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Annexation of Sudetenland
In an attempt to prevent Hitler from invading Czechoslovakia, three countries agreed to give Germany Sudetenland.
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Pearl Harbor
Japaneses airplanes made a surprise attack on the us navy. They destroyed many ships and killed many solders. This event caused the us to go into world war ll.
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Japanese Internment camps
Japanese internment camps were established by Franklin Roosevelt in WWII. Franklin created this through his executive order in 9066. from 1942 to 1945 it was a policy that people of japan would be interned by isolated camps.
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Battle of midway
The battle of midway was a battle that took place in the pacific ocean. This battle took place six months after pearl harbor and one month after the coral sea. -
Guadalcanal
The WWII battle of Guadalcanal was the first major office/victory for the allies in the pacific.US marines launched surprise attacks and took control of an air base under construction.
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Stalingrad
Germany invaded the soviet union, German troops tried to take control of Stalingrad. This caused the battle of Stalingrad. Russians consider this the greatest battle.
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The Philippines
Japan launched a surprise attack on the Philippines on December 8th just 10 hours after pearl harbor. It continued until the final surrendered of the united states.
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D-Day
D-Day was in invasion on Normandy.The allied forces of Britain, America, Canada, and France attacked German forces on the coast. After this attack they gained victory and it became a tuning point for for WWII in Europe.
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Meeting at Yalta
The Yalta conference also known as the Crimea conference and code named the Argonaut conference. This meeting was the WWII meeting of heads of government of the united states. -
Island-Hopping
Island hopping was a military strategy employed by the allies in the pacific war against the empire of japan.This was a great sneak attack plan.
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Fall of Berlin
Russia tried to take over Germany which caused the Battle of Berlin to start. The battle of Berlin resulted in the surrender of the German army and the death of Adolf Hitler.Around 92,000 solders were killed and 220,000 wounded.
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Death of Hitler
Adolf Hitler commits suicide by shooting himself with a pistol.Hitler was cremated in the chancellery garden. Germany declarded Hitler dead at -
Los Alamos
Los Alamo is a town in mexico.This town in Los Alamos country, New Mexico is recognizable for the creation of the atomic bomb. -
Meeting at Potsdam
The big three- soviet leader Joseph Stalin, British prime minister Winston Churchill were replaced by prime minister Clement Attlee and us president harry Truman.Met many times to discuss the end of WWII. After the Yalta conference Churchill and FDR decided to surrender Germany, They surrendered on may 8 1945.
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Hiroshima
Hiroshima a modern city of japans that was destroyed by an atomic bomb in WWII.Now there is a peace memorial park, in the park are the ruins of Genbaku Dome.One of the few buildings left standing near ground zero.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
