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Attack on Pearl Habor, Hawaii
On Sunday Dec. 7th1941, the United State was suprised by a Japanese attack at Pearl Habor. Causing lot's of damage to the american nava fleet. the attack lasted a few hours and its a day that will live "in infamy" -
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Key Events
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Battle of the Coral Sea
The Battle of the Coral Sea a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied naval and air forces from the United States -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway, fought over and near the tiny U.S. mid-Pacific base at Midway atoll, represents the strategic high water mark of Japan's Pacific Ocean war. -
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. -
Battle of Guadalcanal
Conceived by Admiral Ernest King, Commander-in-Chief, US Fleet, Operation Watchtower called for Allied troops to land in the Solomon Islands at Tulagi, Gavutu–Tanambogo, and Guadalcanal. Such an operation would protect the Allied lines of communication to Australia and allow for the capture of a Japanese airfield then under construction at Lunga Point, Guadalcanal. -
Invasion of Italy
The Invasion of Italy was the Allied landing on mainland Italy on 3 September 1943, by General Harold Alexander's 15th Army Group during the war. -
Operation Overlord (AKA) D-DAY
D-Day, also known as Normandy landings, for the invasion of Normandy by the Allies was originally set for June 5, 1944, but bad weather and heavy seas caused Gen. Dwight D Eisenhowerto delay until June 6 and that date has been popularly referred to ever since by the short title "D-Day". -
Battle of Leyt Gulf
Allied leaders elected to begin operations to liberate the Philippines. The initial landings were to take place on the island of Leyte, with ground forces commanded by General Douglas MacArthur. -
Battle of the Bulge
Its objective was to split the Allied armies by means of a surprise blitzkrieg thrust through the Ardennes to Antwerp, marking a repeat of what the Germans had done three times previously--in September 1870, August 1914, and May 1940. -
The Yalta Conference
Conference held in Yalta in February 1945 where Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill planned the final stages of World War II and agreed to the territorial division of Europe -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima was strategically important as an air base for fighter escorts supporting long-range bombing missions against mainland Japan. -
V.E. Day
On this day the Western Allies crossed the Rhine after having smashed through the strongly fortified Siegfried Line and overran West Germany. -
Battle of Okinawa
The largest amphibious assault in the pacific. Also it lead to mass suicide when civilians were told by Japanese soldier told them that American soldiers would go on a rampage of killing and raping. -
"Little Boy"
"Little Boy" was the codename for the first atomic bomb that was dropped on Japan. It was dropped on the town Hiroshima in an attempt stop Japan -
"Fat Man"
This was the code name for the second atomic bomb was dropped over Nagasaki, Japan.
