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Annexation of Sudetenland
Sudetenland was part of the Czechoslovakia, that the Nazi party invaded because Hitler wanted Sudetenland to be a part of Germany again. -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and this made the Americans very angry and caused the United States to enter the war. -
The Philippines
The Philippines were attacked after Pearl Harbor and the US was controlling the Philippines at this time and had important military bases there. -
Internment Camps
Japanese Americans were put into internment camps after Pearl Harbor because Americans were afraid that the Japanese Americans were not loyal to the US -
Battle of Midway
Battle of Midway was a naval battle that happened 6 months after Pearl Harbor, the Americans won the battle and it became the turning point of the war. -
Guadalcanal
This was a battle on the island of Guadalcanal and was a military campaign fought on and around the island. -
Stalingrad
It was the largest confrontation of WWII. Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad. -
D-Day
U.S. soldiers stormed Normandy beaches to defeat axis powers. Named Operation Overlord, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. Although there were many deaths, this was considered a victory for the allied powers. -
Yalta
Yalta was a second wartime meeting with the three allied powers. IN the meeting, they discussed Germany's surrender and plans for a post-war world. -
Island Hopping
Island hopping was a military strategy by the allies against Japan and the axis powers during WWII. This helped the U.S./ Allied powers gain territory back. -
Fall of Berlin
East Germany began building a concrete wall to split Berlin in two half’s, East and West. The main purpose to split the city was to keep “Fascists” from entering East Germany. -
Hitlers Death
Hitler killed himself rather than surrendering to allied powers. The axis powers were losing and he would rather take his own life than surrender to another country. -
Los Alamos
The United States was planning to bomb Japan with a nuclear bomb. They had to test the atomic bomb out and Los Alamos in New Mexico is where this took place. -
Meeting at Potsdam
This meeting was a continuation to Yalta. The allied powers gathered during the summer and discussed more about how the world and countries will be ran. -
Hiroshima
Hiroshima is when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Japan to get them to surrender. Japan did not surrender when the U.S. dropped this bomb, they then dropped another bomb on a different city in Japan and they finally surrendered.
