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Germans begin the first in a long series of bombing raids against Great Britain, as the Battle of Britain
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Japanese attacks the US Base Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Kills 3000 Americans, Japanese hoped to set back Americans from the war for a year.
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The Battle of Midway was a turning point for the Allies in the Pacific. The Allies cracked the Japanese codes and figuered out they were coming for another attack. The Allies met them at Midway.
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Soviets stopped the advancement of Germans in Russia. A big disadvantage for the Germans.
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A battle between Germans and Soviets. Germans tried to counter attack the Soviets but the Soviets repositioned and fought off the Germans.
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The invasion of the Ally Army in Normady, largest military attack in history. The Operation was set to free France for the Axis power.
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Germans tried to split the Allies to advance. The Allies fought battle after battle to keep their position. The shape became a buldge which is where the name came from. Despite heavy loses, Patton's army withheld.
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Americans attacked the island of Iwo Jima, it was to advance towards the Japanese coast. The famouse image of soliders raising a flag was taken at the battle.
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The battle was taken on a island which was an important position for the plan of taking out Japan.
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Franklin Roosevelt dies of Cerebral hemorrhage. Succeeded by Harry Truman.
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Hitler knows the Allies are coming to Berlin, takes cyanide and shoots himself in a undisclosed bunker.