Events from 1942-1945: Flashcards
1
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June 1942
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– American dive -bombers destroy the Japanese aircraft carriers at the Battle of Midway
2
Q
October 1942
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– General Montgomery’s troops defeat the Nazis at El Alamein
3
Q
Febuary 1943
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– German General von Paulus surrenders at Stalingrad
4
Q
July 1943
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– Allies invade Sicily and Italy surrenders
5
Q
Autumn
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– Hitler’s forces on the Eastern Front were defeated.
6
Q
June 1944
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– Britain and the USA invade France. 6 June was known as D-Day
7
Q
August 1944
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– Allies arrive in Paris
8
Q
March 1945
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– Allies cross the Rhine into Germany
9
Q
APRIL 1945
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– Hitler commits suicide
10
Q
May 1945
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– Soviets now in Berlin - Germany surrenders
11
Q
August 1945
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– Cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki destroyed by Atomic bombs to end the war in the Far East.
