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Annexation of Sudetenland
Sudetenland was apart if Czechoslovakia. Hitler wanted to unite the ethnic German people under his Nazi government. https://www.historyonthenet.com/nazi-germany-sudetenland -
Pearl Harbor
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor to destroy The US Pacific fleet. This event is the reason that the USA formally joined in World War II -
The Philippines
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Japanese Interment camps
After the Japanese bombed pearl harbor, people started questioning the loyalty of Japanese American citizens to the US. So, therefore, FDR issued the Executive order 9066 which placed all Japanese in internment camps until the war was over.
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Battle of Midway
The US navy defeated the Japanese attack against midway. This battle is commonly known as the turning point of the war in the Pacific. -
Guadalcanal
Battle fought in Solomon Islands named operation water tower by Americans. It was a surprise attack and a win for the Allies, eventhough both sides suffered huge losses -
Battle of Stalingrad
Germany fought the Soviet Union for control over Stalingrad. It is known for being the biggest confrontations of WWII -
Island Hopping
Island hopping also called "leapfrogging" is an American war tactic against the Axis powers. The reason for this tactic was to slowly take back key islands to gain back the Philippine islands until it led to the surrender of Japan. https://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1671.html -
D-Day
Originally called operation overlord, D-day was an allied invasion of Normandy. The loss was huge but it allowed for the beginning of ending the war. https://www.army.mil/d-day/ -
Meeting at Yalta
This conference was between Winston Churchill, Stalin, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. They agreed that Germany needed to surrender completely, and they discussed post-war plans. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/yalta-conference -
Fall of Berlin
The battle was fought over the course of 4 days. The soviets came in from the east and the south, and the Germans ended up surrendering to the Western Allies. -
The Death of Hitler
Hitler committed suicide in Berlin, and in his note stated that he wanted to be burned in a garden outside of the bunker where he shot himself. -
Los Alamos
Los Alamos, New Mexico is where the US tested our Atomic Bomb to make sure it would work when we dropped it in Japan. The idea of the atomic bomb came from Albert Einstien who wrote a letter to the president explaining how this bomb would end the war. -
Meeting at Potsdam
The big three leaders of the allied countries came together to again discuss how everything would play out after the war ended and how they would handle Germany.
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Hiroshima
The US dropped two bombs in Japan. One in Hiroshima and the other in Nagasaki. These bombs were a tactic by the US to end the war. The bombs were called fat man and little boy, and each were dropped in either city.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
