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The United States and Philippine troops fight the Battle of Bataan on Jan. 1st, Manila is captured by Japanese forces on Jan. 2nd, The last German airraid on liverpool destroys the home of William Patrick Hitler, Adolf Hitlers nephew. After his house is destroyed Willam Hitler goes to the U.S. and joins the Navy to fight against his Uncle on Jan. 10th, Actress Carol lombard dies in a plane crash on Jan. 16th, The First American forces arrive in Europe on Jan. 26th, President Roosevelt signes an Executive order directing the intermment of Japanese Americans and to sieze their property on Feb. 2nd, A Japanese Submarine fires 17 high explosive shells toward an oil refinery near Santa Barbara California causing little damage on Feb 23rd, Bataan Falls and the Bataan death march begins onApr. 9th, Mexico declsres war on Germany,italy,and japan on June 1st, The battle of Midway begins on June 4th, Fort Stevens oregan is fired upon by a Japanese Sub on June 21st, The Battle of Guadalcanal begins onAug. 7th, The Alaska Highway is completed on Oct. 28th, The battle of Stalingrad begins on Nov. 19th, The movie Casablanca premiers on Nov. 26th, A fire at the Coconut Grove night club in Boston Mass. kills 491 on Nov. 28th, Gasoline Rationing begins in the U.S on Dec. 1st, The Manhattan project led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first self sustaining nuclear reaction. A coded message ("The Italian Navigator has landed in the new world") is sent to Franklin D. Roosevelt on Dec. 2nd.
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