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Annexation of Sudetenland
The Czech part of Czechoslovakia was invaded by Germany, from this a portion was annexed and new lands were created.
article- https://www.britannica.com/place/Sudetenland
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Pearl Harbor
The attack of the Japanese on the U.S. island of Hawaii. Pearl Harbor was where the U.S. naval base and the pacific fleet were located.
article- https://www.britannica.com/event/Pearl-Harbor-attack
viedo- https://www.britannica.com/video/22417/attack-Pearl-Harbor-views-footage-USS-Arizona -
Island-Hopping
A military strategy employed by the Allies in the Pacific War against the Axis powers. It was where military troops would take back islands and establish a military base there.
article- https://www.historycrunch.com/island-hopping.html#/
video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBgxW3H_tsI -
Japanese Interment Camps
Where the U.S enforced the relocation of the Japanese living in America. They were forced into concentration camps in the western interior of the country.
article- https://www.britannica.com/event/Japanese-American-internment
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Battle of Midway
A major naval battle in the pacific theater of WW2 took place six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
article- https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway
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Stalingrad
A major battle between German and Soviet troops in WW2. This battle ended with the surrender of an entire German army.
article- https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad
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Guadalcanal
This battle was the first major offensive and a decisive victory for the Allies in the Pacific theater. Marines launched a surprise attack and took control of an airbase under construction.
article- https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-guadalcanal
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D-Day
The day in World War II on which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy.
article- https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day
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The Philippines
The invasion of the Philippines by the Empire of Japan and the defense of the islands by the United States and the Philippine Armies during World War II.
article- https://totallyhistory.com/philippines-campaign/
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Meeting of Yalta
A meeting of three World War II allies to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe.
article- https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/yalta-conference
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Fall Of Berlin
The Battle of Berlin was one of the last major offensives of the European theatre of World War II. It was a strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union.
article- https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/the-fall-of-berlin.html
video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNCiHGcJzFg -
Death of Hitler
Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his bunker by taking cyanide pills and then shooting himself in the head.
article- https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-commits-suicide
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Los Alamos
The laboratory that produced the first atomic bombs used during World War II and home of the primary nuclear weapons research facility in the United States.
article- https://www.britannica.com/topic/Los-Alamos-National-Laboratory
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Meeting of Potsdam
They gathered to decide how to administer Germany, which had agreed to unconditional surrender nine weeks earlier on the victory of Europe day.
article- https://history.state.gov/milestones/1937-1945/potsdam-conf
video- https://www.britannica.com/video/180248/Overview-Potsdam-Conference -
Hiroshima
Where the United States dropped its first atomic bomb used in warfare. By doing this they hoped to send a message to the Soviet Union.
article- https://www.history.com/news/hiroshima-nagasaki-second-atomic-bomb-japan-surrender-wwii
video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv4VhZy2L5Y