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Pearl Harbor
Japan unprovoked attack of US -
US declares war on Japan
FDR makes speech to congress "...a date that will live in infamy" -
Doolittle Raid
American bombs fall on Japan for the first time -
Battle of Midway
Turning point in war with Japan -
Iwo Jima
Island captured by US Marines raise flag -
Atomic Bomb Dropped
Over 120,000 die at Hiroshima -
V-J day
WWII ends in Japan