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Commander of the US Pacific Fleet Chester Nimitz
Closest US territory to Asia, Japanese attack airfields and land troops in Dec. 1941 Philippines
US commander in the Philippines, FDR orders evacuation to Australia Douglas MacArthur
Defenders of the Philippines are forced to march 65 miles to POW camp, many die along the way Bataan death march
Last resistance to Japanese in the Philippines, surrender May 1942 Corregidor
Leads mission of B-25 bombers from Hornet to attack Tokyo and escape to China James Doolittle
Attack makes Japanese realize they were vulnerable to attack, ordered attacks on US fleet Tokyo
US force attacks Japanese force headed for New Guinea, both sides claim victory, stops Japanese advance to the South in the Pacific Coral Sea
Turning point in the Pacific, US goes on offensive afterwards, Japanese attack hoping to draw out US fleet, leads eventual attacks on US, plan fails Midway
Broke Japanese secret naval code, lead to US discovering Japanese moves in the Pacific codebreakers
Stalin wants Allies to open in Western Europe, FDR, Churchill oppose, believe Allies to weak second front
Churchill wanted to attack on the fringe of Axis controlled areas periphery
Turning point in the North Africa, Afrika Korps led by Gen. Ervin Rommel, defeated by British led by Gen. Bernard Montgomery, stops Axis advance on Suez Canal El Alamein
Allied invasion of North Africa, Morocco and Algeria, Nov. 1942, commanded by Gen. Dwight Eisenhower Operation Torch
US Forces face Germans for first time, defeated Kasserine Pass
New US commander after defeat at Kasserine Pass, leads US to victory George Patton
U-boats sinking Allied shipping Battle of the Atlantic
Groups of cargo ships escorted by navy ships zig zagging across the Atlantic convoy system
US produces ships faster than the Germans can sink, leads to victory in the Atlantic shipyards
Tuning point in the Soviet Union, Germans attack to open the door to oil fields, Soviets manage to surround and force Germans to surrender Stalingrad
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