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Island-Hopping
A strategy used by the US in trying to gain the upper hand on the Japanese.
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Annexation of Sudetenland
Germany invaded Czechoslovakia in March 1939. Apart of Czechoslovakia was portioned off to be annexed and what ever was left over was turned into the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. https://www.historyhit.com/sudetenland/ -
The Philippines Dec 8 1941 - May 1942
The Japanese tried to invaded The Philippines but The U.S. was helping defend the islands. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines_campaign_(1941%E2%80%931942) -
Battle of Midway June 4 -7 1942
A huge naval battle between Japanese and the US. https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/battle-midway -
Meeting at Potsdam July 17 - Aug 2 1945
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Hiroshima Aug 6 & 9 1945
The U.S. dropped the atom bomb in retaliation for peral harbor. then another atom bomb on Nagasaki because the Japanese would not stand down.
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Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attacked a naval base on Hanalulu, Hawaii. Bombed the majority of the ships. http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/pearl.htm -
Japanses Interment camps 1942-1945
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Guadalcanal Aug 7 1942 - Feb 9 1943
The U.S. Marines surprise attacked the Japanese. This is the first major victory for the allied powers. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-guadalcanal -
Stalingrad 1942-1943
Hitler ordered German troops to attack and try to capture Stalingrad in Southern Russia. https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-battle-of-stalingrad -
Los Alamos
This lab was set up to put all of the pieces of the atomic bomb together. Was the main building lab for the Bomb.
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D-Day
The day were allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France.
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Meeting at Yalta Feb 4 -11 1945
A meeting between the Big three Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin over what to do about Germany. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/yalta-conference -
Fall of Berlin April 16-24 1945
This is one of the last major stands for the Third Reich in the city of Berlin which was ended when the Soviet Union. http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/berlin.htm -
Death of Hitler
Hitler was locked in his bunker and committed suicide. He was found with a bullet wound on his head.
https://www.history.com/news/hitler-death-cause-teeth-analysis
