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“Until December 1941 the battlefield of the Second World War was exclusively European and Atlantic; thereafter it became also Asiatic and Pacific.”

  • UPSC 2000
  • World Wars

The statement captures a real and important turning point: Pearl Harbor (7 December 1941) transformed a European war into a genuinely world war.

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  • The European and Atlantic War, September 1939 - December 1941
  • The Turning Point: Pearl Harbor, December 1941
  • The War Becomes Asiatic and Pacific

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