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WWII
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The United States declares war on Japan
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"The Blitz"
Between 7 September 1940 and 21 May 1941 there were major raids air and ground. Over 100 tonnes of high explosives were dropped on over 16 British cities including the capital, London, Birmingham, Liverpool and Plymouth,Bristol, Glasgow, Southampton, Portsmouth. -
The U.S. and Britain make defeating Germany their first priority.
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British Bombing on Germany
British naval forces continued air raid on the Nazi occupied port of St. Nazaire. British Bomber Command launched an attack on the German city of Lubeck with 234 Royal Air Force bombers. -
Still Fighting
British naval forces continued the raid on the Nazi-occupied French port of St. Nazaire. -
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The Doolittle Raid
This was the first air raid by the United States to strike the Japanese Home Islands during World War II http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f25-FnGkiwo -
The British bomb Köln
Germany takes a hit for the first time. Over the next three years Anglo-American bombing reduces urban Germany to rubble. -
Japanese are haulted
British and US navies halt the Japanese naval advance in the central Pacific at Midway. -
The longest bombing raid of World War II
1,750 British Lancaster bombers attacked the Polish port of Danzig. -
The battle between German and British troops at El Alamein in North Africa begins.
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US and British troops land at several points on the beaches of Algeria and Morocco in French North Africa.
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British troops recapture Tobruk, Libya.
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British torpedo bombers in action ;Battle of Stalingrad 1942
