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Annexation of Sudetenland
First they annexed the area around Czechoslovakia called Sudetenland.Then they annexed Czechoslovakia without much preparation -
Pearl Harbor
Bombing by the Japanese in Hawaii to weaken the US pacific fleet. This is what got the US into WW2 -
Los Alamos
This is an area in New Mexico that was used for atomic bomb testing. It is mainly known for the Manhattan project. -
Battle of Midway
6 months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. US hacked Japans codes ad found out about and attack and counter attacked in the pacific. -
Japanese Internment Camps
These where used by the US after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. They were used because Americans could not trust Japs. -
Stalingrad
The largest confrontation of World War II, in which Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. -
Guadalcanal
The first major offensive and a decisive victory for the Allies in the Pacific theater. With Japanese troops stationed in this section of the Solomon Islands, U.S. marines launched a surprise attack -
D-Day
One of the worst battles in WW2. When the Brits, US, and Canadians crossed over the English Channel to take over Normandy -
Fall of Berlin
It was basically the end of WW2. Soviets came in from the West and US came in on the East. -
The Philippines
When US freed Philippines from Japan. -
Meeting at Yalta
Second wartime meeting of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. During the conference, the three leaders agreed to demand Germany’s unconditional surrender and began plans for a post-war world -
Death of Hitler
He did not want to surrender so he took the cowards way out. Brits and US took over Berlin and he would not listen to his Generals. -
Meeting at Potsdam
Last WW2 meeting between Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt. -
Hiroshima
US did not want to lose anymore troops so the bombed two major cities in Japan. The first time an atomic bomb was used. -
Island-hopping
This was a strategy used by the US during WW2. Created by General Arthur.
