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Start of the war in Atlantic/ European theater
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Battle of the Atlantic
The germans used aircraft. This forshadowed Germany loosing the war and that the Germans blockade failed. -
Battle at Pearl Harbor
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Start of war in Pacific theater
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The United States enters the war
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Battle of Coral sea
The first of the Pacific wars fights between opposing aircraft forces. The first major check on the great offensive the Japanese had been at Pearl Harbor. -
Battle of Midway
This was a Japanese offensive in an attempt to make the United States not be a powerful force in the war. -
Battle of Tarawa
This was the first American offensive in the pacific theater and the first japanese opposition of the United States coming from the water. Japan faught to the last man, so U.S lost. -
D-Day
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Battle of the Bulge
This was a large German offensive that lasted 10 days in the Ardennes Forest. This was the largest and bloodiest battle in WWII faught by the United States. -
Hiroshima
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V-E Day
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Nagasaki
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V-J Day
