PROJECT US HISTROY

By Jaylinakers05

  • Annexation of Sudetenland

    Annexation of Sudetenland
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    Nazi Germany annexes the Sudetenland, a region of Czechoslovakia, marking a key moment in the prelude to WWII.

  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    articleJapan attacks the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, leading the United States to enter World War II.

  • 1942 - Japanese Internment Camps

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    The U.S. government orders the relocation and internment of Japanese-Americans, leading to their confinement in camps.

  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway
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    A decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater where the U.S. defeats Japan, marking a turning point in the war.

  • Guadalcanal

    Guadalcanal
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    The first major Allied offensive in the Pacific against Japan, ending in an Allied victory.

  • 1942-1943 - Stalingrad

    1942-1943 - Stalingrad
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    A brutal battle between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, with the Germans suffering a devastating defeat.

  • - Island-hopping

    - Island-hopping
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    A military strategy employed by the United States in the Pacific Theater, where they bypassed heavily fortified Japanese islands, capturing strategically important ones instead.

  • - D-Day

    - D-Day
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    Allied forces land on the beaches of Normandy, France, marking the beginning of the liberation of Western Europe.

  • 1944-1945 - The Philippines

    1944-1945 - The Philippines
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    The battle for the Philippines as Allied forces, led by General MacArthur, liberate the islands from Japanese occupation.

  • Meeting at Yalta

    Meeting at Yalta
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    The Big Three (Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin) meet in Yalta to discuss the post-war reorganization of Europe and the world.

  • Death of Hitler

    Death of Hitler
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    Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his bunker in Berlin as Soviet forces close in on the city.

  • Fall of Berlin

    Fall of Berlin
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    Berlin falls to Soviet forces, leading to the surrender of Nazi Germany in Europe.

  • Los Alamo’s

    Los Alamo’s
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    Los Alamos The U.S. develops the atomic bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico, with the first test occurring on July 16, 1945 in the desert of New Mexico

  • Meeting at Potsdam

    Meeting at Potsdam
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    Allied leaders meet in Potsdam, Germany, to negotiate the terms of the post-war settlement, including the final defeat of Japan.

  • Hiroshima

    Hiroshima
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    The United States drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, leading to widespread devastation.