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Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japan Unprovoked Attack of U.S. -
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WWII. Japan
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U.S. declares War on Japan
FDR makes speech to congress "...a date that will live in infamy" -
Germany declares War on U.S
Hitler allied with Japan in War against US -
Doolittle Raid
American bombs fall in Japan for the first time -
Battle of Midway
Turning point in war with Japan -
MacArthur returns to the Philippines
Famous speech "I have returned" -
Iwo Jima
Island captured by US. Marines raise flag -
Atomic bomb dropped
Over 120,000 die at Hiroshima -
V-J-Day
WWII ends in Japan