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Pearl Harbor
Who: Japan bombed American fleet in Hawaii; 2400 people were killed
.FDR asked to declare war with Japan on December 8th
.Germany and Italy (allies with Japan ) declared war on December 11th -
Bataan Death March
Who: American and Filipinos vs. Japan
.10,000 Filipinos and American soldiers died
.Filipinos and Americans surrendered and were sent to prison camps -
Coral Sea (sea battle)
Who: Japan vs. Allies
.Japanese first major setback
.Enemy ships never saw each other
.Allies lost but sank 2 major Japan ships -
Midway
Who: United States vs. Japan
.United States win
.Japan loses major battleships and planes
.Hawaii saved from Japan invasion -
First Battle of El Alamein
When: July 1-27, 1942
Who: Germans (Rommel) vs. Britain
.Germans lose for the first time -
Guadalcanal (land battle)
When: August 7, 1942 - February 21, 1943
Who: Japan vs. United States
.Japanese abandoned canal
.1,500 American deaths
.2,500 Japanese deaths
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D-Day
Who: Allies vs. Germany
.Allies launched invasion on German forces on Normandy
.Allies push through Paris in August
.Allies freed France from German control
.150,000 American deaths
.10,000 Germans killed -
Battle of the Bulge
When: December 16, 1944 - January 25, 1945
Who: Germany vs. Allies
.First attack by jet bombers
.German success lasted 2 days
.Germans lost 100,000
.Americans lost 81,000 -
Iwo Jima
When: February 19 - March 26, 1945
Who: United States vs. Japan
.3 straight days of bombing
.5,885 deaths; 17,272 injuries
.200 Japanese soldiers captured
.United States took control of island -
Tokyo
When: March 9-10, 1945
Who: Japan vs. America
.American planes dropped fire bombs on Tokyo
.100,000 people killed in one night
.Over 16 miles of land burnt -
Okinawa
When: April 1 - June 22, 1945
Who: United States vs. Japan
.10 Kamikaze attacks
.Japanese soldiers urged citizens for mass suicide
.117,000 Japanese soldiers entered war
.Only 7,000 survived
.United States took control -
Hiroshima
Who: American vs. Japan
.America dropped atomic bombs on Japan
.Japan did not surrender -
Nagasaki
Who: America vs. Japan
.America dropped second atomc bomb on Japan
.Emperor Hirohito forced goverment to surrender
.Peace treaty signed on September 2, 1945
