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The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, a Naval Base in Hawaii. The Japanese felt neutralizing the U.S's Pacific Fleet would better their own chances at war. The Japanese planes flew early on a Sunday morning and surprised the whole Naval Base.http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/wwii/jb_wwii_pearlhar_1.html
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President Roosevelt shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor, declared war. A meeting was held with Congress in Washington, and resulted with a declaration of war. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4206060
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Roosevelt declared war in December 1941, and we were involved in the war until September 1945. Our involvement would have been later in the war, but the attack on Pearl Harbor was the last straw.http://www.solpass.org/7ss/standards/MajorEvents.htm
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America arrived at Australia to get rid of enemy troops. Filipino troops, along with our own, surrendered to the Japanese. The Japanese forced troops to walk to camps miles away. This event was called the Bataan Death March, the 65 mile march killed over 5,200 Americans. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pearlharbor/history/wwii_timeline.html
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During the battle of Coral Sea the Japanese attempted to invade New Guinea with brute force. The Japanese were stopped by U.S. New Guinea was thought to have a military motive that Japan wanted to destroy. http://ajrp.awm.gov.au/AJRP/remember.nsf/Web-Printer/D879E4837E327092CA256A99001B7456?OpenDocument
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U.S. Air Force and Royal Air Force begin bombing Germany round- the- clock during the battle of Ruhr. This tactic was used to eliminate Germany's troops. The battle was a campaign of strategic bombing over a 5 month period. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pearlharbor/history/wwii_timeline.html
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Lt. Kennedy commanded the Navy vessel PT-109 on a mission to intercept Japanese ships. The PT-109 was headed for the Blackett Strait, but was sunk by Japanese ships. Kennedy and the crew swam to a coral island, and were rescued with the help of native islanders. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/remembering-pt-109-63427209/
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General Dwight Eisenhower lead our troops, and our allies to invade Normandy, France. This attack was planned to defeat Germany, and liberate Europe. The invasion lead its way into Germany,leading to their surrender. http://www.solpass.org/7ss/standards/MajorEvents.htm
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George Bush piloted a U.S.Navy Torpedo plane that was shot down, but he escaped capture by abandoning the wreckage earlier than the rest of the crew. The torpedo plane was shot down on a bomb raiding mission in Chichi Jima, but only made it to Okinawa. A U.S. submarine rescued him. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/06/george-hw-bushs-comrades-eaten-japanese-pow-guards/
