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US joins the war
The United States began to provide significant military supplies and other assistance to the Allies in September 1940, even though the United States did not enter the war until December 1941. -
Japanese Strike
The Japanese military strike on the US naval base Pearl Harbor, was a turning point in WW2 as it led to America's entry into the war. -
War ends in US
World War II ended when U.S. General Douglas MacArthur accepted Japan's formal surrender aboard the U.S. battleship Missouri, anchored in Tokyo Bay along with a flotilla of more than 250 Allied warships.