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Bombing of pearl harbor
a surprise military strike by the Japanese naval air service -
Battle of coral sea
naval battle between the Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia, taking place in the Pacific Theatre of World War II. -
Battle of midway
a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea. -
Battle of Guadalcanal
a military campaign fought on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theater of World War II -
Operation torch
the Anglo-American invasion of French Morocco and Algeria during the North African Campaign of World War II. -
operation overlord (d-day)
the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II.
