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Annexation of Sudetenland
The Sudetenland contained ethnic Germans and was included in the Czechoslovakia borders after World War I. As part of Hitler's plan for Germany, he wanted to reunite the Germany people under the Nazi government. This area was annexed by Hungary. The annex was definitely a cause of the war because it broke the treaty of St. Germain. -
Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise, preemptive military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii. -
The Philippines
The Philippines played a critical role in American strategy during World War II. Before the war, the United States had large numbers of troops stationed on the islands. After U.S. forces were defeated from the islands, regaining the Philippines became an important goal, especially for General MacArthur, who had been forced to evacuate from his headquarters there in 1942 when the Japanese attacked. -
Japanse Internement Camps
These were places that Japanese-Americans were sent to as a result of Pearl Harbor. When FDR declared war people feared that there could be spies. People also feared that when fighting the Japanese-Americans already here would help them. The camps were not the best quality living conditions. There was barbed wire all around and mountain terrain all around them. -
Island-hopping
Island hopping was a military strategy used by the Allied power during WWII. It was where you take over an island and then proceed to establish a military base there. The base then is used to prepare another attack to conquer another island. This was a very efficient method of conquering areas. -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. The Battle of Midway became one of the most important American naval victories of World War II. The Battle of Midway turned the tide of the war. Japanese and American naval powers were roughly evened out. -
Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal was one of the first major offensive and a decisive victory for the allies. The Guadalcanal campaign, also known as the Battle of Guadalcanal and code-named Operation Watchtower by American forces, was a military campaign fought between 7 August 1942 and 9 February 1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theater of World War II. -
Stalingrad
The battle of Stalingrad was the largest confrontation of WWII. Marked by fierce close quarters combat. Considered to be the turning point of WWII. The battle at Stalingrad bled the German army dry in Russia and after this defeat, the Germany Army was in full retreat. -
D-Day
The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. -
Meeting at Yalta
World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe. Held in Soviet Union. They wanted to re-establish the nations conquered and destroyed by Germany. -
Fall of Berlin
The Battle of Berlin was the last major battle in Europe during World War II. It resulted in the surrender of the German army and an end to Adolf Hitler's rule. Adolf Hitler commit suicide. Soviets occupy what would become East Germany during the Partition of Germany later that year. -
Death of Hitler
After dictating his political testament, Hitler shot himself in his suite on April 30. With Soviet troops occupying Berlin, Germany surrendered unconditionally on all fronts on May 7, 1945, bringing the war in Europe to a close. In the end, Hitler’s planned “Thousand-Year Reich” lasted just over 12 years, but wreaked unfathomable destruction and devastation during that time, forever transforming the history of Germany, Europe and the world. -
Los Alamos
Los Alamos served as the Manhattan Project testing grounds in WWII. This is where they tested the nuclear bombs. This is also the place where all of the experiments were being done and new tests were being created. -
Meeting at Potsdam
The purpose of the meetings in Potsdam was to discuss the next steps of Europe after WWII. With this included the establishment of postwar order, peace treaty issues, and countering the effects of the war. -
Hiroshima
Hiroshima was an event that was bound to happen, The Manhattan Project was happening even before WWII started. The United States developed a nuclear bomb and dropped the first one in the Japan city of Hiroshima, killing over 80,000 people instantly and more people later due to chemical radiation. This however did not make Japan wave the white flag immediately as everyone had hoped. The US dropped a second bomb days later on Nagasaki.
