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Japanese internment camps
During ww2 Japanese Americans were forced to move into prison-like camps because the American people feared they were spies. The people were innocent and the government realized what they had done after the war. link: https://www.archives.gov/news/topics/japanese-american-internment -
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The beginning to the end of WWII
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Annexation of the Sudetenland
A conference was held by leaders of Germany, France, Great Britain, and Italy on September 29th, 1939. In the meeting, Czechoslovakia had to agree to give up Sudentenland in exchange for peace from Germany. video link: https://study.com/learn/lesson/sudetenland-annexation-ww2-german-invasion-czechoslovakia.html -
Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor happened on the morning of December 7th, 1941. This event caused the United States to join WWII. Japanese bombers attacked the naval base claiming many lives after lying to the U.S. about peace talks. video: https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-happened-at-pearl-harbor -
The Philippines
The Japanese defeated the American-Filipino army, but resistance didn't stop. Gueirrilla resistance to the Japanese continued throughout the war. link:https://www.nationalww2museum.org/events/educational-travel/world-war-ii-philippines/world-war-ii-philippines-spring-2024 -
Battle of Midway
The battle of midway was a crucial victory for the allies when the Americans intercepted Japanese plans and met them at midway going all out in an aircraft offensive. link: https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/topics/battle-of-midway -
Guadalcanal
It was a battle that ended all Japanese expansion attempts, it was one of the first steps to the allied powers winning the war overall. link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dDIxK_VydA -
Los Alamos
The Manhattan Project was research being conducted during the war in Los Alamos, New Mexico. The atomic bomb was tested and approved for mass destruction in the war. It would soon be used against Japan. link: https://livability.com/nm/los-alamos/experiences-adventures/how-the-manhattan-project-and-los-alamos-changed-the-course-of/ -
Island-hopping
Island hopping was a technique where jumping over heavily defended locations and seizing the lightly defended ones helped the two sides gain islands during the war and set up bases. -
Battle of Stalingrad
A battle when the nazis betrayed the Soviet Union and tried to take over territory but failed. The Soviet Union held the city of Stalingrad. link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F679phS3xT0 -
D-Day
A day of many losses when Americans rushed the beaches of Normandy France, the German defenses claimed many lives but the Americans prevailed winning this critical offensive. -
Meeting at Yalta
The big three met and discussed Germany's surrender. They determined it would be split up and occupied by the different powers. Split four ways so it could be occupied by, USA, Soviet Union, British, French. link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1onjIjDD_1M -
Fall of Berlin
One of the last major offenses of the war when the Soviet Union aggressively pushed into Berlin in order to free the POW’s and innocent people behind the wall. link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNCiHGcJzFg -
Death of Hitler
Hitler was being hunted by soviet troops in Berlin and shot himself in a cabin as an alternative to being caught and seeing the end of the war. link: https://www.sabaton.net/historical-facts/death-of-hitler/ -
Meeting at Potsdam
The big three discussed the demilitarization of Germany and the splitting up of land after the war. They also negotiated terms for ending the war and the distrust because of Truman's use of the atomic bombs. link: https://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/potsdam-conference-changed-the-world-75-years-ago/OEBPDYBD3FCMVFVHM23VDEEXAU/ -
Hiroshima
The bombing of Hiroshima was the dropping of the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city. It would be soon followed by another atomic bomb, that one would fall in Nagasaki. link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV_1z5FOCvA