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Annexation of Sudetenland
The Czech of Czechoslovakia was subsequently invaded by Germany in 1939, with a portion being annexed and the remainder turned into the protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nazis-take-czechoslovakia -
Island Hopping
Was a military strategy employed by the allies in the Pacific war against Japan and the axis powers during WW2. US used this to achieve the goals for the Pacific wars.
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Pearl Harbor
A surprise military strike by imperial Japanese navy air service against the United States naval base in Hawaii. led to the formal entry into WW2. https://www.history.com/.../uss-arizona-under-attack-at-pearl-harbor-video -
The Philippines
A decisive naval battle of WW2 which eliminated the Imperial Japanese Navy's ability to conduct large - scale carrier actions. it took place in the United States Amphibious Invasion of the Manana Islands. Result was an Allie victory.
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Japanese Internment Camps
( executive order 9066) was the relocation of Japanese Americans in concentration camps, was a direct response from the pearl harbor attack.US citizens feared another attack.
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Battle of Midway
Naval battle in the pacific theater of WW2. was the turning point of the war. United States Navy defeated a Japanese attack against Midway, result was an American Victory.
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Battle of Guadalcanal
Also code named Operation Watchtower led by American forces,fought around Solomon Islands in the Pacific. Allies fought against Japan, was an allied victory.
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Battle of Stalingrad
Germany and its allies attacked the soviet union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Russia.Was the first major German loss during WW2 and did not advance any further.
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D-Day
The day in WW2 on which allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy. Allies victory
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Yalta Conference
Was the World War 2 the meeting of the heads of government. United States, United Nations, Soviet Union for the purpose of discussing Germany and Europe's post war reorganization. plan to give self determination to the liberated peoples of post-Nazi Europe.
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Death of Hitler
German leader of the Nazi Party killed himself by gunshot in Berlin. During the battle of Berlin he wouldn't surrender. Soviets maintained that Hitler was not dead,but had fled and wa being shielded by former Allies.
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Fall of Berlin
(battle of Berlin) Soviet union attacked Berlin from east to south, was a Soviet victory.Hitler committed suicide, Berlin surrendered and it ended the WW2 in Europe and the destruction of the Nazi Army.
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Los Alamos
United States department of energy national laboratory designed nuclear weapons as part of the Manhattan Project. Worlds first atomic bomb was detonated 200 miles south of Los Alamos, New Mexico.
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Potsdam conference
The big three - Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minster Winston Churchill, and US president Harry Truman. Met in Potsdam Germany to negotiate terms for the end of WW2. Germany would be demilitarized.
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Hiroshima
During WW2, An American B-29 bomber dropped the worlds first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japanese surrendered after the second atomic bomb. Allied Victory
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki
