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Annexation of Sudtenland
Before WWII, leaders in Western Europe had a policy of appeasment on Germany. They didn't want Hitler to invade Czechoslovakia, so they let him annex Sudetenland. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese airplanes planned a surprise attack on the U.S. Navy in Pearl Harbor. They destroyed ships and killed many people. The attack is the reason the U.S. entered WWII. -
Stalingrad
A military campaign between Russian forces and Nazi Germany+the Axis powers. Nearly 2 million people were killed or injured. This battle turned the tide of WWII in favor of the Allied forces. -
Battle of Midway
Fought almost entirely through aircrafts. The U.S. destroyed Japan's first-line carrier strength. It brought the Pacific naval forces of Japan and the U.S. to a military struggle. -
Guadalcanal
Sea clashes between Japan and Allied forces. Americans had 1,600 killed, 4,200 wounded, and several thousand dead from diseases. -
D-Day
Allied Forces invaded northern France, starting in Normandy. More than 9,000 Allied soldiers were killed or wounded. Although that allowed 100,000 soldiers to begin their journey to beat Hitler. -
The Philippines
They played a crucial role in WWII. The Americans had lots of troops stationed on the islands. The Japanese battled against the American and Filipino forces. -
The Fall of Berlin
Stalin unleashed 20 armies, 6,300 tanks, and 8,500 aircraft trying to destroy German resistance and take Berlin. German troops in Berlin finally surrendered to Soviet troops. -
Meeting at Yalta
Held the three chief allied leaders. They met at Yalta to discuss a plan on how to defeat Nazi Germany. -
Meeting at Potsdam
Held near Berlin, it was the last meeting held by the 3 chair heads of state. Talked about establishing a Council of Foreign Ministers and a central Allied Control Council for administration of Germany. -
Japanese Internment Camps
Established through Roosevelt through his executive order 9066. People of Japanese decent would be kept in isolated camps with intentions of preventing espionage on American shores. -
Island Hopping
MacArthur adopted island-hopping, which allowed him to push Japanese forces out of the islands they had conquered. -
Death of Hitler
He took cyanide and shot himself in the head in his bunker in Berlin. -
Los Alamos
Also known as the Manhattan Project. There was a lab that fabricated the first atomic bombs -
Hiroshima
An American B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb over Hiroshima. It wiped out 90 percent of the city and killed 80,000 people. More people died due to radiation exposure.