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The Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by the German Air Force. Jul 10, 1940 – Oct 31, 1940
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The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States.
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The forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war
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It was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II.
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The most major confrontation of World War II in which Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. 1942 – February 2, 1943
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The day in World War II on which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy.
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The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II. Dec 16, 1944 – Jan 25, 1945
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The formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces.
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The American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
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Victory over Japan Day is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect ending the war.
