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Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
On Sunday Dec. 7th, 1941, the United States was surprised by Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor. Causing lot's of damage to the American Naval Fleet. The attack lasted a few hours and it was a day that will "live in infamy". -
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Key American Events of WW2
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The Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project was a research and development project that produced the first atomic bombs during World War II. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. From 1942 to 1946, the project was under the direction of Major General Leslie Groves of the US Army Corps of Engineers. -
Battle of Coral Sea
The battle of Coral Sea was fought from May 4-8 1942. It was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theatre of WW2. The battle was fought between the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied naval and air forces from the United States and Australia. -
Battle of Midway
Battle of Midway was fought from June 4-7 in 1942. The Battle of Midway was the most important naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of WW2. -
Battle of El Alamein
The Battle of El Alamein lasted from 1–27 July 1942 it was a battle of the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, fought on the northern coast of Egypt. -
Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of Guadalcanal was a military campaign fought between August 7, 1942 and February 9, 1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theatre of World War II. It was the first major offensive by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan. -
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The Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of Guadalcanal was a military campaign fought between August 7, 1942 and February 9, 1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theatre of World War II. It was the first major offensive by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan. -
The Invation of Italy
The Allied invasion of Italy was on 3 September 1943. The main invasion force landed around Salerno on the western coast in Operation Avalanche, while two supporting operations took place in Calabria and Taranto. -
Operation overload - A.K.A D-Day
The Normandy landings, codenamed Operation Neptune, were the landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II. The landings started on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 (D-Day), beginning at 6:30 am. -
Battle of Leyte Gulf
The Battle of Leyte Gulf was fought in waters near the Philippine islands of Leyte and Samar from 23–26 October 1944, between combined US and Australian forces and the Imperial Japanese Navy. The Battle of Leyte Gulf, is considered to be the largest naval battle of World War II and, possibly the largest naval battle in history. -
The Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge lasted from December 16, 1944 – January 25 1945. It was a major German offensive launched through the densely forested Ardennes mountain region of Wallonia in Belgium, and France and Luxembourg on the Western Front towards the end of World War II. -
The Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference, was held February 4–11, 1945, was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union, represented by President Franklin D. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was fought from 19 February – 26 March 1945, or Operation Detachment, was a major battle in which the United States Armed Forces fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Empire. -
Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa was an 82-day-long battle lasted from early April until mid-June 1945. After a long campaign of island hopping, the Allies were approaching Japan, and planned to use Okinawa, a large island only 340 miles away from mainland Japan, as a base for air operations on the planned invasion of Japanese mainland. -
The Victory in Europe Day
The Victory in Europe Day commemorates 8 May 1945, the date when the World War II Allies accepted the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich. -
V-J Day
Victory over Japan Day is a name chosen for the day on which Japan surrendered, effectively ending World War II. Japan's surrender was made on August 15, 1945, in Japan.
