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Annexation of the Sudetenland
Germany invaded the part of Czechoslovakia called the Sudetenland. The land was the assigned to Germany. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor. The bombing killed more than 2,300 Americans. It completely destroyed most of the American battleships in the harbor. -
The Philippines
Ended May 8th, 1942; the Americans and the Filipinos campaign to defeat and expel the Imperial Japanese forces occupying the Philippines during World War II. -
Island-Hopping
Island-Hopping was military strategy used by the Allies in the Pacific War against the Axis powers during World War II. It involved taking over an island and establishing a military base there. -
Japanese Internment Camps
The internment of Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II was the forced relocation into concentration camps in the west of the country of about 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry. They were mostly targeted near the pacific because of the closeness to Japan. -
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. -
Guadalcanal
The battle of Guadalcanal was fought from August 8th, 1942 until February 9th, 1943. It was the first victory for the allies, offensively and decisively, in the Pacific theater. -
Stalingrad
This was one of the largest confrontations to happen in WWII. Germany and the Soviet Union both fought over control of a southern city in Russia called Stalingrad. -
D-Day
The allies lead an invasion into northern France. They land on the beaches in Normandy and their victory created a turning point for the war in Europe. -
Los Alamos
Los Alamos is a town in New Mexico that is recognized as the development and creation place of the atomic bomb—the primary objective of the Manhattan Project during World War II. -
Meeting at Yalta
Ended Feb. 11th; It was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union to discuss the reorganization of Germany and Europe after the war. -
Death of Hitler
Hitler commits suicide after hearing from one of his generals that the war is over for Germany. He also makes his wife commit suicide. -
Fall of Berlin
The battle of Berlin was one of the last major offensives to occur in Europe in WWII. Soviets would occupy what is now known as East Germany. -
Meeting at Potsdam
Ended August 2nd; Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and U.S. President Harry Truman met in Potsdam, Germany, from July 17 to August 2, 1945, to negotiate terms for the end of World War II. -
Hiroshima
The United States dropped the atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima as a hope to end the war with Japan. Hiroshima was chosen because of it's military importance.
