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Japanese bomb pearl Harbor bringing America into world war two. Later compared to them waking a sleeping giant.
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marking the first major Allied offensive victory, halting Japanese expansion and shifting momentum by putting Japan on the defensive. Its significance lies in seizing the strategic airfield Henderson Field
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Forced march of U.S. Filipino prisoners by Japanese forces in the Philippines with starvation, disease and brutality. Allowing bad press to be created against Japan
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boosted American morale and psychologically damage Japan by bombing Tokyo, proving the U.S could strike the home islands after Pearl Harbor
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A decisive U.S. naval victory over Japan major turning point in World War II, where American forces, having broken Japanese codes ambushed an attacking fleet near Midway Atoll, sinking four Japanese aircraft carriers
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Naval battle between Japan and America Americans won with destroying the japanese navy in the process
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American victory by seizing an emergency landing strip and forward base for U.S. bombers targeting Japan. its symbolic portrayal of Marine Corps valor and sacrifice #the flag-raising photo and for demonstrating the extreme ferocity of Japanese resistance as the war neared Japan's home islands.
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a victory for the US but resulted in massive casualties on both sides. Japanese forces fought with the same brutality the Americans had witnessed in battles such as Iwo Jima. Rather than be taken prisoner defenders often chose suicide.
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The atomic bomb forced the Japanese into a surrender that they had vowed never to accept