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Annexation of Sudetenland
Sudetenland was desired by the Germans because of its territory and because most of the population were ethnically German. The annexation of Sudetenland began the military occupation of Czechoslovakia by Nazi Germany. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by Japan on the U.S. Naval base located in Pearl Harbor. This attack is what ended up making the U.S. join WWII. -
Japanese Internment Camps
By order of President Roosevelt Japanese people were forcibly relocated and incarcerated due to anti-Japanese suspicion and fear following Pearl Harbor. -
Battle of Midway
This was a turning point in the war and was a major naval battle in the pacific theater of World War II. -
The Battle of Guadalcanal
This was a campaign fought on and around the island of Guadalcanal and was a series of fights between Allied and Japanese forces. -
Battle of stalingrad
This was a major battle during WWII on the Eastern front. During this battle Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad. However, Nazi Germany was unsuccesful. -
Island Hopping
This was a strategy used during WWII were they skipped over heavily fortified islands in order to use lightly defended islands to support their next advancement. -
Los Alamos
This was a national laboratory site that made important contributions to the Manhattan project. Los Alamos was used to test the nuclear weapons that were later dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
D-Day
This is the largest seaborne invasion in history in which Allied forces invaded northern France through beaches in Normandy. -
The Philippines Campaign
The Allied forces launched this campaign in order to recapture Philippines from imperial Japanese forces that were occupying at the time. -
Yalta Conference
Conference in which Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin agreed that in exchange for the Soviet Union participating in Pacific Theater the Soviets would be granted a sphere of influence in Manchuria. -
Fall of Berlin
This was one of the final battles of WWII. The U.S. army launched very large daytime raids and it ended with the fall of Berlin. -
The Death of Hitler
After being hunted by Soviet troops storming Berlin Adolf Hitler committed suicide alongside his wife, Eva Braun. -
Meeting at Potsdam
Meeting in Potsdam with Churchill, Stalin, and Truman where they negotiated terms for the end of World War II. -
Hiroshima Bombing
The United States sent an atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima in attempt to end the war and resulting in around 140,000 deaths, most of which were civilians.