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Vichy France Begins
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Battle for Britain
First campaign to ever be fought 100% by air forces. -
Japan Joins Axis
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Hitler Invades USSR
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FDR Approves Shoot on Sight
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Pearl Harbor Attack
What caused the U.S. to declare war on Japan. -
Bataan Death March
Japan harshly treats and murders war prisoners and civilians while prisoners are being moved. -
Battle of Coral Sea
Important loss for Germany against Britain. -
Guadalcanal
Japan reached area to start building airway. -
Battle of Midway
Battle that was most significant in Pacific campaign. -
General Eisenhower and his forces land in North Africa
Landed in North Africa to plan out taking over Sicily and be close. -
US forced out of Philippines
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End of Battle of Staingrad
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D-Day
Day Europe was infiltrated. -
Rome Falls
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MacArthur Returns to Philippines
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Battle of the Bulge
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US flag raised on Mt Suribachi
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Hiroshima Nuclear Attack
1st Nuclear attack. -
Truman now president
Roosevelt passed, Truman takes over. -
Hitler commits suicide
He and wife Eva kill themselves before they can be captured. -
V-E Day
Fighting in Europe over. -
Nagasaki
Second and last nuclear attack on Japan. -
V-J Day
Japan fighting is over. -
Japan Formally Surrenders
Surrenders after two nuclear attacks. -
Japanese ambassadors arrive in DC
they discuss the Pacific island violations.