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Sedetenland was a portion of land in Bohemia and Moravia. It was part of Czechoslovakia. Germany and Czechoslovakia disputed over the land. In 1938 it was transferred to Germany. [https://www.britannica.com/place/Sudetenland]
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Americans would take over and island and establish themselves there and use the island as a launch point for the next attack.
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The Japanese launched surprise attack on the U.S. naval base Pearl Harbor. 2,400+ Americans died. This lead to the U.S. declaring war on Japan. [https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor]
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The Battle of Stalingrad was between Germany and Russia. It was one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the war. Lasted to February 1943. (https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad)
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The battle of Guadalcanal was the first real victory for the Allies in the Pacific. The U.S. attacked a Japanese base forcing them to withdraw. (https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-guadalcanal)
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Japanese americans were forced to reside in camps in order to "protect" them and others and to prevent them to potentially spy on the US
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A six month battle between the US and Japan over the island of Midway.
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Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France. It resulted in an Allied victory driving Axis forces out of France.
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This was a meeting between the big three to discuss what will be done after the war.
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The first Atomic Bomb was dropped by the Los Alamos laboratory.
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Berlin Fell in 1945 to Russian forces. The city was surrounded by Russia. Hitler commit suicide and the Third Reich fell.
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Hitler killed himself on April 30th 1945. He killed himself because the Russians had invaded Berlin and he did not want to be captured
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Meeting between the big 3 discussing the surrender of Japan
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America dropped the first atom bomb on Hiroshima killing approx. 139,000 people.
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Allied forces began their invasion of the Philippines in December of 1941 and liberated POWs in 1945
