World War II

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08/09/1945.....A U.S. B-29 named Bock's Car drops the "Fat Man" atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan.

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08/14/1945.....Japan agrees to unconditional surrender.

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08/15/1945.....V-J day is declared-[Japanese time]-Victory over Japan

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09/02/1945.....Japan signs the formal surrender agreement on board the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.World War II, the most devastating war in human history, is over.

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Pearl Harbor

Total wounded, captured,killed............Allies 3,682..........Axis 65

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ANZIO.....Total killed, wounded and captured..........Allies 43,000............Axis 40,000

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Iwo Jima.....Killed,wounder,captured..........Allies 26,038.......Axis 18,000

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Rhine.....Killed, wounded and captured.....Allies 2,378.....Axis 3,500

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OKINAWA.....Total killed,wounded, and captured.....Allies 82,600.....Axis 124, 755

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Midway.....Total killed, wounded and captured.....Allies 307.....Axis 3,057

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D-Day.....Total killed,wounded, captured.....Allies 10,000.....Axis 9,000

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European Bombing Campaign...They were bucking 70 mile-an-hour head winds--flying forts hit temperatures as low as 58 below zero.

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Aug. 6, 1945...Hiroshima is nuked. However, total deaths are LESS than those from the mar. 9-10 fire bombing of Tokyo.

Let those who detest the nukes and firebombing remember that JAPAN brought on those events by their attack upon Pearl Harbor. THEY sowed the wind; mTHEY reaped the whirlwind!

However, the war is over, so all hostilities should now be abandoned, following the examples of England and France, who'd fought bitterly for centuries before becoming "close friends".

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Guadalcanal.....Total killed, wounded , captured......Allies 7,104.....Axis 32,000

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Operation Market Garden.....Total Killed, wounded and captured.....Allies 17,200.....Axis 9,500

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Philippines.....Total Killed,wounded and captured.....Allies 62,000.....Axis 348,000

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North Africa.....Total killed, wounded and captured.....Allies 1,199.....Axis 3,343

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battle of The Bulge.....Total Killed,Wounded and Captured.....Allies 91.200.....Axis 91, 132

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Anzio.....January 22,1944.....June 5, 1944

Location.....Anzio and Nettuno, Italy

Allies.....United States, United Kingdom and Canada

Axis.....Germany and Italy

Top Commanders.....Allies-Mark Clark, John Lucas and Harold Alexander.....Axis-Albert Kesselring, Eberhard von Mackenson

Strength.....Allies 150,000.....Axis 135,000

Total Killed, Wounded and Captured.....Allies 43,000.....Axis 40,000

Results.....Allied Victory

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Iwo Jima...February 19, 1945-March 26,1945

Location.....Iwo Jima,Japan

Results.....United States victory

Allies.....United States

Axis.....Empire of Japan

Top Commanders.....Allies Holland Smith.....Axis Tadamichi Kuribayaski

Strength.....Allies 110,000.....Axis 18,500

Total killed, wounded, captured.....Allies 26,038.....Axis 18,000