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Annexation of Sudetenland
When Britain, France, Italy, and Germany held a conference in which agreeing Hitler can have Sudetenland in exchange for peace.
https://www.historyhit.com/sudetenland/
Video: https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/film/sudetenland-ceded-to-germany -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese made a surprise attack on the US naval bases in Pearl Harbor. This caused the US entry in WW2.
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/path-pearl-harbor
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Japanese Internment Camps
The camps were made to put Japanese Americans to make sure they weren't spies.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation
video: https://www.archives.gov/news/topics/japanese-american-internment -
The phillipines
Worst US defeat in US history losing about 100,000 men.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pacific-War/The-invasion-of-the-Philippines
video: https://www.nationalww2museum.org/events-programs/educational-travel/world-war-ii-philippines/march-2023 -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater. The US defeated four Japanese carriers while only losing one of our own.
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/battle-midway
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Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of Guadalcanal is where the allies stormed the beaches of the south pacific. It was a turning point in favor of the allies.
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/life-guadalcanal
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dDIxK_VydA -
Los Alamos
Los Alamos was used for development and testing of Nuclear weapons.
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/making-public-what-was-once-secret-los-alamos-and-manhattan-project
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Battle of Stalingrad
Stalingrad was won by the Soviet Union against Germany when Germany tried to take over.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-battle-of-stalingrad
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F679phS3xT0 -
Island Hopping
When the US went from island to island liberating them from Japan.
https://www.studentsofhistory.com/war-in-the-pacific
video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V7k5dC8_W8 -
D-Day
The invasion of Normandy to fight Nazis. Led to liberation of France.
https://www.army.mil/d-day/
video: https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/d-day-explained -
Meeting at Yalta
A meeting between the big three where they agreed that after Germanys surrender, they would divide it into four post-war zones being monitored.
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/timeline-event/holocaust/1942-1945/yalta-conference
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkZFlp9H4H0 -
Fall of Berlin
Berlin was left in ruins but the Soviet troops gave out bread and essentials to the people.
Article: https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/battle-of-berlin-memorial-tiergarten]
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNCiHGcJzFg -
Death of Hitler
Hitler died from suicide with a gun in Furherbunker, Berlin.
https://time.com/3829048/death-of-hitler-history/
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ3U3v8VMzk -
Meeting at Potsdam
The big three confirmed plans to demilitarize Germany.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/how-the-potsdam-conference-shaped-the-future-of-post-war-europe
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Hiroshima
America dropped the worlds first atomic bomb on Hiroshima Japan hoping for a surrender and end to war.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wxWNAM8Cso