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Battle of Britan
Although not US military thousands of US pilots faught in this battle -
Period: to
USA in WW2
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pearl harber
Japan attacks Pearl Harber bringing the US into WW2 -
Battle of midway
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Battle of Guadal Canal
(1942-1943) The first allied victory due to "island Hopping" -
Operation Husky
Alied invasion of Sicaly -
Monte Cassino
a seres of offensives on the Gustav line. -
D-Day
The Allies invade Normendy on the coast of France -
Philippine Sea
The Japanease force tried to flank the US but were vertually anhialated -
Normandy breakout
THe allies push heavily to break out of the Normandy BeachHead -
Operation Market Garden
The larges paratroop drop in history, the allies attempted to cross the Rhine. The operation failed -
Battle of the bulge
(1944-1945) The nazis hoped to split the Us line. However the US line held -
Iwo Jima
The US landed on the volcanic island of iwo Jima -
Okinawa
largest amphibious assault in the pacific -
US drops First atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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US drops bomb on Nagasaki
THis leads to Japans surrender