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Nazi Germany annexes the Sudetenland, a region of Czechoslovakia, marking a key moment in the prelude to WWII. -
articleJapan attacks the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, leading the United States to enter World War II. -
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The U.S. government orders the relocation and internment of Japanese-Americans, leading to their confinement in camps. -
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A decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater where the U.S. defeats Japan, marking a turning point in the war. -
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The first major Allied offensive in the Pacific against Japan, ending in an Allied victory. -
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A brutal battle between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, with the Germans suffering a devastating defeat. -
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A military strategy employed by the United States in the Pacific Theater, where they bypassed heavily fortified Japanese islands, capturing strategically important ones instead. -
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Allied forces land on the beaches of Normandy, France, marking the beginning of the liberation of Western Europe. -
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The battle for the Philippines as Allied forces, led by General MacArthur, liberate the islands from Japanese occupation. -
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The Big Three (Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin) meet in Yalta to discuss the post-war reorganization of Europe and the world. -
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his bunker in Berlin as Soviet forces close in on the city. -
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Berlin falls to Soviet forces, leading to the surrender of Nazi Germany in Europe. -
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Los Alamos The U.S. develops the atomic bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico, with the first test occurring on July 16, 1945 in the desert of New Mexico -
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Allied leaders meet in Potsdam, Germany, to negotiate the terms of the post-war settlement, including the final defeat of Japan. -
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The United States drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, leading to widespread devastation.