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Japan invades North China from Manchuria.
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In 1940, the Japanese allied their country with Nazi Germany in the Axis Alliance, and, in the following year, occupied all of Indochina
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The US imposes and ends trade sanctions, hoping to curb Japan's agression in Asia.
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In the spring of 1941, Japanese carrier pilots began training in the special tactics called for by the Pearl Harbor attack plan.
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Submarines depart from Japan to Hawaii.
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Over 2000 Americans were killed. It was the involvment point for the United States in the war.
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Around 7am Radar detects a fleet of unknown aircraft headed toward Oahu
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Japanese airmen end attack and return to Japan
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Congress declares war on Japan
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When the attack ended shortly before 10:00 a.m., less than two hours after it began, the American forces has paid a fearful price. Twenty-one ships of the U.S. Pacific Fleet were sunk or damaged: the battleships USS Arizona (BB-39), USS California (BB-44), USS Maryland (BB-46), USS Nevada (BB-36), USS Oklahoma (BB-37), USS Pennsylvania (BB-38), USS Tennessee (BB-43) and USS West Virginia (BB-48);
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Germany and Italy side with Japan and officially declare war on the United States.
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Japan surprise attacks the Phillipines.
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The Battle of MIdway is widely thought of as the most important naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of World War II. Six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States Navy finally defeated the Japanese Navy in an attack against Midway causing harsh damage on the Japanese fleet.
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Soviet union and Nazi Germany Fight for city of Stalingrad
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German forces surrender at Stalingrad. The first major defeat of a German army since the war began
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Invasion of Normandy, France. Biggest opperation in history with over 160,000 troops landing on June 6th, 1944. 195,700 Allied naval personnel in over 5,000 ships were involved.
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Adolf Hitler committed suicide by gunshot on 30 April 1945 in his Führerbunker in Berlin
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On 4–8 May 1945 most of the remaining German armed forces throughout Europe surrendered unconditionally
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On July 1945, the US threatened Japan with "prompt and utter destruction" Japan ignored the threat,
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American airmen dropped Little Boy on the city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945
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US Airmen drop Fat Man over Nagasaki on 9 August.
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9:00 a.m, The message from the Japanese was broken down to direct Washington to cut off diplomatic relations with America.
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USS Memorial Arizona opened.
