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Attack On Pearl Harbor
When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. -
The Battle of the Midway Begins
At Midway Islands in the Pacific with the Japanese fleet encountering its first major defeat of the war against the United States military. -
The Battle of the Midway Ends
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Developement of the First Atomic Bomb
signed into agreement between the Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Hyde Park, New York. -
The Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. is dedicated on the 200th anniversary
200th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's birth by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. -
D-Day (The Normandy Invasion)
Allied soldiers stormed the beaches of France to begin the World War II invasion of Europe that would lead to the liberation of Paris. -
US retakes the Island of Guam from the Japanese
The United States military begins to retake the island of Guam after Japanese troops had occupied the island during World War II -
Death of Hitler
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The first atomic bomb, the Trinity Test
is exploded at Alamogordo, New Mexico, after its production at Los Alamos -
Bombing run on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan
President Harry S. Truman gives the go-ahead for the use of the atomic bomb with the bombing of Hiroshima. Three days later, the second bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. -
Truman defeats Thomas E. Dewey for presidency
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United States withdraws its troops from Korea.
US soldiers leave Korea after the war has ceased fire.
