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Japan dominated Southeast Asia and Pacific
Also known as the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, it was an imperialist propaganda concept created and promulgated for occupied Asian populations during the first third of the Shōwa era by the government and military of the Empire of Japan. -
Pearl Harbor is Attacked by the Japanese
This triggered the US and officially marked its participation in the war -
US declares war on the Axis Powers
It was declared three days after its declaration towards Japan. -
General MacArthur loses the Philipines, Guam, Hong Kong, Wake Island, and Australia
MacArthur became a living symbol of Allied resistance to the Japanese. -
The journey known as the Bataan Death March occurs
About 2,500–10,000 Filipino and 100–650 American prisoners of war died before they could reach their destination. -
The Doolittle Raid raveges Tokyo
It was an air raid by the United States of America on the Japanese capital Tokyo and other places on the island of Honshu during World War II, the first air raid to strike the Japanese Home Islands. -
Battle at Coral Sea begins
It was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia. -
Battle of Midway begins
Military historian John Keegan called it "the most stunning and decisive blow in the history of naval warfare." -
Stalingrad comes under siege
It was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in Southern Russia, on the eastern boundary of Europe. -
Allies invade North Africa
It was the British-American invasion of French North Africa during the North African Campaign of the Second World War which started on 8 November 1942. -
The start of u-boats controling the Atlantic
It took place during the Battle of the Atlantic, which was the longest continuous military campaign in World War II. -
Women's Army Corp is founded
It was created as an auxiliary unit and converted to full status on 1 July 1943. -
Italy surrenders to the Allies
It was part of the Italian Campaing, which was the name of Allied operations in and around Italy, from 1943 to the end of the war in Europe -
D Day comes into play
The largest seaborne invasion in history, the operation began the liberation of German-occupied northwestern Europe from Nazi control, and contributed to the Allied victory on the Western Front. -
The Liberation of Paris comences
It was a military action that took place during World War II from 19 August 1944 until the German garrison surrendered the French capital on 25 August 1944. -
Strategic bombing continue with the attack of Frankfurt
It is a military strategy used in a total war with the goal of defeating the enemy by destroying their morale or their economic ability to produce and transport materiel to the theatres of military operations, or both. -
Battle of Bulge begins
It was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe. -
The Execution of Benito Mussolini
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician, journalist, and leader of the National Fascist Party, ruling the country as Prime Minister from 1922 until he was ousted in 1943. -
Adolf Hitler commits suicide
Adolf Hitler was a German politician who was the leader of the Nazi Party -
First nuclear device detonated by the Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project was a research and development project that produced the first nuclear weapons during World War II. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. -
Hiroshima is hit by an atomic bomb
Hiroshima is best known as the first city in history to be targeted by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces -
Nagasaki is hit by an atomic bomb
Nagasaki is the second and, to date, last city in the world to experience a nuclear attack.
