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Annexation of Sudetenland
The Sudetenland was assigned to Germany and Czechoslovakia was subsequently invaded by Germany.
Video: https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-german-annexation-of-sudetenland.html
Article: https://www.britannica.com/place/Sudetenland -
The attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military attack by Japan on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e99lfmmDN0
Article: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor -
The Philippines
Japan launched a surprise attack on the Philippines. 80,000 prisoners were captured and forced to "Death March."
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3l6d_o1mxc
Article: http://articles.latimes.com/2012/dec/02/travel/la-tr-philippines-timeline-20121202 -
Japanese Internment Camps
After Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt signed the "Exclusive Order 9066" that placed Japanese Americans in camps.
Video: https://densho.org/american-concentration-camps/
Article: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation -
Battle of Midway
The turning point in the Pacific.
Video: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway
Article: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway -
Guadalcanal
First Pacific Allie win. US took control of an airbase.
Video: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-guadalcanal
Article: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-guadalcanal -
Stalingrad
Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHkELWFqGKQ&vl=en-US
Article: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad -
D-Day
Allied forces invaded northern France by beach landings in Normandy.
Video: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day
Article: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day -
Meeting at Yalta
Conference of the three chief Allied leaders. Churchill, Stalin, and FDR were the three leaders present.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg1fE-SRD5Y
Article: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/yalta-conference -
Island-hopping
Island hopping was a military strategy employed by the Allies in the Pacific War against Japan. US captured island after island slowly working their way back to the main island.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5LUDLuYkdU
Article: https://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1671.html -
Death of Hitler
Hitler and his wife swallowed cyanide capsules in his underground bunker, and for good measure shot himself. He did not want to be captured and humiliated in front of the whole world.
Video: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/death-of-hitler-video
Article: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-commits-suicide-in-his-underground-bunker -
Fall of Berlin
Germany signs a surrender to the Allies marking the end of the war for Europe.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQCuNkWts8k
Article: https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall -
Los Alamos
Where the Manhattan Project took place. This was the testing of the atomic bomb.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppgdBI31-lo
Article: https://www.atomicheritage.org/location/los-alamos-nm -
Meeting at Potsdam
Truman, Stalin & Churchill Meet in Berlin. They discuss post-war in Europe.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdTmrusxCag
Article: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/potsdam-conference -
Hiroshima
Hiroshima was a city in Japan destroyed by an atomic bomb during World War II. Ultimately lead to the end of World War II.
Video: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki
Article: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki
