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Annexation of Sudetenland
The Sudetenland was desired by Germany not only for its territory, but also because a majority of its population were 'ethnically' German. -
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Island Hopping
Island hopping also known as Leapfrogging was a warfare tactic that the US used to push the Japanese back into defensive mode and would take over Pacific Islands -
Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Japanese air force this caused the u.s to enter WW2 -
The Philippines
The Japanese attack of the Philippines on December 8, 1941, came at a time when the U.S. military buildup had hardly begun -
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Internment of Japanese Americans
Between 1942 and 1945 a total of 10 camps were opened, holding approximately 120,000 Japanese Americans for varying periods of time in California, Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and Arkansas. -
The battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II -
Guadalcanal
The Allied success in Guadalcanal ended Japanese expansion efforts in the Pacific and placed the Allies in a position of supremacy.
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Los Alamos
Los Alamos, New Mexico was a place where the project for the Atomic bomb , Manhattan Project,. -
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Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II where Nazi Germany and its allies unsuccessfully fought the Soviet Union -
D-Day
became known as the largest amphibious invasion in military history and was a turning point in the European theatre -
Meeting at Yalta
the Soviet Union would enter the war against Japan and all three agreed that, in exchange for potentially crucial Soviet participation in the Pacific theater, the Soviets would be granted a sphere of influence in Manchuria following -
Death of Hitler
Right before the end of WW2 on the European theatre the nazi leader Hitler committed suicide. -
Fall of Berlin
One of the final battles of World War II. It took place from April 20 to May 2, 1945, and it ended with the fall of Berlin to the Soviet Red Army -
The meeting at Potsdam
The Potsdam negotiators approved the formation of a Council of Foreign Ministers that would act on behalf of the United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and China to draft peace treaties with Germany's former allies. -
Hiroshima
When Japan wouldn't give up the U.S dropped an atomic bomb on one of Japan's cities Hiroshima following it up with a bomb being dropped in Nagasaki