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Pearl Harbor
When: December 7 1941
Who: Japan bombed American fleet in Hawaii
2400 people killed
FDR asked to declare war with Japan on December 8
Germany and Italy(allies with Japan) declared war on Dec. 11 -
Bataan Death March
When: April 19 1942
Who: American and Filipinos vs. Japan
10,000 Filipinos and Americans soldiers died
Filipinos and Americans surrendered
Sent to prison camps -
Coral Sea
When: May 4-8 1942 (sea battle)
Who: Japan vs. Allies
Japanese first major setback
Enemy ships never saw each other
Allies lost but sank 2 major Japan ships -
Stalingrad
When: 1942-1943
Who: German vs. Russians
Soviets encircled Germans and trapped them with no food
Germans surrendered in January 1943
Turning point in Europe
91,000 Germans imprisoned -
Battle of the Bulge
When: December 16 1944-January 25 1945
Who: Germany vs. Allies
First attack by Jet bombers
German success lasted 2 days
Germans lost 100,000
Americans lost 81,000 -
Hiroshima
When: August 6 1945
Who: American vs. Japan
America dropped atomic bomb on Japan
Japan did not surrender
