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The Royal Air Force protected the UK against a large-scale German air attack
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Japanese planes bombed a U.S. naval base in Hawaii.
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A 66 mile march POWs in the Philippines were forced to walk by the Japanese military
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The U.S. and Japan engaged in a naval battle in the north-central Pacific Ocean.
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The U.S. and Japan engaged in a naval battle in the north-central Pacific Ocean
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Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of Stalingrad.
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D-Day is the day Allied forces invaded France by beach landings in Normandy.
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Battle of the Bulge was Hitler's attempt to push the Allied forces into northwestern Belgium and out of France.
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The day when the Allied forces formally accepted the surrender of Nazi Germany
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The U.S. dropped two bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. The "Little Boy" was a uranium-based bomb dropped on Hiroshima. The "Fat Man" was detonated over Nagasaki.
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Japan surrendered to the Allied forces, ending WWII
