Organize Your NotesKey Events of World War II

1942 1943 1944 1945

Key Terms:

Feb. 1943

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• What major victories did the Allies win in 1943?– Nazis beaten in Africa, May 1943– Nazis surrender at Stalingrad, February 1943– Allies capture Sicily (Italy), August 1943

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• What happened to Japanese Americans in World War II?– They were forced into concentration camps

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• List 3 events that led to Germany’s surrender.– D-Day- Allies invade France, June 1944– Allies surround Germany, April 1945– Hitler commits suicide, April 1945

Hiroshima, Japan, before the bomb……and after the bomb

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• Name 2 events that led directly to Japan’s surrender.– Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki