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Germany annexed Sudetenland so that invading Czechoslovakia would be easier. It helped Germany take control over Europe.
article:https://www.britannica.com/place/Sudetenland
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The Japanese attack on the U.S. naval base pearl harbor, the purpose was to cripple our pacific fleet. This event drew the U.S. into the war
article:https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor
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The U.S. government decided to put Japanese Americans into internment camps after the attack on pearl harbor. They were released in 1945
article:https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation
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The battle of midway was a major naval battle in the war. It was the turning point of the war and ended on June 7th 1942.
article:https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway
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Battle between the USSR and Germany during WW11 which stopped the German invasion into Russia.
article:https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Stalingrad
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The first allied land invasion of Japan occupied land. It will end on february 9th 1943.
article:https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-guadalcanal
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Island hopping was a military strategy toward the end of the war. It was used to take back the islands that Japan conquered.
article:https://www.historycrunch.com/island-hopping.html#/
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The liberation of France in Normandy from Germany, took place on five beaches
article:https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day
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Called the battle of Leyte Gulf which was the allied invasion of the Philippines Islands. It ended on October 26, 1944.
article:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines_campaign_(1941%E2%80%9342)
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The meeting of the leaders of world powers in WW2. It ended February 11th, 1945.
article:https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/yalta-conference
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The destruction of Hitler's third reich, the soviets seized the flag. It ended April 13th.
article:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Berlin
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Hitler killed himself in his bunker when he knew that he had lost the war. He knew that he would be punished for his actions during the war.
article:https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-commits-suicide-in-his-underground-bunker
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Los alamos was the testing location of the atomic bombs. The project was launched in 1939.
article: https://www.osti.gov/opennet/manhattan-project-history/Events/1942-1945/establishing_los_alamos.htm
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A meeting between the Soviet Union, great britain and the united states. It ended on August 2nd 1945
article:https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/potsdam-conference
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The first bombing that the U.S. dropped on Japan to try and end the war. Japan did not surrender yet.
article: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/american-bomber-drops-atomic-bomb-on-hiroshima
video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wxWNAM8Cso