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Japan attacks the U.S. Naval fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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Interment of Japanese-Americans begins; Executive order 9066 issued by FDR
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The US Navy defeats the Japanese navy at the Battle of Midway.
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Italy surrenders to the Allies; Mussolini escapes
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D-day and the Normandy invasion. Allied forces invade France and push back the Germans
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The Germans launch a large attack in the Battle of the Bulge and lose to the Allies.
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Battle of Iwo Jima; American forces capture island after a fierce battle.
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide as he knows Germany has lost the war.
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Germany surrenders to the Allies.
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The United States drops the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
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Japan surrenders to the Allies, bringing World War II to a close.
