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Pearl Harbor
preemptive military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu. -
Bataan Death March
was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war -
Battle of Midway
decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place on June 4, 1942, six months after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor -
Iwo Jima and Okinawa
Both engagements occurred towards the end of the Pacific War, as the United States sought to capture strategically important territories ahead of a planned invasion of Japan. -
Atomic Bombings of Japan
The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6, 1945, respectively, with the consent of the United Kingdom -
V-J Day
Victory over Japan Day is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect bringing the war to an end.
