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World War II Starts
Germany invades Poland. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japan attack Pearl Harbor was a military strike. -
Bataan Death March
Was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60-80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war after the 3 month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines -
Battle of Coral Sea
Major naval battle in the Pacific Theater. -
Battle of Midway
The U.S.A navy decisively defeated an Imperial Japanese Navy. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Armed forces of German invade the Soviet Union. -
Invasion of Italy
The northern forces would throw a net across the Italian peninsula while the British army chased the Germans into it from the south. -
Battle of the Bulge
Was a major German offensive launched through the densely forested Ardennes mountain region of Wallonia in Belguim and France. -
Holocaust
Mass murder of 6 million jews -
D. Day
160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. -
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Is considered to be the largest naval battle of World War II. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
a major battle in which the United States Armed Forces fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Empire. -
Battle of Okinawa
Was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War of World War II. -
VE Day
World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditonal surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany. -
Formal Surrender of Japan
General MacArthur directed the representatives of Japan to sign the two Instruments of Surrender, one each for the Allied and Japanese governments.
