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Pearl Harbor
The Japanese, who were alredy waging war against the chinese, attacked the US pacific fleet at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, as a preliminary to taking British, French, and Dutch colonies in South East Asia -
Britain and US declare war on Japan
Britain and the US declared war on Japan -
Japanese take Singapore
the Japanese captured Singapore from the British, taking about 60000 prisoners -
Air Raid
Largest Japanese air raid since Pearl Harbor occurs against Darwin, Australia; Japanese invade Bali -
Battle of Midway
The USA defeated the Japanese navy at the Battle of Midway. following this victory, the US navy was able to push the Japanese back -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
The Japanese generals refused to surrender. The US dropped an tomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima -
Russia declares war on Japan
Russia declared war on Japan and invaded Japanese-ruled Manchuria -
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
The US dropped an Atomic bomb on the port of Nagasaki as the Japanese hd not surreneded following Hiroshima -
Japanese surrender
The Japanese unconditionarlly surrrended to the allies ending the second word war -
Macrthur accepts Japan's surrender
US General, Dougas MacArthur, accepted Japan's surrender thus formally ending the second word war
