the short version of the answer: USA entered World War 2. the long version of the answer: The Imperial Japanese Navy made its attack on Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7, 1941. The surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, was aimed at the Pacific Fleet of the United States Navy and its defending Army Air Forces and Marine air forces. The attack damaged or destroyed twelve American warships, destroyed 188 aircraft, and killed 2,403 American servicemen and 68 civilians. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto reluctantly planned the raid as the start of the Pacific Campaign of World War II, and it was commanded by Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo, who lost 64 servicemen. However, the Pacific Fleet's three aircraft carriers were not in port and so were undamaged, as were the base's vital oil tank farms, submarine pens, and machine shops. Using these resources the United States was able to rebound within six months to a year. The U.S. public saw the attack as a treacherous act and rallied against the Empire of Japan, causing the United States to enter World War II. This attack has also been called the Bombing of Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Pearl Harbor but, most commonly, the Attack on Pearl Harbor or simply Pearl Harbor.
Obviously the main features are WW2 events: Stalingrad, El Alamein, Midway all spring to mind. The turning point of the war, certainly in the East & in North Africa. It is the beginning of the war in the Pacific & Japan has the ascendancy, gaining & holding territory. As Churchill said ' It is not the end, not even the beginning of the end, but it is perhaps the end of the beginning' referring to the turn of events in Africa & Rommels repulse at Alamein & the arrival of Torch. I supopose too, in the US, the realisation of what WW2 was struck home in a big way. And though the US was never really threatned at home, the war effort was a major feature of life.
There are so many major events that took place in 1940 including the Olympics in Japan. The Netherlands came under the rule of the Nazi and Franklin Roosevelt was re-elected as the president of United States among other events.
Germany was at war with Russia (Soviet Union), Japan was at war with with US, Germany declared war on the US four days after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.
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All equestrian events took place in the spectacular hippodrome.
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One of the major events that took place in 2003 was the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon re-entry. Another major event was a subway fire in South Korea, close to 200 people lost their lives in this fire.
There have been a great many major events that took place in the last 20 years. The Iraq War and 9/11 in New York were very major events.
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All equestrian events took place in the spectacular hippodrome.
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