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Hitler allied with Japan and they hoped for help against USSR
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Pearl Harbor
Japan Unprovoked Attack on the US -
US Declares War on Japan
FDR makes a speech to congress "...a date that will live in infamy" -
Doolittle Raid
American bombs drop in Japan for the first time -
Battle of Midway
The turning point in the war with Japan -
MacArthur Returns to Philippines
Famous speech "I Have Returned" -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Island captured by U.S. Marines Raise Flag -
Atomic Bomb Dropped
120,000 die in Hiroshima -
V-J Day
World War II Ends in Japan
