US History

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  • Annexation of Stutenland

    Annexation of Stutenland
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    Hitler annexed Sudetenland to demonstrate his expansionism. He did this in hopes of expanding Nazi Germany. Article Video

  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
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    Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, prompting the United States to join World War II. Right after the attack happened, the US went to war with Japan. Article Video

  • Japanese Internment Camps

    Japanese Internment Camps
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    After the attack of Pearl Harbor, 100,000 Japanese Americans were sent to interment camps [Article(https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/japanese-relocation) Video

  • Battle of Midawy

    Battle of Midawy
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    Battle where the US defeated Japan's Navy in the Midway Islands. This marked a turning point in the war in the Pacific
    [Article(https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/battle-midway) Video

  • Island-Hopping Campaign

    Island-Hopping Campaign
    Description-
    Island-Hopping was a strategy used by the Allies in World War II, the first significant battle this strategy was deployed in was in the Battle of Guadalcanal [Article(https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/pacific-strategy-1941-1944) Video

  • Guadacanal

    Guadacanal
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    Allies win war against Japan, gaining control of the Pacific. It also helped stop Japan's expansionism in the Pacific. Article Video

  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle of Stalingrad
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    Battle between Nazis and the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union won, marking a turning point in the war on the eastern front. Article Video

  • Los Alamos

    Los Alamos
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    The site in New Mexico where the Atomic Bomb was secretly developed for World War II. Article Video

  • D-day

    D-day
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    The allied invasion of France led to the Liberation of France. The battle was big success and let the allies further into Germany. Article Video

  • Battle of the Phillipines

    Battle of the Phillipines
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    The liberation of the Philippines from the Japanese in World War II. It also gave us a place of operations in Asia. Article Video

  • Meeting at Yalta

    Meeting at Yalta
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    The Allied leaders met to discuss what would happen after World War II ended. These leaders included Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin. Article Video

  • Death of Hitler

    Death of Hitler
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    Hitler committed suicide in his bunker as the allied forces closed in on him in Germany. Article Video

  • Fall of Berlin

    Fall of Berlin
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    The fall of Berlin marked the end of Nazi rule and the end of the war in Europe. Article Video

  • Hiroshima Bombing

    Hiroshima Bombing
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    The United States of America dropped the first Atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Soon after, this led to Japan surrendering. Article Video