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Three million Germans found themselves living in a part of Czechoslovakia. Adolf Hitler came to power and he wanted to unite all Germans into one nation. He turned his attention to the part of Czechoslovakia called the Sudetenland. Sudeten Germans began protests and provoked violence from the Czech police. It ended on 03/16/1939.
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Japanese internment camps were established during World War II by President Franklin D. Roosevelt through his Executive Order 9066. From 1942 to 1945, it was the policy of the U.S. government that people of Japanese descent, including U.S. citizens, would be incarcerated in isolated camps.
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In the Battle of Midway, the U.S. Navy's decisive victory in the air-sea battle and its successful defense of the major base located at Midway Island dashed Japan's hopes of neutralizing the United States as a naval power and effectively turned the tide of World War II in the Pacific. This lasted from Jun 4, 1942 – Jun 7, 1942.
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Weeks after Japan begins building a strategic airfield on Guadalcanal, The U.S. forces launch a surprise attack, taking control of the airfield and forcing the Japanese into initial retreat. But with reinforcements arriving, hand-to-hand jungle combat follows with Japan finally retreating six months later. This ended on 02/09/1943.
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The Battle of Stalingrad was when Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. The battle was marked by fierce close-quarters combat and direct assaults on civilians in air raids. In the end, the Soviet Union won and it ended on 02/02/1943.
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Leapfrogging, also known as island hopping, was a military strategy employed by the Allies in the Pacific War against the Empire of Japan during World War II. The key idea is to bypass heavily fortified enemy islands instead of trying to capture every island in sequence en route to a final target.
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The Yalta Conference was a meeting of three World War II allies. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin. They met in the resort city of Yalta. They discussed the post-war fate of defeated Germany, the Soviet entry into the ongoing war against Japan, and the formation of the new United Nations. This ended on 02/11/1945.
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The Fall of Berlin marked the end of the Battle of Berlin and the war in Europe. The Battle of Berlin also resulted in the surrender of the German army and the death of Adolf Hitler (by suicide). It was a resounding victory for the Soviet Union and the Allies.
This ended on 05/02/1945.
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