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Japan invades Manchuria
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Hitler becomes Germany's Chancellor
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Rape of Nanking
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Einstein’s letter to FDR, “The Manhattan Project”
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Germany Invades Poland
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Britain and France Declare War on Germany
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Hitler Invades France
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live in infamy
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
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US declares war on Japan
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Germany and Italy declare war on the US
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Battle of the Coral Sea
May 4th, 1942 to May 8th, 1942 -
Battle of Midway
Jun 3rd, 1942 to Jun 7th, 1942 -
Island Hopping
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Allied Victory in Africa
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Allied Conference in Tehran Start
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the Allies finally successfully take Rome
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D-Day
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Battle of the Bulge
Dec 16th, 1944 to Jan 25th, 1945 -
Philipines campaign
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Iwo jima: invaded to secure airstrip
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Okinawa final land battle
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Death of FDR; Truman becomes president
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Germany surrenders
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V-E Day (Victory in Europe)
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the first atomic bomb detonated in New Mexico.
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First atomic bomb tested in New Mexico
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Atomic Bombings in Hiroshima
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Atomic bombings in Nagasaki
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Japan surrenders