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Pearl Harbor
Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, the Philippines, Wake Island, Guam, Malaya, Thailand, Shanghai and Midway -
Jap submarine sunk
was the first Japanese merchant ship sunk by a U.S. submarine -
Jap air raid
Largest Japanese air raid occurs against Darwin, Australia and Japanese invade Bali -
Attack on Atoll
122 U.S. Marine raiders are transported by submarine, attack Makin Atoll in the Gilbert Islands -
U.S. submarine warfare
U.S. begins submarine warfare against Japanese shipping -
Invade on Makin and Tarawa
U.S. Troops invade Makin and Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands -
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Leyte Gulf
Battle of Leyte Gulf results in a decisive U.S. Naval victory -
Bombing Nakajima
Twenty four B-29s bomb the Nakajima aircraft factory near Tokyo -
Death of Roosevelt
Roosevelt dies, Harry Truman becomes president -
Soviet declare war on Japan
U.S.S.R. declares war on Japan then invades Manchuria
