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Annexation of Sudetenland
Sudetenland was desired by Germany, mainly because the people living heavily represented the "master race". Hitler forced the annexation to appease altercation with the allies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtWtRzADNA0
https://www.theholocaustexplained.org/life-in-nazi-occupied-europe/foreign-policy-and-the-road-to-war/occupation-of-the-sudetenland/ -
Pearl Harbor
This event is what brought the United States into World War 2. This was an Japanese attack on the naval base in Oahu Island.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv-PuhjjR9w
https://www.britannica.com/event/Pearl-Harbor-attack -
The Philippines Involvement
The Philippines became involved after the Japanese invasion. Landmarks had been destroyed and also government. The Japanese were ruthless.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivQ9O-yB0dw
https://www.latimes.com/books/la-ca-jc-book-review-rampage-20181102-story.html -
Island Hopping
Island hopping was a popular technique used by the allies to dismember the Japanese invaded islands and secure bases for supplies. Those bases also helped with launch attacks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-au50GxIXw
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/pacific-strategy-1941-1944 -
Battle of Midway
An extreme war battle between the Americans and Japanese. Eventually, America had won. This was a huge turning point during the war. The battle lasted 3 days (June 4-7).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzFr-uNTXxc
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway -
Stalingrad
The biggest battle of World War 2. It was against the Soviets and the Germans, the Germans had a bad defeat and stopped their advancements.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk1lUY9rh6M
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad -
Guadalcanal
Another ally victory in the pacific. Lasted from August 8, 1942 to February 9, 1943.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VzCTvSQ4JY
https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Guadalcanal -
Japanese Internment Camps
After the attack of Pearl Harbor, Americans were in shock. Like in the past, they followed their discriminatory behavior and put anyone of Japanese descent into camps out of fear of spies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_rk3RP5KQs&feature=youtu.be
https://aapf.org/japanese-internment -
D-Day
This was also called Operation Overlord. Ally soldiers would take ground on the Normandy beaches. This is the biggest sea-invasion in history.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cGuB-OWR0g
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day -
Meeting at Yalta
This meeting was to go over post-war organization for prevention of another World War. It was controversial and was the start to the cold war. But mainly for national reestablishment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1onjIjDD_1M
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-hccc-worldhistory2/chapter/the-yalta-conference/ -
Death of Hitler
The Soviets were closing in on Hitler. He had lost his mind and killed himself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p92hZ1ye8A
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44131106 -
Los Alamos
This is the place that was responsible for the Manhattan Project. This is were the atomic bomb was created on U.S soil.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dfK9G7UDok
https://www.lanl.gov/about/history-innovation/index.php -
Meeting at Potsdam
More of this meeting was for self-gain, what territory would you be taking. More demarcation lines were made and Germany was punished.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGVJNG-rAUQ
https://www.britannica.com/event/Potsdam-Conference -
Hiroshima
This is when an american plane dropped the first atomic bomb over the Japanese city. It destroyed the city, after the next bombing of Nagasaki, the Japanese surrendered.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyXtYjYJ-vs
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki -
The Fall of Berlin
Hundred of thousands of came together to protest. Some of the wall partially came off accidentally, but then the protesters tore it down.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cwfomUrOLU
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50013048
