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U-boats controlled the Atlantic
German U-boats sink United States Navy ships. (October - November 1941) -
Pearl Harbor Attack
Japanese surprise attack on American forces. -
The United States declare war on the Axis Powers
As the news about Pearl Harbor spread across the nation and FDR prepared to adress the Congress, Americans rallied together. After FDR's speech, the House voted 388 to 1 to declare war and the Senated joined them unanimously. -
General MacArthur lose Philippines, Guam, Hong Kong, Wake Island, and Australia
In December 1941, General MacArthur, commander if the U.S. Army foreces in Asia, struggled to hold the U.S. position in the Philippines with little support. This mission grew more daunting after the Pearl Harbor attack occured and the Japanese rapidly took over Guam, Wake Island, and Hong Kong. -
Doolittle Raid
Air raid by the United States on the Japanese capital of Tokyo. It demostrated that Japan was vulnerable to American Air attack, served as retaliation for the Japanese attack in Pearl Harbor. -
Bataan Death March
The forced march of American and Filipino prisoners of war under brutal conditions by the Japanese military. -
Battle of Coral Sea
Japanese and American aircraft battle. -
Battle of Midway
The turning point of the Pacific -
Manhattan Project
Code name for atomic bomb used to end war in the Pacific. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Major battle on the Eastern Front of WW2 between the Soviet Union and the German Nazis over the control of the city Stanlingrad. -
Allies invasion of North Africa
The British-American invasion of French North Africa during the North African Campaign of the Second World War. -
WAC
U.S. Army group established during WW2 so that woman could serve in noncombat roles. -
Italy surrender to the Allies
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D-Day
The Allied Invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War 2 -
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Paris Liberation
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Battle of Bulge
Was a major offensive campaign launched through the densenly forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxenburgo on the Western Front toward the end of the WW2 -
Mussolini execution
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Hitler commits suicide.
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Atomics bombs over Hiroshima
U.S pilots dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. -
United States bomb Nagasaki
The U.S dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, killing 35,000 residents.
