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Germany wanted the Sudetenland not just because it was a German region but also because most of its people were ethnically German. Hitler called for the Sudetenland to be annexed by Germany in the summer of 1938. -
The Japanese launched a surprise aircraft attack on the American naval station at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island, Hawaii, which led to the United States' entry into World War II. -
The Japanese attack on the Philippines on December 8, 1941, happened just as the United States was only starting to build up its armed forces. -
after the attack on Pearl Harbor, a wave of anti-Japanese suspicion and nervousness forced the Roosevelt government to take a harsh stance against these citizens and foreigners alike. For the majority of the war, almost all Japanese Americans were compelled to abandon their homes and belongings and live in camps. -
The United States destroyed Japan's first-line carrier strength and the majority of its best trained naval pilots in an almost all aircraft naval engagement during World War II. -
During the Second World War, one of the most important events on the Eastern Front was Stalingrad. In and around this strategically significant city on the Volga River named after the Soviet dictator Josef Stalin the Soviet Union suffered the German Army an awful defeat. -
The US dropped two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945. The bombs, which are still the only instance of nuclear weapons being used in an armed war, killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, the majority of whom were civilians. -
The Allies made a clear shift from defensive to offensive operations in the Pacific theater with the Battle of Guadalcanal. -
In order to create the first nuclear bombs during World War II, a research and development effort known as the Manhattan Project was started. Together with the United Kingdom and Canada, the United States took the lead in it. -
An amphibious battle tactic used by the Allies against the Japanese Empire in the Pacific War of World War II. -
D-Day had created a new front that was significant enough to finally use the majority of America's quickly growing army. As a result, France became independent and Germany was prevented from using that nation's resources both human and economic any more. -
The leaders of state of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union met at the Yalta Conference, which took place from February 4–11, 1945, during World War II, to discuss the postwar reconstruction of Germany and Europe. -
The victorious Allies split Germany into four zones after Hitler's death and led to the end of World War II in Europe. The Allies then occupied Germany. -
The Potsdam negotiators also supported the creation of a Council of Foreign Ministers, which would prepare peace treaties with Germany's former allies on behalf of the US, the UK, the USSR, and China, in addition to resolving issues involving Germany and Poland. -
Following Germany's reunification in October 1990, the other East European governments fell quickly to pieces. People celebrating the Berlin Wall's collapse.