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Annexation of Sudetenland
The Czech part of Czechoslovakia was subsequently invaded by Germany
Article https://www.britannica.com/place/Sudetenland
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Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor is a U.S. naval base near Honolulu, Hawaii, that was the scene of a devastating surprise attack by Japanese
Article https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor
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Island-hopping
On December 7, 1941, Japan staged a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, severely damaging the US Pacific Fleet. When Germany and Italy declared war on the United States days later, America found itself in a global war. Article https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/pacific-strategy-1941-1944
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The Philippines
The Commonwealth of the Philippines was attacked by the Empire of Japan Article https://www.history.com/news/filipino-americans-veterans-day
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Japanese Internment Camps
Japanese internment camps were established during World War II by President Franklin Roosevelt through his Executive Order 9066. Article https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation
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Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was an epic clash between the U.S. Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy that played out six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor Article https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway
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Guadalcanal
The World War II Battle of Guadalcanal was the first major offensive and a decisive victory for the Allies in the Pacific theater.Article https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-guadalcanal
video https://www.nationalww2museum.org/about-us/notes-museum/distance-learning-battle-guadalcanal -
Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a brutal military campaign between Russian forces and those of Nazi Germany and the Axis powers during World War II Article https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad
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D-day
Battle of Normandy which resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control. Article https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day
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Meeting at Yalta
The trio met in February 1945 in the resort city of Yalta, located along the Black Sea coast of the Crimean Peninsula.Article https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/yalta-conference
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Fall of Berlin
On August 13, 1961, the Communist government of the German Democratic Republic began to build a barbed wire and concrete “antifascist bulwark,” between East and West Berlin. Article https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall
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Death of Hitler
In a new study, French scientists analyzed fragments of Adolf Hitler’s teeth to prove that he died in 1945, after taking cyanide and shooting himself in the head. Article https://www.history.com/news/hitler-death-cause-teeth-analysis
video https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/adolf-hilter-death-suicide-anniversary-nazi-germany-world-war-2-eva-braun-history-a9488061.html -
Los Alamos
Los Alamos National Laboratory's main responsibility is to ensure our nation's security through nuclear deterrence Article https://www.lanl.gov/about/history-innovation/
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Meeting at Potsdam
Held near Berlin, the Potsdam Conference July 17-August 2, 1945 was the last of the World War II meetings held by the “Big Three” heads of state Article https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/potsdam-conference
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Hiroshima
On August 6, 1945, the United States becomes the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime when it drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Article https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/american-bomber-drops-atomic-bomb-on-hiroshima
video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wxWNAM8Cso