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Pearl Harbour
Japan unprovoked attack of US
FDR makes a speech to Congress "A day that will live in infamy" -
US declares war on Japan
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Dolittle Raid
American bombs fall in Japan for the first time -
Battle of Midway
The turning point in the war with Japan -
MacArthur teturns to Philippines
Famous speech "I Have Returned" -
Iwo Jima
Island captured by US.
Marines raise flag -
Atomic bomb dropped
American bombs fall in Japan for the first time
Over 120,000 people died at Hiroshima -
VJ day
WW2 ends in Japan