Memory WW2 After 1941Version en ligne Key events from WW2 par Daniel Yoder First Japanese defeat on land Opens a western front in the European Theater. Operation Torch V-E Day Hitler is turned away on the Eastern Front. Guadalcanal D-Day Allies take control of North Africa and can open a front in Italy. Okinawa Winning this means we can supply our European soldiers more easily. Tokyo Bay Mussolini steps down Battle of Midway 4 Japanese carriers are sunk The war in Europe is over. Battle of Coral Sea Atomic bombs dropped here force Japanese surrender. Leyte Gulf Hitler loses an ally to the south. 2nd to the last stop in the island hopping campaign America returns to control the Philippines. After this Hitler will not recover and the allies march on to Berlin. Battle of the Atlantic This is where Japan signs the Unconditional Surrender ending WW2. Iwo Jima From here we can stage air attacks on Japan 1st time the Japanese advance was stopped in the Pacific Hiroshima & Nagasaki Battle of the Bulge Stalingrad