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Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor
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U.S. and Britian declare war on Japan
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First Japanese merchant ship sunk by a U.S. submarine.
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British surrender at Hong Kong.
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Japanese take Singapore
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Battle of Midway
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The Battle of Guadalcanal
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Battle of Iwo Jima
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Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Emperor Hirohito announces surrender of Japan