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Pearl Harbor
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, this was the majior tactical victory Japan had over the U.S. -
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Key American Events of WWII
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Battle of Coral Sea
It was a major naval battle in the Pacific, between Japanese Navy vs. U.S. & Australia air forces. Also this was the first time were aircraft carriers engaged each other. -
Battle of Midaway
This was the most important naval battle of WWII. It was fought in the Pacific, the U.S. decisively defeated Japan. -
Battle of El Alamein
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Battle of El Alamein (1st Battle)
Was a battle of the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, fought on the northern coast of Egypt between Axis forces (Germany and Italy) of the Panzer Army Africa -
Battle of Guadalcanal
It lasted for 6 months & 2 days, it was the first major offensive by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan. -
Project Manhattan (Atomic Bomb)
It was a project that produced the first Atomic Bomb in WWII -
Battle of El Alamenin (2nd Battle)
Allies' victory marked a major turning point in the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War -
Invasion of Italy (WWII)
Allied landing on mainland Italy, Allied offensive in Italy resulted in the surrender of all German forces on May 2, 1945. -
Battle of Normandy (Operation Overlord - D~ Day)
It was an operation that launched the invasion of German-occupied western Europe during World War II by Allied forces. 12,000 plane airborne assault preceded an amphibious assault involving almost 7,000 vessels. Nearly 160,000 troops crossed the English Channel on 6 June. More than 3 million troops were in France by the end of August. -
Battle of Leyte Gulf
It was possibly the largest naval battle in history between US and Australian forces and the Imperial Japanese Navy. United States troops invaded the island of Leyte as part of a strategy aimed at isolating Japan. -
Battle of Bulge
Major German offensive launched through the densely forested Ardennes mountain region of Wallonia in Belgium, and France and Luxembourg on the Western Front -
Yalta Conference
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin; for the purpose of discussing Europe's post-war reorganization. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
A major battle in which the United States Armed Forces fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Empire. -
Battle of Okinawa (Operation Iceberg)
It was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War of World War II.[4][5] The 82-day-long battle lasted from early Apri -
Victory in Europe (V. E. Day)
Mark the date when the World War II Allies formally accepted the surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's, ending the war in Europe -
September 2nd 1945- Victory over Japan Day
A ceremony that was aboard aboard the United States Navy battleship USS Missouri. At which officials from the Japanese government signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender.
