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Annexation of Sudetenland
Hitler demanded Czechoslovakia and Western powers cede the Sudetenland, leading to the Munich Agreement.
Article:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust_in_the_Sudetenland
Video: https://study.com/learn/lesson/video/sudetenland-annexation-ww2-german-invasion-czechoslovakia.html -
Pearl Harbor
Japan launched a surprise attack on the U.S. naval base in Hawaii
Video: https://www.britannica.com/video/airplanes-Triumph-of-the-Axis-base-Japanese-December-7-1941/-18891
Article:https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor -
Battle of Philippines
U.S. recaptured the Philippines from Japan in a crucial Pacific battle, featuring the largest naval battle in history.
Article:https://www.pacom.mil/Media/News/News-Article-View/Article/2053638/us-forces-began-main-battle-for-philippines-75-years-ago/
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Japanese Internment Camps
120,000 Japanese Americans forcibly relocated and imprisoned in camps by the U.S. government.
Article:https://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus/2016/02/the-history-of-americas-japanese-internment-camps/
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Battle of Midway
Naval battle in which the U.S. destroyed most of Japan's navy.
Article:https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/wars-conflicts-and-operations/world-war-ii/1942/midway.html
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIQ1ntrhhHI -
Battle of Stalingrad
A brutal battle between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union
Article:https://warontherocks.com/2017/08/the-motherland-calls-the-battle-of-stalingrad-75-years-later/
Video:https://www.britannica.com/video/Overview-Battle-of-Stalingrad/-193676 -
Battle of Guadalcanal
The first major offensive by Allied forces against Japan US used the strategy island hopping.
Article:https://www.nationalww2museum.org/programs/victory-pacific-battle-guadalcanal
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCmxRXBEeUI -
Island-hopping Strategy
U.S. military strategy of capturing key islands in the Pacific to get closer to Japan.
Article:https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/pacific-strategy-1941-1944
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT-U0a_8Wo8 -
D-Day
The Allied invasion of Normandy was a key step toward defeating Nazi Germany
Article:https://soldiersangels.org/d-day-and-its-profound-impact-on-american-history/
Video:https://www.europeafrica.army.mil/DDay/videoid/800151/dvpTag/D-Day/ -
Meeting at Yalta
Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin meet to discuss what would happen after the war in Europe.
Article:https://carnegieendowment.org/posts/2020/02/the-yalta-conference-was-more-than-a-victors-feast?lang=en
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybnzMnFEWJY -
Fall of Berlin
The final major battle in Europe, The Soviet forces capture Berlin
Article:https://www.thecollector.com/fall-of-berlin-wwii-end-europe/
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVx3Z2ErOUw -
Death of Hitler
Adolf Hitler commits suicide
Article:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Adolf_Hitler
Video:https://www.britannica.com/video/War-surrender-Europe-Germany-May-1945/-194180 -
Meeting at Potsdam
Truman, Churchill, and Stalin met to negotiate terms for Germany and Japan's surrender.
Article:https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/potsdam-conference
Video:https://www.britannica.com/video/Overview-Potsdam-Conference/-194273 -
Los Alamos
Secret site of the Manhattan Project, the atomic bomb was developed here.
Article:https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/making-public-what-was-once-secret-los-alamos-and-manhattan-project
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axkQ4UjTc8M -
Hiroshima Bombing
U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
Article:https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/atomic-bomb-hiroshima
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=3wxWNAM8Cso&t=58s