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The German occupation of Czechoslovakia that started with the annexation of Sudetenland. it was an invasion that extended to all parts of former Czechoslovakia -
an airstrike on the us naval base in pearl harbor, Hawaii by the Japanese. this action convinces the us to enter the war. -
the American-Filipino army was defeated in the Battle of Bataan and the Battle of Correggio against Japanese, but continued to fight with gorilla resistance -
camps established in the us by president FDR in his executive order to isolate people with Japanese decent, even citizens, in camps -
a US navy victory. turning the tides by crushing japans hopes of neutralizing the United States as a naval power. -
the first major offensive and a decisive victory for the Allies in the pacific theater, fighting off Japanese forces stationed in the Solomon islands with a surprise attack led by US marines. -
successful soviet defense against invading Germans. this stop in their advanced marked a major turning point in the war -
island hopping, also known as ¨leapfrogging¨, was military strategy for the allies in the pacific war to fight off the empire of japan. it was basically just bypassing heavily fortified islands instead of capturing EVERY island in sequence to tr to get to the target -
an enormous assault by the allies in the beaches of Normandy France to try to take back the country from German forces. it became a huge turning point in the war in Europe -
three ally leaders, FDR, Churchill, and soviet union leader Stalin met up to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe -
Hitler and his wife committed suicide. he shot himself and his wife took cyanide. -
scientists there detonated a plutonium bomb at the test site. in the following year the Manhattan project began to take place there, leading to the creation of little boy and fat man -
meeting in germany with laeders of UK, US, and USSR to discuss waht to do with germany. they also talked about the establishment of the postwar order, peace treaty issues, and countering the effects of the war -
atomic bomb named ¨little boy¨ that was dropped in hiroshima japan, marked the very end of the war. it obliterated the whole city causing a huge number of innocent japanese lives. -
east and west Berlin were finally united once again after half a million people gathered a mass protest in east Berlin