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