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The Japanese bombed the American Naval base in Hawaii. This event led to the declaration of war by the United States.
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President Roosevelt asked permission from Congress to declare war on Japan
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A Japanese air attack of U.S. forces.
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Japanese forces attacked the U.S. base at Midway in order to destroy the U.S. Pacific Fleet's aircraft force.
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A battle for strategic advantage for which ever side claimed it.
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A brutle battle in the city of Stalingrad between the Allies and the German army.
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Allied forces invaded North Africa to create a second front to attack from.
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160,000 allied troops landed along the French coastline of Normandy to fight against the Nazi forces that occupied it.
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Hitler ordered a mass attack on the Allies in order to cut of the armies.
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U.S. forces attacked the Japanese controlled island of Iwo Jima in order to gain a tacticle advantage.
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U.S. forces attacked Okinawa due to its importance to the Japanese.
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Victory in Europe for the Allies when the German army surrended to the Soviets.
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The United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan. One on the city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and the second on nagasaki on August 9, 1945.
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Japan surrendered to the Allies, ending Word War II.
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War crime trails were held for Nazi leaders.
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The Nation of Israel was established.
