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The Czech part of Czechoslovakia was invaded by Germany, from this a portion was annexed and new lands were created.
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The attack of the Japanese on the U.S. island of Hawaii. Pearl Harbor was where the U.S. naval base and the pacific fleet were located.
article- https://www.britannica.com/event/Pearl-Harbor-attack
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A military strategy employed by the Allies in the Pacific War against the Axis powers. It was where military troops would take back islands and establish a military base there.
article- https://www.historycrunch.com/island-hopping.html#/
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Where the U.S enforced the relocation of the Japanese living in America. They were forced into concentration camps in the western interior of the country.
article- https://www.britannica.com/event/Japanese-American-internment
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A major naval battle in the pacific theater of WW2 took place six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
article- https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway
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A major battle between German and Soviet troops in WW2. This battle ended with the surrender of an entire German army.
article- https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad
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This battle was the first major offensive and a decisive victory for the Allies in the Pacific theater. Marines launched a surprise attack and took control of an airbase under construction.
article- https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-guadalcanal
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The day in World War II on which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy.
article- https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day
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The invasion of the Philippines by the Empire of Japan and the defense of the islands by the United States and the Philippine Armies during World War II.
article- https://totallyhistory.com/philippines-campaign/
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A meeting of three World War II allies to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe.
article- https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/yalta-conference
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The Battle of Berlin was one of the last major offensives of the European theatre of World War II. It was a strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union.
article- https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/the-fall-of-berlin.html
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Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his bunker by taking cyanide pills and then shooting himself in the head.
article- https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-commits-suicide
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The laboratory that produced the first atomic bombs used during World War II and home of the primary nuclear weapons research facility in the United States.
article- https://www.britannica.com/topic/Los-Alamos-National-Laboratory
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They gathered to decide how to administer Germany, which had agreed to unconditional surrender nine weeks earlier on the victory of Europe day.
article- https://history.state.gov/milestones/1937-1945/potsdam-conf
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Where the United States dropped its first atomic bomb used in warfare. By doing this they hoped to send a message to the Soviet Union.
article- https://www.history.com/news/hiroshima-nagasaki-second-atomic-bomb-japan-surrender-wwii
video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv4VhZy2L5Y