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The Sudetenland was assigned to Germany between 1 October and 10 October 1938. The Czech part of Czechoslovakia was invaded by Germany.
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Japan attacked the US naval base in Hawaii. They did this in an attempt to cripple the US Navy.
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Japan launched a surprise attack on the Philippines on December 8, 1941. Just ten hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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These were basically concentration camps for the US people of Japanese decent. The American people didn't trust the Japanese-Americans after Pearl Harbor.
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largest confrontation of World War II. Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of Stalingrad
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An important turning point for the Allies. Fought almost only in the Air.
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the first major offensive and a decisive victory for the Allies. They Surprise attacked the Japanese.
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The place where the Manhattan project took place.
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Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy.
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An American military strategy to win back all of the islands Japan stole. This actually worked and led to the victory of the Allies.
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major World War II conference of the three chief Allied leaders. They discussed how to bring the war to an end.
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Towards the end of the war it became clear to Hitler that he was not going to be on the winning side. Instead of accepting this defeat, he killed himself.
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Germany surrendered on May 8, 1945. The Allied leaders agreed to meet over the summer at Potsdam to continue the discussions that had begun at Yalta.
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The first atomic bomb dropped on Japan by America. After the bombing of Nagasaki, it led to the surrender of Japan.
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On November 9, 1989, as the Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe, the speaker for East Berlin’s Communist Party announced a change in his city’s relations with the West.
https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall
