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March 15, 1939

Annexed by Hitler after the Munich Agreement, Sudetenland is regarded as one of the worst cases of appeasement.

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December 7, 1941

The bombing of Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States Hawaiian naval base.

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December 8, 1941

The American-Filipino army was defeated in the Battle of Bataan and the Battle of Corregidor. However, resistance against Japan continued throughout the war. Playing a role in the resistance, uncaptured Filipino army units, communist insurgency, and supporting American agents fought for the Philippines.

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February 19, 1942

Internment camps during World War II for the Japanese were surrounded by barbed-wire fences and patrolled by armed guards who shot anyone who attempted to leave.

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June 4, 1942

United States naval victory and its successful defense of the major base at Midway Island. This victory crushed Japan's hopes of neutralizing the U.S. naval power and is considered the turning point of World War II.

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August 7, 1942

Guadalcanal ended all Japanese attempts at expansion and placed the Allies in a clear victory.

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August 23, 1942

Stalingrad was one of the most emphasized battles on the Eastern Front in World War II. Germany suffered a catastrophic defeat against the Soviet Union in this city that bore the name of the Soviet dictator, Josef Stalin.

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June 6, 1944

The Allied forces of Britain, America, Canada, and France attacked German forces on the coast of Normandy, France. This was a major turning point for Europe in the war.

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February 6, 1945

Shaping postwar peace, the Meeting at Yalta represented collective security order and self-determination to the liberated of Europe.

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February 19, 1945

The island-hopping strategy targeted islands to capture and equip with airstrips. It brought B-29 bombers within range of the enemy while "hopping" over islands, cutting off supply lanes.

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April 16, 1945

The Battle of Berlin resulted in the surrender of Germany and the death of Hitler. This was a resounding victory for the Soviet Union and the Allies. This battle took a toll on both sides, taking 81,000 Soviet Union soldiers' lives and 280,000 wounded.

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April 30, 1945

Adolf Hitler committed suicide after being hunted by the troops of the Soviet Union storming Berlin. He swallowed a cyanide capsule and shot himself in the head to avoid being captured by the Soviet Union.

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July 16, 1945

Los Alamos was where the development and creation place of the atomic bomb. The world's first atomic bomb was detonated 200 miles south of Los Alamos at Trinity Site.

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July 17, 1945

Potsdam negotiators approved the formation of a Council of Foreign Ministers that would act on behalf of the U.S., Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and China to draft peace treaties with former allies of Germany.

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August 6, 1945

The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The two bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, mostly civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in armed conflict.

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