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TIMELINE: January 1942 through June 1942
January 1, 1942
Allies sign the UN Declaration
January 13, 1942
Internment of Japanese-Americans begins
March 8, 1942
Japanese forces take New Guinea
April 9, 1942
American forces on Bataan surrender
April 18, 1942
Doolittle’s raid on Tokyo
May 7, 1942
Battle of Coral Sea begins
May 20, 1942
British leave Burma
May 30, 1942
Great Britain launches a 1000 bomber raid
against Germany
June 4, 1942
Battle of Midway begins



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