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    D-day: June 1944 Within a month 1 million Allied troops were stationed in Europe. Allied victory in the battle of the bulge was the Largest and bloodiest battle of the war. In the Pacific, the battle of midway was the Largest navel battle in history.

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    D-day: June 1944 Within a month 1 million Allied troops were stationed in Europe. Allied victory in the battle of the bulge was the Largest and bloodiest battle of the war. In the Pacific, the battle of midway was the Largest navel battle in history.

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    D-day: June 1944 Within a month 1 million Allied troops were stationed in Europe. Allied victory in the battle of the bulge was the Largest and bloodiest battle of the war. In the Pacific, the battle of midway was the Largest navel battle in history.

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    World War II How it ended

    Peace in Our Time!

    How did WWII end in Europe?


    Normandy Invasion: D-Day June 1944
    Within a month 1 million Allied troops were stationed in Europe. Germany is surrounded with the USSR to the east.

    Battle of the Bulge


    December 1944
    German offensive
    Goal to split English and American line Failed in goal
    Germany lost Largest and bloodiest battle of the war

    Germany Surrenders May 1945


    Hitler commits suicide as Russian troops approach Berlin

    Meanwhile, in the Pacific


    June 1942 Battle of Midway US Navy defeats Japanese October 1944 Leyte Gulf Largest navel battle in history Largest battleships ever built 1st time kamikaze aircraft used Allied victory

    Early 1945 Allies take Philippines

    April 1945 Okinawa Largest and bloodiest American battle of war US victory 75,000 US dead 94% of Japanese troops dead

    Japan Surrenders
    September 2, 1945
    August 1945 Soviet Union declares war on Japan Bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Losses of the Major Wartime Powers in WWII, 1939-1945


    Germany
    4.5 million military 2 million civilian

    USSR
    10 million military 10 million civilians

    Japan
    2 million military 350,000 civilians

    Great Britain
    300,000 military 50,000 civilians

    Italy
    400,000 military 100,000 civilian

    France
    250,000 military 350,000 civilian

    China
    2.5 million military 7.4 million civilians

    United States
    274,000 military

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