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Start of the War in Pacific Theatre
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Start of the War in the Atlantic/European Theater
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Battle of the Atlantic
This was the longest military campaign running from 1939 to the defeat of Germany. It was a naval blockade by the Allied forces on Germany -
Battle of Britain
This was an air war waged by Germany on Britain during the summer of 1940. It was the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces -
Pearl Harbor
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U.S. Joins War
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Bataan Death March
It was the forcible transfer of war prisioners by the Japanese army. It was a 128 km march filled with beatings and murder. The death toll when they reached camp O'Donnell was between 2,500 and 10,000 -
Battle of the Coral Sea
It was a major naval battle between Allied forces and Japan. it was the first battle where aircrafts fought each other. Allied won -
Battle of El Alamein
This was a battle fought in the desert of Africa. El Alamein was a small, bottleneck town. The Allied forces stopped Rommel from advancing to help Germany. -
Battle of Midway
This was the most important battle of the Pacific Campaign. Six months after Pearl Harbor, the U.S. attacked the Japanese Navy inflicting irrepriable damage to the fleet -
D-Day
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V-E Day
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Hiroshima
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V-J Day
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Nagasaki
