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World War II Begins
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WWII
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Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor
attacked by 353 Japanese fighters ,bombers, torpedoes, and planes in 2 waves. -
U.S. enters World War II
The U.S. enters after being bombed in Pearl Harbor by the Japanese -
Bataan Death March
A long 70 mile march during WWII from Mariveles to San Fernando. -
Island Hopping
Military strategy
employed by the Allies in the Pacific war against Japan and the Axis Powers during World War II. Destroying Japan's main sources of supplies and making them weak. -
Battle of Normandy/D-Day:
Battle between the Allied nations and German forces occupying Western Europe. -
Concentration Camps begin to be liberated
Soviet union liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp. -
Franklin Roosevelt dies and Harry Truman becomes president
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, War President of the United States and the only Chief Executive in history who was chosen for more than two terms, died suddenly. -
V-E Day
also known as Victory in Europe day -
Battle of Midway
which was battle of the war in the pacific..
the Japanese had planned to capture Midway to use as an advance base. -
Postdam conference
also referred to as the Berlin Conference of the Three Heads of Government of the USSR, USA and UK -
U.S. drops the atomic bomb on Hiroshima
the United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the first of two such dropped on Japan this week. -
U.S. drops the atomic bomb on Nagasaki
On this day in 1945, a second atom bomb is dropped on Japan by the U.S. at Nagasaki, resulting finally in Japan's unconditional surrender -
V-J Day
Stands for Victory over Japan Day which was when Japan surrendered and ended WWII.
