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Pearl Harbor
A surprise attack on the Pacific naval fleet with the hopes of disabling the United States naval strength -
Doolittle's Raid
Doolittle leads a team of bombers into Tokyo to bomb military targets. Not very successful, little damage was caused. -
Coral Sea
This was the first actual American battle. Tie -
Midway
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. -
Guadalcanal
first American military offensive. First step to victory -
Operation Fortitude
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. -
Operation Overload
Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe. This day is now known as D-Day -
Battle of the Bulge
Last major German offensive. Tried to push the Allie front line out of northern France -
Iwo Jima
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. -
Okinawa
Last major battle of WWII. American victory
