Hitler wanted the Sudetenland But, Britain and France, following a policy of appeasement that let Germany take in the Munich Agreement, wanted to prevent war. video article
Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941)
Japan sneak attacked United States at pearl harbor a naval base leading USA to join WW2.
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Battle of Midway (June 4–7, 1942)
A major important US victory in the Pacific island that turned the tide in the war against Japan.
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Battle of Stalingrad (August 23, 1942)
A major turning point for Russia because the beat the Germans stopping them from pushing further into Russia.
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Battle of Guadalcanal (August 7, 1942)
The first major Allied offensive in the Pacific. When U.S. forces fought Japan for control of the Solomon Islands.
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Los Alamos (Manhattan Project, 1942)
US project in New Mexico creating the Atomic Bomb
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Japanese Internment Camps (1942)
With tensions with Japan the US feared inside attacks from Japanese people so they rallied them all in internment camps.
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Island-Hopping Strategy (1943)
A strategy invented by the US to invade Japanese islands one at a time and take them over.
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D-Day (June 6, 1944)
USA leads the largest sea to land invasion on the beaches of Normandy with lots of American death but at the cost of freeing France. video article
The Philippines Campaign (1944)
U.S. forces retook the Philippines from Japan with the leadership of General Mc Author. video article
Death of Hitler (April 30, 1945)
Hitler kills himself knowing defeat is near. video article
Fall of Berlin (April 16 1945)
The Soviet army captured Berlin, causing Germany surrender. video article
Hiroshima Bombing (August 6, 1945)
The USA drops a atomic nuclear bomb on the Japanese town of Hiroshima. video article
Meeting at Yalta (February 4–11, 1945)
Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin meet up to plan Europe’s post-war reconstruction. video article
Meeting at Potsdam (July 17 – August 2, 1945)
Allied leaders created the Potsdam Declaration wanting Japan to surrender. video article