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World War 2

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  • Annexation of Sudetenland

    Annexation of Sudetenland
    Hitler wanted his country to become bigger and stronger so Germany took the Sudetenland which is a part of Czechoslovakia and German people already lived there. Britain and France let him take it to prevent a war from happening. Later on, Hitler took all of Czechoslovakia which led to WWll. Article
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  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    Pearl Harbor attack was a surprise attack on US naval base in Hawaii. Severely damaged the fleet and caused many American casualties. This was the cause of America entering the war.
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  • Japanese Internment Camps

    Japanese Internment Camps
    The order 9066 ordered 11300 Japanese Americans to move into internment camps. This was signed by Roosevelt in fear that the Japanese Americans might be loyal to Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway
    The Battle of Midway stopped the Japanese advancement to the Pacific. This began the U.S strategy of Island Hopping.
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  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle of Stalingrad
    The Battle of Stalingrad was known as the bloodiest battle ever. It was between Nazi Germany and Soviet Union. Germany surrendered, which resulted in Soviet Union's victory.
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  • Guadalcanal

    Guadalcanal
    The Battle of Guadalcanal was the first U.S attack against Japan. They fought for months and finally the U.S won which stopped Japan advancement onto the Pacific.
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  • Island Hopping

    Island Hopping
    Island hopping was a strategy that the U.S used to capture key islands. It helped the Allies move closer to Japan.
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  • D-Day

    D-Day
    The purpose of D-Day was to liberate France. It was an Allied invasion, 150,000 troops went on the beaches in Normandy, France.
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  • Meeting at Yalta

    Meeting at Yalta
    The Yalta Conference was a meeting between the Allied leaders like Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin. The purpose was that the U.S wanted the Soviet Union to help fight against Japan.
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  • Death of Hitler

    Death of Hitler
    Hitler died by suicide and he poisoned his wife. His death was the conclusion of WWll.
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  • Meeting at Potsdam

    Meeting at Potsdam
    The Potsdam Conference was a meeting between the big 3, Truman, Churchill, and Stalin. They discussed the ending of WWll.
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  • Los Alamos

    Los Alamos
    Los Alamos was the city that the atomic bomb was tested. It played a huge role in the top secret Manhattan Project to drop Atomic bombs on Japanese.
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  • Hiroshima

    Hiroshima
    City that got bombed by the atomic bomb the first wave. The attempt to make Japan surrender was not successful. Nagasaki was bombed the second atomic bomb, which led the Japanese to surrender ,ending WWll.
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  • Fall of Berlin

    Fall of Berlin
    The Fall of Berlin was the last attack of the European Theatre of WWll. This is when Hitler committed suicide.
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  • The Philippines

    The Philippines
    During the Battle of the Philippines, American forces were trying to take control of the Philippines from the Japanese. This ended in a U.S victory.
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