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Pearl Harbor
the United States came under attack by the Empire of Japan. The Japanese attacked the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor.2,402 personnel were killed and another 1,282 were wounded. Many other United States facilities at Pearl Harbor were destroyed including the power station, submarine piers, headquarters building, homes, and shipyard, fuel, storage and maintenance facilities. -
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Key American Battles of WWII
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Battle of Coral Sea
Key battle out in the pacific against Japanese American and British fleets stopped the Japanese offensive on Australia. The Allies destroyed one carrier and damaged one other carrier along with severala aircraft. -
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Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway, fought near the Central Pacific island of Midway, is considered the decisive battle of the war in the Pacific. Before this battle the Japanese were on the offensive, capturing territory throughout Asia and the Pacific. By their attack. -
Battle of Guadalcanal
When Japanese troops arrived on Guadalcanal on June 8, 1942, to construct an air base, and then American marines landed two months later to take it away from them, few people outside of the South Pacific had ever heard of that 2,500-square-mile speck of jungle in the Solomon Islands. -
Battle of El Alamein
The Battle of El Alamein, fought in the deserts of North Africa, is seen as one of the decisive victories of World War Two. The Battle of El Alamein was primarily fought between two of the outstanding commanders of World War Two, Montgomery, who succeeded the dismissed Auchinleck, and Rommel. The Allied victory at El Alamein lead to the retreat of the Afrika Korps and the German surrender in North Africa in May 1943. -
Manhattan Project
Many people feared that Hitler would build an atomic bomb after word spread that German scientist had split the uranium atom. This persecution resulted in numerous scientists seeking asylum in the United States. One such scientist was Albert Einstein. Einstein, abandoning his belief in pacifism, urged then president Franklin Roosevelt to develop an atomic bomb before Hitler did. Eventually Roosevelt agre -
Invasion of Italy
The Allobroges offered the first challenge by attacking the rear of his column. Other Celts harassed Hannibal's baggage trains, rolling large boulders from the heights onto the Carthaginian columns, causing panic and death to the victims. -
Operation overlord (D-Day)
Operation Overlord was the code-name given to the Allied invasion of France on June 1944. The commander of Operation Overlord was General Dwight Eisenhower. -
Battle of Leyte Gulf
It is generally considered to be the largest naval battle of World War II and, by some criteria, possibly the largest naval battle in history. -
Battle of the Bulge
In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies were ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. To prevent it, Hitler orders an all out offensive to re-take French territory and capture the major port city of Antwerp. -
The Yalta Conference
Secretary Joseph Stalin met in then-Soviet Ukraine to discuss post-war European reorganization. Stalin refused to break up his dynasty, causing friction which is believed to have led to the bloodless stalemate known as the Cold War -
Battle of Iwo Jima
wo Jima, which means Sulfur Island, was important as an air base for fighter escorts supporting long-range bombing missions against mainland Japan. -
V.E Day -Victory in Europe
Cities in both nations, as well as formerly occupied cities in Western Europe,They put out flags and banners, rejoicing in the defeat of the Nazi war machine. -
Battle of Okinawa
Okinawa was the largest amphibious invasion of the Pacific campaign and the last major campaign of the Pacific War. More ships were used, more troops put ashore, more supplies transported, more bombs dropped, more naval guns fired against shore targets than any other operation in the Pacific. -
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Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway, fought near the Central Pacific island of Midway, is considered the decisive battle of the war in the Pacific. Before this battle the Japanese were on the offensive, capturing territory throughout Asia and the Pacific. By their attack, the Japanese had planned to capture Midway to use as an advance base,
