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Pearl Harbor attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
On Sunday December 7th, 1941, the United States was surprised by a Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor. Causing lots of damage to the American Naval Fleet. The attack lasted a few hours and it was a day that would forever be remembered that will "live in infamy." -
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Key American Events of WWII
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Manhattan Project
It was a research and development project that produced the first atomic bombs during World War II, including Little Boy and Fat Man. -
Battle of Coral Sea
The Battle of the Coral Sea was fought from 4–8 May 1942. Was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II. It was between the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied naval and air forces from the United States and Australia. -
Battle of Midway
The Battle Of Midwaywas between 4 and 7 June 1942. The United States Navy defeated an Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) attack against Midway Atoll. -
Battle Of El Alamein
The First Battle of El Alamein (1–27 July 1942) was a battle of the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, fought on the northern coast of Egypt between Axis forces. -
Battle Of Guadalcanal
Was fought between August 7, 1942 and February 9, 1943.It was fought 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. -
Invasion Of Italy
The Allied invasion of Italy was the Allied landing on mainland Italy on 3 September 1943, -
D-Day
June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, -
Battle Of Leyte Gulf
Is generally considered to be the largest naval battle of World War II and, by some criteria, possibly the largest naval battle in history. -
Battle Of The Bulge
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. -
Yalta Conference
It 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. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and General Secretary Joseph Stalin, respectively, for the purpose of discussing Europe's post-war reorganization. -
Battle Of Iwo Jima
It 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
It was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War of World War II. -
Victory In Europe Day
It was to mark the date when the World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich -
Victory Over Japan Day
Is a name chosen for the day on which Japan surrendered, effectively ending World War II,
