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WW2 Holocaust
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Japanese Bombs Pearl Harbor (Hawaii)
Japanese also attacked the Philippines, Wake Island, Guam, Malaya, Thailand, Shanghai and Midway. -
U.S. and Britain declares war on Japan
Japanese reaches around Singapore and advances to Thailand. -
Japanese captures the U.S. aquatic base and Manila.
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"First Japanese warship sunk by a U.S. submarine." (The History Place, 1999)
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1st U.S. Navy Raid of the Pacific War (Marshall Islands)
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Japans First Attack on the United States
Results in the Japanese damaging the oil refinery. -
Langley (First U.S.Carrier)- Sunken by Japanese bombers.
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Battle of the Java Sea (Victory)- Largest Warship
USS Houston sunk. Only three survived today. -
War Relocation Authority established in the U.S.
War Relocation Authority established in the U.S. which eventually will round up 120,000 Japanese-Americans and transport them to barb-wired relocation centers. Despite the internment, over 17,000 Japanese-Americans sign up and fight for the U.S. in World War II in Europe, including the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the most decorated unit in U.S. history. -
Admiral Chester Nimitz- Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Theater
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Japanese attack U.S. and Filipino troops at Bataan.
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U.S. forces on Bataan surrenders to the Japanese.
78,000 troops which is one of the largest amount of soldiers to ever surrender. -
Japanese takes central Burma and Tulagi in the Solomon Islands.
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Battle of Midway- U.S. against Japan
Turning point in the war occurs with a decisive victory for the U.S. against Japan in the Battle of Midway as squadrons of U.S. torpedo planes and dive bombers from ENTERPRISE, HORNET, and YORKTOWN attack and destroy four Japanese carriers, a cruiser, and damage another cruiser and two destroyers. U.S. loses YORKTOWN. -
Battle of the Eastern Solomons
Three engagements resulted three kates and three zeros. -
Red Cross declares the refusal of the Japanese of granting protection of ships holding materials for the U.S. POWs.
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Japanese Submarine Torpedo Attack
sinking of the Carrier wasp -
Battle of Cape Esperance
Japanese attacked at the U.S. Pacific fleet -
Battle of Santa Cruz
Japan's Dive bomber explodes above Enterprises's radar during the Eastern Solomons. -
U.S. and Japanese warships brawled proceeded in the sinking of the U.S. Cruiser Juneau including the Sullivan brothers.
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U.S. victory over Japanese in the Battle of Bismarck Sea.
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Admiral Yomamoto
Eighteen fighters then locates and shoots Yamamoto down. -
President Roosevelt declares the execution of airmen from the Doolittle Raid by the Japanese.
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299 deaths- Australian hospital ship sunken by Japanese submarine.
A Japanese submarine sinks the Australian hospital ship CENTAUR resulting in 299 dead. -
U.S. begins submarine warfare against Japanese shipping.
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PT-boats tries to block the Japanese
John F. Kennedy sunken by the Japanese Cruiser Amagiri, killing two and injuring others. -
Indochina
Air raid countering Japanese bases by U.S. planes. -
U.S. Sixth Army attacks Japanese in Manila.
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Japan's Defeat
U.S. Tenth Army completes its capture. -
United Nations Emerges
