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Annexation of Sudetenland
After the Treat of Saint-Germain was accepted by the Sudeten's, they were placed under Czech rule. Soon an anti- Semitic and anti- Czech group formed by Konrad Heinlein.https://www.britannica.com/place/Sudetenland
https://www.theholocaustexplained.org/life-in-nazi-occupied-europe/foreign-policy-and-the-road-to-war/occupation-of-the-sudetenland/
https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/Annexation_of_the_Sudetenland
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Pearl Harbor
The Japanese launched a surprise attack on a naval base called Pearl Harbor. Hundreds of fighter planes were descended on the base. They destroyed battleships and airplanes. Not long after, the nuclear bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima occurred. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/path-pearl-harbor
https://www.britannica.com/event/Pearl-Harbor-attack
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Japanese Internment Camps
FDR established them during WW2 after the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor. Japanese Americans were placed into Interment Camps because of the attacks.https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation
https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/education/presidential-inquiries/japanese-american-internment
https://www.britannica.com/event/Japanese-American-internment
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Battle of Midway
Japan wanted to use Midway to attack Pearl Harbor. The US was aware of the planned attack. Four Japanese Aircraft attacked Midway. While the aircraft returned for fuel, the US became aware.
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/battle-midway
https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Midway
https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/wars-conflicts-and-operations/world-war-ii/1942/midway.html
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Guadalcanal
The Japanese moved a force of troops into Guadalcanal. General Alexander Vandegrift launched troops into Guadalcanal to defeat the 2,000 Japanese soldiers. https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Guadalcanal
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/solomon-islands-campaign-guadalcanal
https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/b/battle-of-midway-4-7-june-1942.html
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Stalingrad
It was in big favor for the allies. It was important for Germany because it would end transport with southern Russia. Soon though, they surrendered to the Soviets. https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Stalingrad
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-battle-of-stalingrad
https://warontherocks.com/2017/08/the-motherland-calls-the-battle-of-stalingrad-75-years-later/
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D-Day
It was the Battle of Normandy. It led to the allied liberation in Western Europe from Germany's control. America, Canada, and Britain launched an invasion on Germany. Soon the Allies defeated them. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day
https://www.army.mil/d-day/history.html
https://www.britannica.com/event/Normandy-Invasion
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Meeting at Yalta
Leaders Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill met in Yalta. They discussed the control of Germany after the Surrender. They came to the determination that Germany would be "denazified".
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/yalta-conference
https://www.britannica.com/event/Yalta-Conference
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/the-yalta-conference-at-seventy-five-lessons-from-history/
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Island Hopping
After the Battle of Midway, the US new they needed to stop Japan. They came up with the strategy called island hopping. It defeated a lot of Japanese force.
https://www.studentsofhistory.com/war-in-the-pacific
https://plc-vic.libguides.com/c.php?g=927802&p=6702291
https://www.thoughtco.com/world-war-ii-across-the-pacific-2361460
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Fall of Berlin
The Soviet Union released 20 armies, 8,500 aircraft, and 6,300 tanks on German resistance and then captured Berlin. The Soviet army soon surrounded the city with the remaining Nazis. Germany soon surrendered the city of Berlin.
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/berlin.htm
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52572544
https://blogs.loc.gov/international-collections/2019/11/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-berlin-wall/
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Death of Hitler
After the siege of Berlin, Hitler stayed in his bunker to live his last days. On April 4th of 1945, he committed suicide.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-commits-suicide
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/deathofhitler.htm
https://www.businessinsider.com/hitler-death-newspapers-2018-4
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Los Alamos
Los Alamos was the laboratory that was used to make the nuclear bombs. It created the two bombs that the US dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima. https://www.lanl.gov/about/history-innovation/index.php
https://www.osti.gov/opennet/manhattan-project-history/Events/1942-1945/establishing_los_alamos.htm
https://www.lanl.gov/about/history-innovation/index.php
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Meeting at Potsdam
Stalin, Truman, and Churchill met in Potsdam, Germany to discuss Germany's fate at the end of World War II. They planned to demilitarize Germany. This meeting hinted to the later Cold War.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/potsdam-conference
https://www.britannica.com/event/Potsdam-Conference
https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/last-meeting-of-the-potsdam-conference-in-potsdam-germany
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The Philippines
The Japanese invaded the Philippines. American and Filipino soldiers had the goal of delaying action in Manilla Bay. Soon Japan granted the Philippines their freedom.
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/liberation-of-philippines-cecilia-gaerlan
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pacific-War/The-invasion-of-the-Philippines
https://www.history.com/news/filipino-americans-veterans-day
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Hiroshima
On August 6 of 1949, president Truman made the decision to drop the nuclear bomb, Little Boy, on Hiroshima after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. 80,000 people were killed.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/atomic-bomb-hiroshima
https://www.icanw.org/hiroshima_and_nagasaki_bombings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_A8LPtuX5c