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Annexation of Sudetenland
Hitler and the Nazis marched into Sudetenland to take it over for the short lived country to reunite and be part of Nazi Germany again after they had lost that land after World War 1. -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attack military base of Pearl Harbor early in the morning, leaving 2000+ dead and got the United States to enter the war. -
The Philippines
9 hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor the Empire of Japan attack The Philippines -
Japanese Internment Camps
Shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor the United States government decided to ship all of the Japanese American people on the West Coast to camps in fear that they could assist Japan -
Island-Hopping
Military used against Japan in the war, the military would take over a island in the Pacific, set up base and use that to there advantage and attack on Japan and take over more islands -
Battle of Midway
Decisive naval battle in the Pacific against Japan, 6 months after the attacks on Pearl Harbor -
Guadalcanal
Code named Operation Watch Tower, a battle against Japan on and around Guadalcanal -
Stalingrad
Largest confrontation of the war, Germany and The Soviet Union clashed for control of the city of Stalingrad -
D-Day
Largest seaborn invasion in history, allied powers attacked the coast of France in German Bases, over 150,000 soldiers sent out -
Meeting at Yalta
Meeting of the leaders of the Soviet Union, United Kingdom and United States to discuss postwar organization of Europe -
Fall of Berlin
Last major battle in Europe, the Soviet Union invaded Berlin, this was basically the end of Germany in the war -
Death of Hitler
Shortly after Germany seemed to be defeated and what happened in Italy to their leader, The leader of the Nazi party decided to take his own life -
Los Alamos
Located near Santa Fe, New Mexico, Part of the Manhattan Project and created for the design of nuclear weapons during the war, first bomb tested soon after in New Mexico, Many people worked at the plant but had no idea what was really being made there -
Meeting at Potsdam
Meeting of the big 3, Stalin, Churchill and Truman to discuss terms about the end of the war -
Hiroshima
The United States dropped the worlds first nuclear bomb on Japan after many efforts to get the country to surrender, two days after the bombing Japan still hadn’t surrendered so a second bomb was dropped -
