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When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, triggered the US to join the war.
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Halted the Japanese invasion of Australia.
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Japanese goal was to destroy the US fleets, but we broke their code and were able to act in time to save ourselves.
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The Japanese march of captured soldiers to death camps.
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Prevented the Axis invading further into Europe.
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US's first major move to take the Japanese island.
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Axis fought the Soviet Union.
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Invasion of French territory.
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Invasion of French beaches.
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Japanese formally surrender in Tokyo.