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Pearl Harbor
The Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory. The bombing killed more than 2,300 Americans. It completely destroyed the American battleship U.S.S. -
The Philippines
The Philippines were a great advantage to the allies in ww2. After U.S. forces were defeated from the islands, regaining the Philippines became an important goal, especially for General MacArthur, who had been forced to evacuate from his headquarters there in 1942 when the Japanese attacked. -
Japanese Internment Camps
(February 19, 1942-March 20, 1946) Japanese internment camps were established during World War II by President Franklin Roosevelt through his Executive Order 9066. From 1942 to 1945, it was the policy of the U.S. government that people of Japanese descent would be interred in isolated camps. -
Battle of Midway
World War II naval battle, fought almost entirely with aircraft, in which the United States destroyed Japan's first-line carrier strength and most of its best trained naval pilots. -
Guadalcanal
the first major offensive and a decisive victory for the Allies in the Pacific theater. ... Strategically, possession of a Guadalcanal air base was important to control of the sea lines of communication between the United States and Australia -
Stalingrad
The soviets held out the Germans on there invasion -
D-Day
The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. -
Meeting at Yalta
(February 4,1945-February 11,1945)At the Yalta Conference it was decided that Germany would be split into four occupying zones. It was also decided that the Soviet Union would attack Japan following the defeat of Nazi Germany. At the Yalta Conference Stalin pledged that free elections would be held in Poland. -
Island hopping
military strategy employed by the Allies in the Pacific War against the Axis powers during World War II. It entailed taking over an island and establishing a military base there. The base was in turn used as a launching point for the attack and takeover of another island. -
Fall of Berlin
(April 16,1945-May 2,1945) The Battle of Berlin, designated the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, and also known as the Fall of Berlin, was one of the last major offensives of the European theatre of World War II. -
Death of Hitler
Hitler allegedly committed suicide to avoid being captured and punished by the allies. after his death the nazi Germany surrendered. -
Annexation of Sudetenland
The Sudetenland was assigned to Germany between 1 October and 10 October 1938. The Czech part of Czechoslovakia was subsequently invaded by Germany in March 1939, with a portion being annexed and the remainder turned into the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. -
Los Alamos
Where the first atomic bomb was built -
Meeting at Potsdam
To discuss how Europe would proceed after the World Warr II To discuss who would be responsible for the clean up of Europe after the war The decisions to prosecutre war criminal needed to be made They wanted to monitor communist activity. -
Hiroshima
The first drop site of a nuclear weapon in war. was used to send a statement t japan to warren a surrender
