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Chronology Of Our First Year Of War
A year of global conflict outlined with key events from Pearl Harbor to Allied advances. The timeline lists battles, political moves, ship losses, leadership changes, and major wartime milestones across the United States and world, noting dates, places, and figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
United Press
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Roosevelt
Joint Session of Congress
New York City
Germany
Italy
Guam
Knox
Arizona
Cassin
Downes
Shaw
Oglala
Utah
Navy
Chester W. Nimitz
Husband FE. Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
Army Hawaiian Command
Ernest J. King
U.S. Naval Forces
Churchill
Washington
Wake Island
Manila
Congress
Marshall
Gilbert Islands
U. S. S. Lafayette
New York Harbor
Marshall and
Standard Oil Co
Island
Aruba
Netherlands
Java
Santa Barbara
Cal
Great Britain
U. S.-Britain
Java Sea
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Australia
Pacific
U. S. Navy
New Guinea
Bataan
Tokyo
Yokohama
Kobe
Nagoya
Corregidor
U.S
Solomons
Coral Sea
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
Midway
Aleutian Islands
Lexington
Ryukaku
Winston Churchill
President Roosevelt
F.B.I
Long Island
Florida
Europe
Yorktown
Admiral King
Tulagi
Solomon Islands
Dieppe
French
Continent
S.S. Gripsholm
Orient
Wakefield
Manhattan
Wendell L. Willkie
Stalin
Moscow
Quincy
Vincennes
Astoria
Guadalcanal
Secretary of Navy
Frank Knox
Solomonns
South Pacific
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Vichy
Oran
Algiers
Francois Darlan
North Africa
France
Marseilles
Corsica
Tunisia
Bone
Darlan
French Africa
E. V. Rickenbacker
Dakar