History Unit 8 ~ Battles
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mlawrence17 on April 21, 2012
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Porter-Gaud 7th Semester 2, Gray's Group
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Germany attacked Belgium trying to get to France. The allies kept them out of Paris and the war became a stalemate. | Battle of the Marne |
| Turning point of the war | Battle of the Argonne Forest |
| 300,000+ allied troops had to be evacuated across the English Channel | Battle of Dunkirk |
| Japan launched a sneak attack on the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii | Pearl Harbor |
| The tide finally turned against the Germans on the Russian front | Battle of Stalingrad |
| The Germans forced a "bulge" in allied lines, but Patton's tanks arrived in time, Germany's last stand; famous line "nuts" | Battle of the Bulge |
| MacArthur's forces were finally defeated, Bataan Death March | Bataan |
| A draw, fought entirely by carriers, saved Australia, all air sea battle | Battle of the Coral Sea |
| The tide began to turn against Japan | Battle of Midway |
| The largest naval battle ever, the Japanese fleet was destroyed, MacArthur returned | Battle of Leyte Gulf |
| US Marines got closer to the home islands of Japan, casualties grew; flag raised, Iwo Jima monument | Iwo Jima and Okinawa |
| Invasion of Normandy | D-Day |
| bombed Tokyo | Doolittle's Raid |
| 1st island hopping battle | Guadalcanal |
| aerial battle | Battle of Britain |
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