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Pearl Harbor was a naval base in Honolulu, Hawaii. On December 7, 1941, just before 8 A.M. On that day, hundreds of Japanese planes came and surprised the USA army. About 2.4 thousand military personnel died, and at least 1 thousand civilians were wounded. This caused President Roosevelt to get permission from congress to declare war with Japan

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In 1942, the United States destroyed Japan's first line of carriers and killed most of Japan's best trained pilots. Midway was a base that Japan was trying to take over to hopefully try and destroy Pearl harbor. This however didn't turn out in favor of Japan because the United States were able to fight against them only suffering minor damages to their bases.

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In August of 1942, the US Marines landed in the Guadalcanal and Tulagi in the Solomon Islands. These landings marked the first allied Pacific attack since the Pearl Harbor attacks. The US won this fight by taking over smaller parts of Guadalcanal and an airstrip that would later be named Henderson Field.

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In 1945, before the battle of Okinawa, the US was trying to capture an airfield for their aircraft. Japan tried to defend themselves but the US came out successful. The US Marines captured around 200 of Japans military personnel. The rest of them were killed off. About 7000 of the Marines died in action and another 20000 were injured. Only about 1000 Japanese personnel survived and were in hiding until 1949. The US used this airfield in preparation for the battle of Okinawa.

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In 1945, Japan and the US would get into aThe battle of Okinawa was when the US was going to takeover land that would be the last part bordering Japan. This was named the bloodiest battle of the Pacific War because of the two countries fighting with all they had. The US won this war but the casualties on both sides made it seem like it didn't do much. Japan lost due to them not having anymore caves and places to hide.

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The Battle of Bulge was marked the last major Germany military offensive in the European theater. In this battle, the Germans had a temporary victory in the region of Ardennes since it stopped allies from invading further. In the battle, Germans captured many American military personnel and held them captive before murdering all of them using the Waffen SS units.

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D-day is an event that happened in 1944 which is when the allies brought in air, ground, and sea forces to invade Normandy which is located in France. This was one of the biggest invasions in history which came with a costly death toll. This event was given the codename, "OVERLORD" and sent 5 major breaches to beaches along Normandy.

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In 1939, the European theater started off with Germany invading Poland which made Britain and France freak out which caused them to declare war. Germany successfully had military superiority over Poland. A week later, Germany and Soviet Russia made a pact and joined in on the invasion. In the end of the invasion, Germany lost about 14000 troops and another 30000 injured. The Polish military however lost about 66000 troops and another 130000 were wounded.

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In 1945, the Western Allies had taken over most of Western Europe, The Soviet conquered most of Eastern Europe, and Germany surprisingly surrendered. Hitler had also supposedly killed himself which made Nazis fearful and scared of what was to come. Germany had to surrender twice in fear that they would fake it. They signed a seize-fire and WW2 ended.

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The North African Campaign is an event that took place in June 1940 and ended in May of 1943. It started from the Axis powers trying to invade and gain control of North Africa. The allies hopped in to protect and fight against the axis. The allies won the battle killing nearly 900,000 Axis power military members and gained another passage to fight against the Axis .

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https://alphahistory.com/worldwar1/german-surrender/#:~:text=The%20domestic%20situation%20in%20Germany,ceasefire%20on%20November%2011th%201918.

https://pressbooks-dev.oer.hawaii.edu/ushistory/chapter/victory-in-the-european-theater/#:~:text=Hitler%20committed%20suicide%20on%20April,end%20of%20the%20long%20ordeal.

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/pacific-strategy-1941-1944