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Annexation of Sudetenland
A province in northern Czechoslovakia that was invaded by Germany in 1938. They did this to gain military defenses. https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-german-annexation-of-sudetenland.html -
Pearl Harbor
A surprise attack by the Japanese military. Their purpose was to cripple the united states military. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YuVIFNqQBE -
The Philippines
The commonwealth was attacked 9 hours after the attack on pearl harbor. And in 1944 The united states liberated the islands back from the empire of japan.https://www.nationalww2museum.org/events-programs/educational-travel/world-war-ii-philippines/december-11-2021 -
Japanese Internment Camps
In the aftermath of the attack on pearl harbor, the US government ordered all Japanese- Americans to be put in camps. They ordered this because they were worried about them being spies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI4NoVWq87M -
Battle at Midway
The battle of midway was a major naval battle in the pacific theater. The battle was six months after the Japanese attack on pearl harbor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kipF5zoCGAk -
Guadalcanal
One of the Solomon islands. First major land offensive by the allies on the empire of japan.https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/life-guadalcanal -
Stalingrad
Germany and the Soviet Union fought the control of the city of Stalingrad. Close quarter combat and air raids even with civilians in the area. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZeerCg_-mw&t=1047s -
D-Day
The allied invasion on the beaches of Normandy. The largest seaborne invasion in history. Operation Overlord. Goal was to liberate France from German control.https://www.defense.gov/Explore/Features/Story/Article/1866944/75-years-later-these-d-day-vets-remember/ -
Meeting at Yalta
The ally meeting after Germany surrendered. The allied powers discussed how they would split up Germany into occupational zones. https://www.c-span.org/video/?468623-1/united-newsreel-yalta-conference -
Island Hopping
A military strategy made by the allies in the pacific war against japan. The idea is to bypass heavily fortified enemy islands instead take over every single island in route to the final target, the mainland of japan https://www.nationalww2museum.org/visit/museum-campus-guide/campaigns-courage/road-tokyo -
Fall of Berlin
One of the last major offensives of the European theater in world war 2. This would be Nazi Germany final stand in world war 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoBjBzW0pWQ -
Death of Hitler
Hitler killed himself in his Führerbunker, Berlin. He killed himself as a result of Berlin falling to the allies. With surrender not as an option hitler was not going to be captured.https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/death-of-hitler-video -
Los Alamos
A town in New Mexico where the Manhattan project was developed. They also tested the new revolutionary weapon called the atomic bomb here. little did they know it would win us the war https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/hans-courant-los-alamos -
Meeting at Potsdam
The allied powers leaders gathered to discuss how to administer Germany. They also wanted to establish peace treaty and counter war effects. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CURyKYXNSs -
Hiroshima
The first of the two bombs dropped on major city's in japan. The bombing showed the world what we were capable of doing.https://www.atomicheritage.org/history/bombings-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-1945
