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The Annexation of sudetenland was the German annexation of of sudetenland in Czechoslovakia. Germany wanted this because the majority of the citizens were Germans that were unhappy with being forced under chezchoslovak rule.
Article:https://www.britannica.com/place/Sudetenland
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Pearl Harbor is a US naval base in Hawaii, during WWII Japan bombed it in a surprise attack. It’s what led to the US joining the war. 2,403 Americans were killed in the bombing of pearl harbor. (ended on the same day)
Article:(https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor)
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The Philippines campaign was a campaign led by Douglas MacArthur, it started 10 hours after the bombing of pearl harbor. The islands were significant to Japan because they held a strategical advantage in the south pacific and the US fought against it because we didn't want them to gain that advantage. (ended may 8 1942)
Article:https://totallyhistory.com/philippines-campaign/
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Island hopping was an American strategy that was used in order to get closer to Japan without risking getting intercepted. They went through Japanese controlled island in the pacific sea trying to gt closer to the empire of Japan to be able to launch an attack.
Article:https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-ushistory/chapter/the-war-in-the-pacific/#:~:text=Island%20hopping%3A%20A%20military%20strategy,and%20takeover%20of%20another%20island.
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Policy in the US from 1942 to 1945, it forced people of Japanese decent/nationality to move to internment/prison camps. This happened due to the mistrust that came after Pearl Harbor, and the thought that they may be spies or terrorists. article: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation#:~:text=Japanese%20internment%20camps%20were%20established,be%20incarcerated%20in%20isolated%20camps.
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The Battle of Midway was an important victory for the US because it allowed us to turn the tides of the pacific front against Japan. There were 2500 Japanese casualties and 307 American casualties. The battle of Midway was initiated by Japan in order to gain the advantage in the Pacific. (end date: 7/7/1942)
Artilce:https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/battle-midway
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The battle of Guadlacanal was a US victory with 1600 killed and 4200 wounded US soldiers and 24000 killed Japanese soldiers. The battle was a naval and land battle, it is considered to be one of the turning points of the war (in American favor). The American advance caught the Japanese soldiers off guard and the advanced was powerful. (end date: 2/9/1943)
Article:https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Guadalcanal#ref345065
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Stalingrad was a military campaign between Soviet Union and German forces, it is infamous for being the longest and bloodiest battle in modern warfare. Germany initiated the fight in hopes of catching Russia off guard. The long battle ended in Soviet success
article:https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad
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D-Day also known as the invasion of Normandy started 6/6/1944 and ended 6/6/1944. It was one of the largest amphibian assaults in history, It was also the first step to get a foothold in Nazi-controlled Europe in order to drive Nazi forces back and win the war. It holds a important role in allied victory of ww2.
article:https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day
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(end date feb 11 1945) It was a meeting between the three allied power countries leaders in order to have Stalin keep good his agreement to help with Japan after defeat of Germany, and in return they would get land from Germany after the war. It created tensions that would lead to cold war.
Article:https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/yalta-conference#:~:text=The%20Yalta%20Conference%20was%20a,coast%20of%20the%20Crimean%20Peninsula.
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date ended: may,2 1945
The Fall of Berlin also known as the battle of Berlin was the last battle of the European theater. It was the invasion of Germany capitol Berlin. It was fought between the Soviet union and Germany.
article:https://www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_ii/battle_of_berlin.php
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The death of Hitler was quite anti-climatic because he committed suicide and had his corpse burned before the allied powers could capture him. He did this because of what happened to Mussolini.
article:https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-commits-suicide
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They detonated the first atomic bomb on July 16th 1945. Los Alamos was a laboratory that was made for one reason to design and build a functioning atomic bomb. The name of the project was the Manhattan project. The tests succeed and they were able to build a functioning A-Bomb, which were used to end war on the pacific theater.
Article:https://www.osti.gov/opennet/manhattan-project-history/Events/1942-1945/establishing_los_alamos.htm
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Lasted untill august 7th. The three allied leaders meet in potsdam germany in order to discuss terms for the end of the war. They discussed the post war borders of Europe. Failed to settle important issues and set stage for cold war.
article:https://history.state.gov/milestones/1937-1945/potsdam-conf#:~:text=The%20Big%20Three%E2%80%94Soviet%20leader,end%20of%20World%20War%20II.
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Hiroshima is a Japanese city, specifically the city that the US dropped the first atomic bomb on in hopes of ending the Pacific theater war. However, it did not lead to Japanese surrender and the US had to drop another bomb on the city of Nagasaki.
article:https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1946/08/31/hiroshima
video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_A8LPtuX5c