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Annexation of Sudetenland
Germany invades and annexes Sudetenland, a territory of Czechoslovakia. Sudetenland had had a large German population until it was given to Czechoslovakia after WWI.
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Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attacked the American naval base, Pearl Harbor, in Hawaii. This event is what drags America into WWII.
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The Philippines
The Japanese invade the Philippines and America follows soon after. The Japanese force the natives to participate in the Bataan Death March -
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Japanese Internment Camps
The American people become suspicious of who Japanese Americans are truly loyal to. The Government forces thousands of Japanese Americans into internment camps. -
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Battle of Midway
The battle of Midway is the turning point of the war in the Pacific theater. The Allies win the Battle of Midway. -
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Guadalcanal
First major offensive victory for the Allies in the Pacific Theater. US marines make a surprise attack and months later, the allies are victorious in Guadalcanal -
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Battle of Stalingrad
Hitler attempts to invade the Soviet Union, breaking his pact with Stalin. This invasion becomes the largest confrontation in WWII, the Battle of Stalingrad -
D-Day
Allied troops land on the beach of Normandy, France. The troops attempt to make a stand to gain territory on the mainland in order to get to Germany faster and to end the war.
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Meeting at Yalta
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Island Hopping
The military tactic used by America against Japan during the war. American troops fight to claim one island then move to the next island.
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Fall of Berlin
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Death of Hitler
As the Allied troops push closer to the German capital, Berlin, Hitler goes into hiding in one of his bunkers. It is reported soon that Hitler had taken his own life in his bunker.
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Atomic Bomb test at Los Alamos
The United States government had been working on an atomic bomb for years in order to bring the war to an end if necessary, immediately. The first tests take place in Los Alamos, New Mexico.
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Meeting at Potsdam
Meeting of Stalin, Truman, and Churchill. Try to figure out what to do with Germany after their unconditional surrender.
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Bombing of Hiroshima
The United States government drops the atom bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. This does not work to end the war immediately and soon, the atom bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.
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