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Annexation of Sudetenland
Germany invaded Czechoslovakia. Hitler annexed Sudetenland. -
Pearl Harbor
Surprise attack on US naval base. Japan forces killed more than 2,400. -
The Philippines
Japan launches surprise attack on the Philippines. The Japanese occupied the open city of Manila. -
Stalingrad
Battle between Russia and Nazi Germany during WWII. It was the longest and bloodiest war. -
Guadalcanal
US marines launched surprise attack on Guadalcanal. Japanese suffered many casualties and had to withdrawal from Guadalcanal. -
Japanese Internment Camps
Established through FDR’s Executive Order 9066 after Pearl Harbor. People of Japanese descent would be held in isolated camps. -
Island Hopping
Strategy used by the US to gain military bases and secure islands in the Pacific. US would travel from one island to another, skipping the heavily guarded islands. -
Battle of Midway
This battle ended the threat of Japanese invasion in the Pacific. Destroyed Japan’s first- line carrier. -
Los Alamos
Los Alamos National Laboratory, science lab that produced the first atomic bomb during WWII. Primary nuclear weapons facility in the US. -
D-Day
The Battle of Normandy, codename “Operation Overlord”. American, British, and Canadian forces landed on the coast of France. This large invasion liberated northern France. End of war in Europe. -
Death of Hitler
Hitler stayed in an underground bunker in Berlin for the last siege of the war. When told by officers that the Russians were close to overtaking the chancellery, Hitler and his wife committed suicide. They both took cyanide capsules. Hitler also shot himself. -
Meeting at Yalta
Conference including Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. These leaders agreed to acquire Germany’s surrender. -
Fall of Berlin
Stalin crushed Germany resistance in hopes of capturing Berlin. Although Germany put up a fight, they submitted to defeat. -
Meeting at Potsdam
Conference including Harry S. Truman, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin. They talked of postwar Europe and demanded surrender from Japan. -
Hiroshima
American B-29 bomber drops atomic bomb over Japanese city of Hiroshima. Bomb killed 80,000 people and after a second bomb on Nagasaki, Japan surrendered.
