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The attack of Barbarossa gave Nazi Germany's invasion of Russia the name Operation Barbarossa.
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The Japanese launched what was known as a surprise air attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor.
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Major WWII Events in American History.
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An air attack on Japan, launched from the aircraft carrier better known as the Hornet.
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The decisive battle of the war in the pacific, known as The Battle of Midway.
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MacArthur was evacuated from the Philippines by the order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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One of the most familiar battles of the Eastern Front: The Battle of Kursk.
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On June 4, Rome was Liberated, and the Allies had passed beyond Florence by late September.
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June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy,
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Three divisions of four planes were launched from the USS cabot at 0800 hours to join other fighter aircraft from the 14 other aircraft carriers to fly (Combat Air Patrol) CAP.
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The "Little Boy" was the first nuclear weapon used in warfare.
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On this day in 1945, a second atom bomb is dropped on Japan by the United States, at Nagasaki, resulting finally in Japan's unconditional surrender. The devastation wrought at Hiroshima was not sufficient to convince the Japanese War Council to accept the Potsdam Conference's demand for unconditional surrender.
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The United States and Great Britain bombard battleships in Kimaishai, Japan.
