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Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese to force us to stay neutral but it back fired on them.
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China declares war on japan for attacking the U.S
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First Japanese merchant ship sunk by a U.S. submarine in the pacific ocean.
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German-Japanese-Italian military agreement signed in Berlin
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First U.S. aircraft carrier offensive of the war as Yorktown and Enterprise conduct air raids on Japanese bases in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands.
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First U.S. carrier, the Langley is sunk by Japanese bombers.
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Battle of Bloody Ridge on Guadalcanal.
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President Roosevelt announces the Japanese have executed several airmen from the Doolittle Raid.
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The U.S. Army Air Force begins preparations for dropping the Atomic Bomb by establishing the 509th Composite Group to operate the B-29s that will deliver the bomb.
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First Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima from a B-29 flown by Col. Paul Tibbets to end the war
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Second Atomic Bomb is dropped on Nagasaki from a B-29 flown by Maj. Charles Sweeney -- Emperor Hirohito and Japanese Prime Minister Suzuki then decide to seek an immediate peace with the Allies.
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United Nations is born. Oct. 24 1945, Lake Success, NY