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Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attack the American Naval Base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The Japanese use bombers and torpedoes to attack the base. The base was unprepared against the Japanese. Approximately, 2,400 people died in the attack. By the same token, 200 planes were destroyed by the Japanese. -
War on Japan
The USA declared war on Japan. -
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War
The Axis declared war on the United States. -
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Liberation
The Allies reached Paris. On August 25, the liberated French forces, supported by Allied troops, enter the French capital. Than later in December virtually all of France, most of Belgium, and some part of Netherlands are set free. -
Hitler's Suicide
Hitler committed suicide alongside his wife Eva Braun. The suicide was in his Führerbunker in Berlin. No one knows the exact way he died. The exact cause of death was either from the cyanide capsule he took, or the self inflicted gun shot. The Soviets set fire to both of their bodies. Doused with petroleum their body’s turns to ash. -
Germany Surrenders
Germany surrendered to the western Allies. -
Germany Surrenders
Germany surrendered to the Soviets. -
Atomic Bomb
The US dropped the atomic bomb in Hiroshima. The aircraft, Enola Gay, delivered the bomb. The atomic bomb killed 40 thousand Japanese citizens in an instant. Furthermore, 80 thousand died from radiation poisoning from the bomb. The atomic bomb scarred the generations of people in Japan. -
Atomic Bomb Nagasaki
The Japanese refuse to surrender, so the US dropped another atomic bomb. The destination was at Nagasaki. -
Japan Surrenders
In the aftermath of the two atomic bombs, Japan surrenders to the US. The surrender ends World War 2.
