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Battle of Midway
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Roosevelt freezes Japanese assets in USA and suspends relations with Japan
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USA announces oil embargo against aggressor states
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Japanese bomb Pearl Harbour
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USA and Britain declare war on Japan
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Germany declares war on the USA
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US marines land in Guadalcanal
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Island hopping: Allied gains in the Pacific continue (from January 1943)
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Allies invade Philippines
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US forces capture the Marshall Islands. British forces make advances in Burma.
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Japanese begin last offensive in China
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US forces invade Saipan
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US forces recapture the Mariana Islands
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Japanese Navy suffers critical losses in the battle of Layte Gulf
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US forces invade the island of Iwo Jima
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US and Filipino forces take Manila
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US forces invade Okinawa
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First atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
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Soviets declare war on Japan and invade Manchuria
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Second atomic bomb dropped, on Nagasaki
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Japan surrenders
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VJ Day