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In the summer of 1938 Hitler demanded the annexation of the Sudetenland into Germany. At this point Hitler was aware that the Allies were desperate to avoid war, and thought it likely that they would appease his demands.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMLGRYiF_ZQ
https://www.theholocaustexplained.org/life-in-nazi-occupied-europe/foreign-policy-and-the-road-to-war/occupation-of-the-sudetenland/ -
On December 7, 1941, The Japanese sent a surprise attack to pearl harbor to cripple the pacific naval fleat. This resulted in the US entering WWII https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zVV7AX-lfQ
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After the US was bombed by the Japanese the US came up with a naval strategy to push back japans invasion east by going from island to island. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBHfoQsF2Y4
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After the US was bombed in pearl harbor. FDR passed executive order 9066. This put all Asian Americans in internment camps. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-iVxs2xuYc
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The battle of midway was a battle between the US and Japan. We fought the battle on an island in between japan and the US. This battle stopped the Japanese invasion to the east. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9GAYEDzEeg
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The battle of Guadalcanal was the first major offensive and defensive win for the allies. The US launched a suprise attack on the air base that was under construction.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-guadalcanal
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The battle of stalingrad was a war campaign between the soviet union and germany in ww2. This Battle was infamous for being one of the longest and bloodiest battles in the war.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad
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D-Day also known as operation overlord was the allies attempt to liberate France. The allies stormed the beaches of Normandy and is one of the most well known battles in WWII.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-pQ1i52h6A
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The Japanese had tried to invade the Phaillippines because it wold give them strategical land advantage in the pacific. The US had former Army General Douglas MacArthur to serve in this battle and the US won.
https://totallyhistory.com/philippines-campaign/
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After 4 years of fighting, The soviet union launched an assualt on berlin. Many casualties were killed but eventualy it had put Hitler to his knees.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52572544#:~:text=After%20nearly%20four%20years%20of,the%20country's%20civilians%20and%20military.&text=Berlin%20was%20completely%20surrounded%20by%2023%20April.
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The Meeting at Yalta was a meeting between FDR, Stalin, and Churchill. The three went to discuss the post war fate of Germany.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcHbOtTQxWE
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On april 30th, 1945 hitler died. It is said he commited suicide.
https://www.history.com/news/hitler-death-cause-teeth-analysis
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President Truman, Soviet Unions Joseph Stalin, And Brittan's Winston Churchill. The leaders arrived at various agreements on the German economy, punishment for war criminals, land boundaries and reparations.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/potsdam-conference
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Los Alamos in WW2 served the singe purpose of being the testing site for the atomic bomb.It took just 27 months. On July 16, 1945, the world's first atomic bomb was detonated 200 miles south of Los Alamos at Trinity Site.
https://www.lanl.gov/about/history-innovation/
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On August 6, 1945 the USA became the first country to use an atomic bomb. The USA had had a troubled question. To try to invade japan or just drop the bombs and end the war. Eventually the US decided to drop the bomb and ended WW2 on the pacific front.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/american-bomber-drops-atomic-bomb-on-hiroshima
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hgp6ZH-by-E