,000,000Soviet Union 7,500,000 15,000,000United States 292,000 6,000

World War II Deaths, Selected Nations, Allies

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• Hawaii governor forced to order internment

(confinement) of Japanese Americans (Nisei)• 1942, FDR signs the removal of Japanese

Americans in four states• U.S. Army forces 110,000 into prison camps• 1944, Korematsu v. United States – Court rules in

favor of internment• After war, Japanese American Citizens League

pushes for compensation• 1988, Congress grants $20,000 to everyone sent to

relocation camp (38 million total)

Internment of Japanese Americans

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Internment of Japanese Americans

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World War 2€¦ · The Battle for North Africa •November 1942: Americans invade Morocco and Algeria (French colonies under German control) •U.S. defeated at the Battle of Kasserine

Battle of Britain to Battle of Stalingrad Sept. 1940 to August 1942.

The Battle of Stalingrad Created by Asadulaeva S. A. July 17, 1942 - February 2, 1943.

Fighting Formations - GMT Games · ORDER OF BATTLE The following is the order of battle for Infantry Division (mot.) Grossdeutschland during the period April 1942 to February 1943.

U.S. ARMY WAR 17013-5050 · 23 Oct-4 Nov 1942 Second battle of El Alamein 8 November 1942 Anglo-American forces land in North Africa 13-24 January 1943 Casablanca Conference 24 January

Battle of Midway - TripodImperial Japanese Navy’s big fleet carriers. The IJN plan began to unravel almost from the start. The Coral Sea battle in May 1942 scratched fleet carriers

1942. Key events Battles of El Alamein Operation Torch Battle of Stalingrad Dieppe Raid Bataan Death March Battle of Midway Battle of Guadalcanal Battle.

$S-~~ · CV2/,\l6-3/(0100 I U.S.S. LLXINGTON 10-fd ~ May 15. 1942. Subject: Report of Action - Tbe Battle of the Coral Sea. 7 and 8 May 1942. made a final inspection and went aft$