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Attack on Pearl Harbor
At 07:55 (Hawaiian time), the first wave of Japanese aircraft begin the attack. The naval stations and the air stations are attacked.
The Japanese attack continues for two hours and 20 minutes. When it's over, more than 2,400 Americans are dead and nearly 1,200 wounded. Eighteen ships have been sunk or damaged. More than 300 aircraft have been damaged or destroyed. -
U.S. declaration of war against Japan
President Roosevelt addresses Congress and asks for a declaration of war against Japan, which is approved. -
Battle of the Coral Sea
Was one of the majors naval battles in the Pacific of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and it's allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in southwestern Russia. -
Invasion of Sicily
The Allied invasion of Sicily was a major World War II campaign, in which the Allies took Sicily from the Nazi Germany and Italy. -
Invasion of Anzio
During the Italian Campaign of World War II, was an Allied amphibious landing against Axis forces in the area of Anzio and Nettuno, Italy. -
Invasion of Normandy
he Invasion of Normandy was the invasion and establishment of Allied forces in Normandy, France, during Operation Overlord in World War II. The invasion was the largest amphibious operation in history. -
Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War of World War II. The 82-day-long battle lasted from early April until mid-June 1945. -
Hiroshima's atomic bomb
An American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people; thousands more would later die because of the radiation. -
Japan surrenders
The Japanese navy and air force were destroyed. The Allied naval blockade of Japan and intensive bombing of Japanese cities had left the country and its economy devastated.
