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America cracks Japanese codes
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roosevet cuts off Japan's oil shipments
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Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor
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Japan marches to the Philippine capital of Manila
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Japan reachedand took over Singapore
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Tokyo and other Japanese cities are bombed and raided
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America with Austrailian support intercept a Japanese strike force headed for Port Morseby in New Guinea
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Japanese planes and ships destroyed from America's counterattack
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America along with Australian support landed on Guadalcanal and the neighboring island of Tulagi and the battle of Guadalcanal began
