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Britain, France, Italy, and Germany held a conference in Munich. They agreed for a pledge of peace from Hitler in exchange for the annexation of Sudetenland. Link- https://www.britannica.com/place/Sudetenland Video- https://youtu.be/kcwngwEaP_0
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Surprise military attack by the Japanese on the United States Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor just before 8 AM. This killed 2,403 US citizens and damaged 19 US ships. Link- https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor Video- https://youtu.be/mEvYPYp4o8k -
Japan invaded the Philippines and the United States came in to help. It all ended in the defeat of the Filipino and Americans. Thousands were sent to Japanese prison camps. Link-https://totallyhistory.com/philippines-campaign/ Video- https://youtu.be/ZWkGW3R0GKg
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The United States island hopped through the islands in the Pacific in order to get closer to the Japanese. They took over every island and every time they got closer to Japan. Link-https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/pacific-strategy-1941-1944 Video- https://youtu.be/oLfWEKlsCLo -
Established by FDR after the Pearl Harbor Bombings. This was created in order to stop potential Japanese Spies from hurting the US. Thousands of Japanese-Americans were placed in these camps during the war. Link- https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation Video- https://youtu.be/5ZLGj6BV1Os
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This battle was the turning point of the war. This is where America finally started to push back on Japan. Link-https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway Video- https://youtu.be/LSeyIOoFxl4
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This ended all Japanese expansion. This was considered the first string of success that eventually led to the surrender of Japan. Link-https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/solomon-islands-campaign-guadalcanal Video- https://youtu.be/iPWL5bEpCvw
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Battle between Germany and the Soviet Union. This was the first battle that Germany accepted defeat. Both sides stopped at nothing to win this battle, so a lot of lives were lost. Link-https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad Video- https://youtu.be/eMt-rawNZZI
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Los Alamos is a place in New Mexico that was responsible for the development and testing of the nuclear weapons dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan. Link- https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/manhattan-project-science-at-los-alamos.htm Video-https://youtu.be/dWA5Z32tiKM -
The American Army invaded Normandy, France to try and push back the Germans. This was considered a point where the Germans were finally falling back. Link- https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day Video- https://youtu.be/fySWO_51SUY -
United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union decided that Germany would undergo demilitarization and de-nazification and be split into four occupied zones: Soviet, British, French, and American zones. Roosevelt wanted Soviet support in the U.S. Pacific War against Japan. This conference was the starting point to get to the cold war. Link- https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/yalta-conference Video- https://youtu.be/9pOKfn3jdLA
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One of the last major battles of WW2. This battle was won by the Soviets, and is where the Germans surrendered. Link- https://www.britannica.com/topic/Battle-of-Berlin Video- https://youtu.be/YshlDYx7Q2c
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Hitler realized that Germany was going to lose this war. As a result he committed suicide via gunshot. Link- https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-commits-suicide Video- https://youtu.be/L9WbOEWWBmg -
It confirmed plans to disarm and demilitarize Germany, which would be divided into four Allied occupation zones controlled by the United States, Great Britain, France and the Soviet Union. Link- https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/potsdam-conference Video- https://youtu.be/ThZza0LRG3Y
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Hiroshima, Japan was the first city in Japan to fall victim to the atomic bombs that America dropped. The blast immediately killed about 80 thousand people and 100,000+ died from exposure to radiation later on. Link-https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki Video- https://youtu.be/Hgp6ZH-by-E