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Annexation of Sudetenland
The annexation of Sudetenland occurred because some Germans no longer wanted to be apart of the Treaty of Saint Germain because it supported Nazi propaganda and antisemitism. It affected their economy in a bad way.
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Pearl Harbor
On December 7th, 1941 the us naval base "Pearl Harbor" near Honolulu, Hawaii was attacked by Japan. Japan used hundreds of their planes and attacked in the morning. It was very unexpected and tragic. There were 2,400 american fatalities and 1,000 more were injured. FDR labeled it " a date which will live in infamy".
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Japanese Internment Camps
These camps were enforced by a policy made by FDR. Japanese people were isolated into camps due to American fear of betrayal and american terror.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation -
Battle of Midway
This was a huge fight between the US Navy and Japanese Navy. This Battle is a US victory and shifted the war. We successfully defended the island.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway -
Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was between Russians and the Axis powers. Nearly 2 million people were killed. This put the Allied forces in the lead.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad -
Battle of Guadalcanal
The Battle of Guadalcanal occurred when US marines attacked a Japanese air base. They eventually captured it. Japan took a greater hit so we were pulling the lead.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-guadalcanal -
The Philippines
The Philippines was attacked a few hours after Japan attacked Peal Harbor. The Japanese army stayed there for 3 years before all of them were pushed out.
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D-Day
The Allied Powers invaded the beaches of Normandy around 6:30 am. There was about 2,000 US casualties, 4,000 allied casualties. The Allied Powers were trying to secure as much land as they could. They succeeded in about a week.
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Meeting at Yalta
Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin all had a meeting in Yalta. They had this meeting to settle post-war fallout and settle disagreements. They had to figure out how to put everything back together.
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Island-Hopping
This was a military strategy used by the Allied forces against the axis powers. They targeted small islands to equip with air strips for the B-29s.
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/visit/exhibits/road-tokyo/island-hopping -
Death of Hitler
Adolf Hitler, realizing that his evil plans and ideas were falling through due to the surrender, decided to take shelter in his bunker with his wife and German Shepard. Avoiding his assassination he took a cyanide capsule and shot himself.
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Fall of Berlin
The Berlin Battle was a huge war in the remaining days of the war. The Germans were in control of Berlin but then the Soviets arrived to fight for it.
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Los Alamos
Los Alamos was a government lab. This is where the first Atomic bomb was created. It was part of the Manhattan project.
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Meeting at Potsdam
This meeting was between Truman, Churchill, and Stalin. This was the last meeting with all of them in this context.They were discussing Germany's economy, and the fate of Germany.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/potsdam-conference -
Hiroshima
The US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. This was in response to Pearl Harbor. This was the first atomic bomb. It killed 80,000 people on impact, and more due to nuclear fallout.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki
