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At the start of World War II, the US had multiple territories in the Pacific. The majority of these territories were military bases like Midway, Guam, Wake Island and Hawaii. Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor was what ended up bringing the United States into the war. Japan also launched multiple attacks on other American Territories like ...
Eagle Against the Sun: The American War With Japan (1985) Tillman, Barrett. Whirlwind: The Air War Against Japan, 1942–1945 (2010). Tillman, Barrett. Clash of the Carriers: The True Story of the Marianas Turkey Shoot of World War II (2005). Toll, Ian W. (2011). Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941–1942. New York: W. W. Norton.
1946–1954: First Indochina War. 1947: Official start of the Cold War (see Cold War (1947-1953) and Cold War (1953-1962)). 1947: Independence of India and of Pakistan (Pakistan came into being on August 14, and India on August 15). [6] 1947: UN Resolution 181 on the partition of Palestine in favor of a Two-state solution.
Timeline of the United Kingdom home front during World War II (1939–1945) Timeline of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact (1918–1941) Timeline of Sweden during World War II (1939–1945) Timeline of the Netherlands during World War II (1939–1945) Chronology of the liberation of Dutch cities and towns during World War II
World War II began in Europe on 1 September 1939 [1] [2] with the German invasion of Poland and the United Kingdom and France's declaration of war on Germany two days later on 3 September 1939. Dates for the beginning of the Pacific War include the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War on 7 July 1937, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] or the earlier Japanese ...
This is a timeline of events of World War II in 1939 from the start of the war on 1 September 1939. For events preceding September 1, 1939, see the timeline of events preceding World War II. Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 brought many countries into the war. This event, and the declaration of war by France and Britain two days ...
The history of the United States from 1917 to 1945 was marked by World War I, the interwar period, the Great Depression, and World War II. The United States tried and failed to broker a peace settlement for World War I , then entered the war after Germany launched a submarine campaign against U.S. merchant ships that were supplying Germany's ...
1944–1946: Temporary reoccupation of the Philippines during World War II and in preparation for previously scheduled independence. [citation needed] 1945–1947: U.S. Marines garrisoned in mainland China to oversee the removal of Japanese forces after World War II. [15]