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A surprise attack on the Pacific naval fleet with the hopes of disabling the United States naval strength
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Doolittle leads a team of bombers into Tokyo to bomb military targets. Not very successful, little damage was caused.
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This was the first actual American battle. Tie
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The United States Navy successfully shut down a Japanese attack against the island of Midway, marking a turning point in the war in the Pacific.
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first American military offensive. First step to victory
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This was an overall deception strategy during the build-up to the 1944 Normandy landings. They used decoys and fake tanks to deceive the Germans.
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Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe. This day is now known as D-Day
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Last major German offensive. Tried to push the Allie front line out of northern France
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The fighting lasted for five weeks. All but 200 of the 21,000 Japanese forces on the island were killed. Almost 7,000 Marines were also killed. The outcome however was an American victory.
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Last major battle of WWII. American victory
