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Island-hopping
Island hopping was a military strategy used by the Allies against the Axis powers. It entailed taking over an island and establishing a military base. -
Annexation of Sudetenland
Sudetenland became a major source of contention between Germany and Czechoslovakia due to its German majority. Hitler annexed Sudetenland as a part of his nationalistic plan, which became a cause of WWII. -
Pearl Harbor
The naval base Pearl Harbor in Honolulu Hawaii was bombed by the Japanese Navy Air Service. This attack encouraged the U.S. to join the war. -
The Philippines
The empire of Japan attacked the commonwealth of the Philippines. The attack happened shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor. -
Stalingrad
The largest confrontation in WWII. German and its allies fought the Soviet Union for the City of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. -
Japanese Internment Camps
Japanese people in the United States were relocated and incarcerated in concentration camps. There were about 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry put in the camps. -
Battle of Midway
It happened six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. It was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific theater. -
Guadalcanal
First major decisive victory for the Allies in the Pacific theater. Control of the airbase was important for communication between the U.S. and Australia. -
D-Day
Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy to invade Northern France. It was the largest seaborne invasion in history. -
Meeting at Yalta
The heads of government for the United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union met. They discussed reorganization of postwar Europe and Germany. -
Death of Hitler
Adolf Hitler committed suicide by taking a cyanide pill and taking a shot to the head. Afterwards, Germany surrendered to the Allied forces. -
Fall of Berlin
One of the last major offensives of the European theater. It resulted in the surrender of the German army and an end to Adolf Hitler's rule. -
Los Alamos
The labratory was established to create an atomic bomb. This project was named the Manhattan project. -
Meeting at Potsdam
It was held to discuss who would be responsible for the cleanup of Europe. They wanted to monitor communist activity as well. -
Hiroshima
An atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima by the U.S. after Japan refused to surrender. It was chosen because of its military importance.
