FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICANS
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It prompted Hitler tocommit suicide.
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It enabled the Alliesto finally open a second front in Western Europe.
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It turned the tide ofthe war in the Pacific in the United States’ favor.
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Itgave Japan the upper hand, but only briefly.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The battle injected U.S. forces with confidence and drained Japanese morale, turning the tide of war in the Pacific strongly in favor of the Allies.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Americans lost one carrier, the Yorktown and 307 men. The Battle of Midway was a major turning point in the Pacific theater, shifting the initiative from the Japanese to the Americans, allowing the U.S. to launch the attack on Guadalcanal.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Japanese Navy planned to ambush the Americans in the Battle of Midway, but because American cryptographers were able to determine the logistics of the planned attack, the Americans could plan an effective ambush of their own.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Battle of Midway turned the tide of the war. Japanese and American naval powers were roughly equalized. The war ended three years later, and today the battle is memorialized by such monuments as Chicago Midway International Airport and the Battle of Midway National Memorial.
Detailed explanation-5: -This critical US victory stopped the growth of Japan in the Pacific and put the United States in a position to begin shrinking the Japanese empire through a years-long series of island-hopping invasions and several even larger naval battles.