World War 2

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    Annexation of Sudetenland

    The German military invaded Czechoslovakia. Germany desired the land because most of the population was majority German. Hitler wanted all of the German population to unite to one nation. The Munich agreement allowed Germany to take over Sudetenland.
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  • Pearl Harbor

    On this day at 7:53 a.m., Japan attacked the U.S. naval base in Hawaii. All of the United States naval base battleship were destroyed. Japan wanted to demoralize the U.S. and cripple the U.S. Pacific fleet. Japan thought that attacking Pearl Harbor would keep the U.S. from joining the war in reality this is what caused the United States to join the War.
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  • The Philippines

    Japan military forces landed in the Phillippines. They wanted to control the Southwestern portion of the Pacific and protect Southeast Asia. They also saw taking over the Phillippines as a way to expand wartime. Japan occupied the Phillippines from 1942 to 1945. They wanted to clear out U.S. forces in the Phillippines.
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  • Island Hopping

    Island Hopping was a war strategy used by the US and Allies in the Pacific. The goal was to skip around heavily armed enemy islands and get close to Japan in order to invade Japan.
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    Japanese Internment Camps

    After the attack on Pearl Harbor the United States feared the Japanese. Order 9066 forced all Japanese American to leave their homes and were placed in camps to live in for the remaining time of the war. 112,000 Japanese Americans moved to the camps. They lived in terrible conditions and had no rights.
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  • Battle of Midway

    The Battle of Midway was a major turning point of World War 2 for the Allies.The US declared war on Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor. US forces destroyed Japan's Pacific fleet and sunk 4 of their aircraft carriers, weakening their naval strength. This kept Japan from advancing in the Pacific.
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  • Guadalcanal

    The Allies invaded Solomon Island which was a Japanese held territory. The battle brought an end to attempts of Japanese expansion and helped the Allies advance in the war.
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    Battle of Stalingrad

    This was a major battle on the Eastern Front between Germany and the Soviet Union. Germany's military forces were weakened and the battle was a major turning point of the war. The allies now had an advance in the war.
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  • D-Day

    Allied forces invaded beaches in Normandy, France. The invasion helped to make way for the Allies Victory. D-day was the beginning of liberting Germany and Europe. It became the largest invasion in military history.
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    Meeting at Yalta

    The terms under which the Soviet Union would join the war against Japan were discussed by Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin at Yalta. All three men agreed that the Soviets would receive a sphere of influence in Manchuria after Japan surrendered in exchange for their potentially important participation in the Pacific theater.
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    Fall of Berlin

    The Soviet Union prevailed in the Battle of Berlin, taking control of the city and vanquishing Nazi Germany. Since the victory signaled the end of the European War and the final defeat of Nazi Germany, it had a major effect on how the war turned out.
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  • Death of Hitler

    Hitler took his own life in his subterranean bunker on April 30, 1945, as Soviet forces advance into Berlin. Most people believe he shot himself, while there is some debate as to how he passed away.
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  • Los Alamos

    The secret laboratory where the first atomic weapons were planned and constructed was located in a perfect spot, according to the administrators of the Manhattan Project.
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    Meeting at Postdam

    Plans to disarm and demilitarize Germany were confirmed; it would be split into four Allied occupation zones, each under the supervision of the US, the UK, France, and the USSR.
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  • Hiroshima

    Over the Japanese city of Hiroshima, an American bomber unleashed the first atomic bomb ever detonated in history. An estimated 80,000 people were killed instantly by the explosion. An estimated 40,000 people were killed when another bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. In a radio speech Emperor Hirohito declared that Japan would surrender.
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