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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
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Britain and the US declared war on Japan
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the Japanese captured Singapore from the British, taking about 60000 prisoners
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Largest Japanese air raid since Pearl Harbor occurs against Darwin, Australia; Japanese invade Bali
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The USA defeated the Japanese navy at the Battle of Midway. following this victory, the US navy was able to push the Japanese back
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The Japanese generals refused to surrender. The US dropped an tomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima
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Russia declared war on Japan and invaded Japanese-ruled Manchuria
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The US dropped an Atomic bomb on the port of Nagasaki as the Japanese hd not surreneded following Hiroshima
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The Japanese unconditionarlly surrrended to the allies ending the second word war
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US General, Dougas MacArthur, accepted Japan's surrender thus formally ending the second word war
