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Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was one of the main factors that got the U.S. Into WWII. The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor because the U.S. would not trade important war materials with them. They resolved to attack the U.S. and go to war when diplomacy didn't work. Image Credit: Britannica -
Japanese-American Internment
Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066. This demands that all Japanese Americans leave their homes and live in an internment camp. This was meant to stop spying for the Japanese but was mostly fueled by racism and hatred that Americans had for the Japanese following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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D-Day
This is when the Allies attacked the Nazis through Normandy. It was a huge win for the Allies, but it led to thousands of deaths, and will forever be remembered as one of the bloodiest battles in modern history. It is often considered the turning point in the fight against the Nazis. Image Credit: The National WWII Museum -
Germany Surrenders
The largest force of the Axis powers surrenders. Nazi Germany is defeated, its leader having committed suicide. This defeat was the start of the end of the war, with Japan's defeat coming less than a year later. There were actually two surrender signings, one on the 7th of May of 1945, and on on the 9th of the same month. Image Credit: Britiannica -
The Bombing of Japan
To convince Japan to surrender, the U.S. used force. They dropped the "Little Boy" nuke on the city of Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945. When the Japanese would still not surrender, the U.S. dropped an even bigger one, "The Fat Man" on the city of Nagasaki just three days later. This led the Japanese to surrender on September 2nd of the same year. Image Credit:(https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196219/little-boy-atomic-bomb/)