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Mexico declares war on Germany, Italy, and Japan.
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Further heavy bombing of industrial sites in Germany.
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In the Battle of Midway, the day opens with Admiral Nagumo's attack on the air defences of the island.
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Japanese forces invade Attu and Kiska. This is the first invasion of American soil in 128 years.
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As The Battle of Midway comes to a close; the USS Yorktown sinks.
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A Japanese submarine fires several shells into a residential area in Sydney but with little effect.
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Rommel pushes the Free French forces out of Bir Hakeim.
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The United States opens its Office of War Information, a centre for production of propaganda.
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At the Gazala Line, the British position has become untenable.
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British General Auchinleck sends Churchill a reply to the latter's telegram of the 14th, saying in part, "...I have no intention whatever of giving up Tobruk."
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Tobruk has become surrounded by German forces.
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Manhattan Project is started, the beginning of a scientific approach to nuclear weapons.
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Afrika Korps recaptures Tobruk, with 35,000 men captured; the road to Egypt is now open as the British retreat deep into Egypt.
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The German plan to capture Stalingrad and the Soviet Union oil fields in the Caucasus, begins.
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United States deploys II Corps to the European Theater.
