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Germany took the Sudetenland and annexed it during appeasement. The appeasement didn't work because Germany got too greedy.
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Japan led a surprise attack on the American naval base in Hawaii. There were over 2,000 deaths.
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The American government put people of Japanese ancestry into internment camps so that they couldn't be spies.
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First US victory in the Pacific Theater. It was the turning point of the war in the pacific.
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The first pacific offensive against Japan. It was the first ground battle in the pacific.
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Largest battle in WWII, Germany fought Russia for control of Stalingrad, resulting in a Soviet victory.
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The US Army used island hopping to take islands from the Japanese.
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The Allies stormed Normandy's beaches to begin their push towards Berlin. There were 425,000 casualties.
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The US launched a campaign to take back the Philippines from the Japanese empire.
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Meeting between Stalin, FDR, and Churchill to discuss the war and strategies.
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Hitler killed himself after Berlin was taken by the Allies. The Allies burned his body.
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The Allies took Berlin, splitting it between the four of them.
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Los Alamos was used as the testing ground for the atom bomb.
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Final meeting of the war between the Allied leaders.
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The US bombed Hiroshima using an atom bomb to force the Japanese to surrender. Only a few days later, they bombed Nagasaki as well.
