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annexation of Sudetenland
Hitler wanted to take back the Sudetenland because a lot of the people there came from German decent video:https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-german-annexation-of-sudetenland.html source https://www.britannica.com/place/Sudetenland -
Stalingrad
4 million German troops invaded Russia. After a couple months they retreated. About the next year, the Germans invaded again and after 3 long years of fighting the Russian's won even though millions of people were dead. video and source:https://www.britannica.com/video/180233/Overview-Battle-of-Stalingrad -
pearl harbor
the empire of japan attacked the us on a Sunday morning at 8 am when they didn't expect it
video and source https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor -
The Philippines
they were attacked by the Empire of Japan. Then nine hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor and 1944, Allied forces liberated the islands from Japanese control in a naval invasion. was home of 19 million citizen very horrible tragedy.
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-v_ZT88yBU
source https://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=46 -
Japanese internment camps
The U.S. government called for the internment of Japanese-Americans. Intended initially to prevent Japanese spies from receiving Intel, this order authorized their removal from military areas during World War II.
source:https://www.history.com/news/japanese-internment-camp-wwii-photos
video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU-k0uG8pAw -
Island-hopping
it was a military strategy used by the Allies in the Pacific War against the Axis powers during World War II. It entailed taking over an island and establishing a military base there.
source:https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-ushistory/chapter/the-war-in-the-pacific/
video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBgxW3H_tsI -
Battle of midway
This was a fight in the Pacific Ocean in the middle of all the lands. The Japanese rolled over the Philippines, Southeast Asia, and East Indies. This only lasted 4 days.Then 6 month later wad the attack on pearl harbor.
source:https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway
video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-au50GxIXw -
Guadalcanal
code-named operation watchtower by American forces around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theater of World War II.
video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VzCTvSQ4JY
Source https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-guadalcanal -
D-Day
The United States and Allied troops invaded Normandy, France. While Russia fought in the East. It was the largest seaborne invasion in history.
video:https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day
source https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day -
Meeting at Yalta
This was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe. Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt all were in this meeting. The Soviet Union hosted this meeting.
source:https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/yalta-conference
video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5ZdgjY8I7E -
fall of Berlin
Operation by the Soviet Union, was one of the last major offensives of the European theater of World War video:II.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNCiHGcJzFg
source http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/berlin.htm -
The death of Hitler
Adolf Hitler committed suicide on April 30th the cause of his death was taking cyanide and shooting himself in the head.when Soviet forces stormed Berlin was when he planed to kill himself.
Video:https://www.history.com/news/hitler-death-cause-teeth-analysis
source https://www.history.com/news/hitler-death-cause-teeth-analysis -
Los Alamos
America’s scientific community was fighting to catch up to German advances in the development of atomic power. The U.S. government authorized a top-secret program of nuclear testing and development. Much of the research and development for the project occurred at a facility built in Los Alamos, New Mexico. In July 1945,scientists successfully exploded the first atomic bomb at the Trinity test site
Video:https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/trinity-test -
Meeting at Potsdam
This conference was held at Cecilienhof, Potsdam, Germany. Then the three Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Harry Truman met in Potsdam, Germany, to negotiate terms for the end of World War II.
source:https://history.state.gov/milestones/1937-1945/potsdam-conf
video:https://www.britannica.com/video/180248/Overview-Potsdam-Conference -
Hiroshima
President Truman ordered for the U.S. to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. The atomic bomb killed thousands on impact and for many years later it killed citizens because of radiation.This one of the many reason why world war two ended.
source https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wxWNAM8Cso
