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Annexation Of Sudetenland
The Sudetenland was given to Germany on the 1st of October 1938. The Czech part of Czechoslovakia got invaded by Germany in March 1939, with part of it being annexed and the rest of it was made into the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
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Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor was a US base in Hawaii, that was bombed by the Japanese army.
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The Phillipines
The Phillipines were attacked by Japan, just hours after the attack on pearl harbor.
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Japanese Internment Camps
US gov made 110,000 japanese people go live in internment camps. From 1942-1945
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Battle of Midway
This was a major naval battle. The US had a decisive victory.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-au50GxIXw -
Island Hopping
Thsi is when you would take over an entire island, and make it a military base.
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Guadacanal
First major offense, this was a decisive victory for the allies.
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Stalingrad
Significant battle in WW2. Made the German army a lot weaker. Turning point in the war.
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D-Day
US stormed the beach at Normandy, France. Many casualties.
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Meeting at Yalta
This is where presidents Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill all sat down together. Churchill had to sit away from Stalin because he hated him.
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Fall of Berlin
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Death Of Hitler
Hitlers death was a suicide. There was a lot of mixed emotions about his death.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/death-of-hitler-video -
Los Alamos
Place in Mexico where the US tested the atomic bomb.
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Meeting at Potsdam
Another meeting between Truman, Churchill, and Stalin. Roosevelt passed away.
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Hiroshima
This was a Japanese city where President Harry Truman bombed. This was the first of two bombings in Japan.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/08/05/hiroshima-bombing-75th-anniversary-what-damage-looked-like-japan/3292406001/