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Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor
At 6 am on Sunday December 7th the first wave of Japanese bombers strike -
The United States declares war on Japan.
The United States declares war on Japan. Japan bombs the Philippines -
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Japan extends further across the Pacific
Japan extends further across the Pacific with victories in the Philippines, Guam, Wake Island, the Dutch East Indies, Malaya, and the Solomon Islands -
U.S. troops surrender at Bataan in the Philippines
Only one day after the Japanese bombed the base -
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The U.S, and Japanese navies fight in the Battle of the Coral Sea.
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The Japanese advance is stopped at the Battle of Midway
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U.S. Marines land on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands
We begin to fight for the oil fields and airbases -
U.S. forces land on Iwo Jima, Japan
We battle for the three airfields. On the 5th day of battle 6 marines raise the flag on Mt. Suribachi -
U.S. forces land on Okinawa, Japan
We battle for the airfield vital to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
The "Enola Gay" drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
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The "Bockscar" drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan
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Japan surrenders
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Japan signs surrender documents aboard the USS Missouri