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Allies Turn the Tide
194419431942
• Allies increase production.
• May—Japanese are defeated at Coral Sea.
• June—Japanese are defeated at Midway.
• Nov.—Allies halt German advance in Africa.
• Big Three agree to focus on war in Europe.
• Jan.—Germans surrender at Stalingrad.
• May—Rommel’s army surrenders in North Africa.
• July—Allies land in Sicily.
• Sept.—Italians surrender to Allies.
• Allies bomb German facilities.
• June—D-Day: Allies invade Normandy.
• Aug.—Allies enter Paris.
• Autumn—German defeat seems inevitable.
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