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WWII Project

By taylorbays

  • Annexation of Sudetenland

    Annexation of Sudetenland
    Sudetenland was in Czech's borders and had Germans in it. Hitler wanted to reunite all the Germans under the Nazi government. Started October 1. https://youtu.be/71RjIejjiEw

  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    The attack of Pearl Harbor, HI was a surprise planned bombing by the Japanese to the United State's naval base. It killed 2,335 US personnel. https://youtu.be/A2kSnlS4xX8

  • The Philippines

    The Philippines
    The allied powers took the Philippines from Japan through a naval invasion. This happened right after Pearl Harbor. https://youtu.be/f-v_ZT88yBU

  • Guadalcanal

    Guadalcanal
    U.S. marines did a surprise attack and took control of an airbase that was under construction. The Japanese lost more of their troops than any other, and we forced their withdrawal from Guadalcanal. This lasted from August 7, 1942 to February 9 1943. https://youtu.be/mJMlH1xRLd4

  • Island-Hopping

    Island-Hopping
    This was a strategy used by the US and its allies against Japan. They would take over an island and make a base, then use that base as a way to take over another island and so on. This went from April to August in 1942. https://youtu.be/TBgxW3H_tsI

  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway
    The Battle of Midway was also known as the turning point of the war in Europe. The US defeated Japan. This lasted from June 4,1942 to June 7,1942 https://youtu.be/Bd8_vO5zrjo

  • Stalingrad

    Stalingrad
    The Battle of Stalingrad was fought between Germany (and its allies) against the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad, Russia. This lasted from July 17, 1942 to February 2, 1943. https://youtu.be/gHkELWFqGKQ

  • D-Day

    D-Day
    D-Day (also known as Operation Overlord) was when the Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, France. This was the beginning to the end of WWII in Europe. 4,000 to 9,000 men died. https://youtu.be/t3P11ENBZyc

  • Meeting at Yalta

    Meeting at Yalta
    The Yalta Conference was the meeting of all of the leaders of the main government heads. Soviet Union, United States, and United Kingdom. They met to discuss the ending of the war and what would happen after the war was over. This lasted from February 7,1945 to February 11,1945. https://youtu.be/pVLawWtYdg0

  • Death of Hitler

    Death of Hitler
    Adolf Hitler was the leader of the Nazi government. He was responsible for killing 6 million Jews during the Holocaust through the use of concentration camps. He committed suicide.

  • Fall of Berlin

    Fall of Berlin
    Germany surrendered and Soviet Union takes over what would have been East Germany. This brings an end to Adolf Hitlers Nazi control of Germany and an end to WWII in Europe. This lasted from April 16,1945, to, May 2, 1945. https://youtu.be/SgHWSJBlnas

  • Los Alamos

    Los Alamos
    Los Alamos is the most famous secret government lab. In this laboratory, the first atomic bomb was created. https://youtu.be/JSf3GOMziOg

  • Meeting at Potsdam

    Meeting at Potsdam
    President Harry Truman met with Soviet leader Joseph Stalin to talk about how he dropped the first atomic bomb. https://youtu.be/I9zrJWV-8ks

  • Hiroshima

    Hiroshima
    Hiroshima is a city in Japan that was atomic bombed by the US killing all that were in it. The city was completely destroyed, but now the radiation levels are back to normal so it is safe to visit. https://youtu.be/3wxWNAM8Cso

  • Japanese Internment Camps

    Japanese Internment Camps
    The Japanese were forced to relocate to concentration camps where they were imprisoned and removed from their homes in Japan. This lasted from February 19,1942 to March 20,1946. https://youtu.be/cZTioTkHcB0