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Annexation of Sudetenland
Ended October 10, 1938. Germany invaded part of Czechoslavakia to gain more land. Hitler was greedy for land.
Video: https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-german-annexation-of-sudetenland.html
Article: https://www.britannica.com/place/Sudetenland -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. They were hoping to destroy the US's Pacific fleet and naval base.
Video and Article: https://www.atomicheritage.org/history/attack-pearl-harbor-1941 -
The Philippines
The Philippines were liberated by the Allies in 1944. It was taken over by the Japanese the day after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.
Article: https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-II/The-Philippines-and-Borneo-from-September-1944
Video: https://www.nationalww2museum.org/events-programs/educational-travel/world-war-ii-philippines/december-11-2021 -
Japanese Internment Camps
Ended in 1945. America put Japanese Americans in camps because of suspicion. They thought they were spies because the Japanese were enemies and caused Pearl Harbor.
Video and Article: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation -
Island Hopping
A strategy used in the Pacific Theater because they had to move between many allies. Ended in 1945 when the war was over. It was an effective strategy because it worked on the Japanese.
Article: https://www.historycrunch.com/island-hopping.html#/
Video: https://www.nationalww2museum.org/visit/museum-campus-guide/campaigns-courage/road-tokyo -
Battle of Midway
Ended June 7, 1942. This was a battle in the middle of the Pacific between the Allies and Japan. This was the turning point of the war in the Pacific.
Video and Article: https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Midway -
Stalingrad
Ended February 2, 1943. The Soviet Union fights Germany and traps them. They have trouble with the cold and snow, and aren't able to get supplies. Soviet Union wins this battle.
Video and Article: https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Stalingrad -
Guadalcanal
Ended February 9, 1943. Campaign in the Pacific Theater of the war. It was the first land offensive by the Allies toward the Japanese.
Video and Article: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-guadalcanal -
D-Day
Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France to start pushing back Nazi forces. It was won and helped push for the end of the war.
Video and Article: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day -
Meeting at Yalta
Ended Feb 11, 1945. A meeting after the war to discuss how things were to be reorganized. They made sure not to make the same mistake as in WWI.
Article: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/yalta-conference#:~:text=The%20Yalta%20Conference%20was%20a,coast%20of%20the%20Crimean%20Peninsula. Video: https://www.theguardian.com/world/from-the-archive-blog/2020/feb/10/yalta-conference-shapes-the-postwar-world-february-1945 -
Fall of Berlin
Ended May 2, 1945. It was the last push by the Soviet Union. The battle that ended the war in Europe.
Article: https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/battle-of-berlin-memorial-tiergarten
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fSfmbS4aLo -
Death of Hitler
Allied forces closed in on Germany, so it is said he committed suicide. His wife also did the same.
Video and Article: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-commits-suicide-in-his-underground-bunker -
Los Alamos
The city in New Mexico where the Atomic Bombs were tested. They were tested as part of the Manhattan Project and used on Japan.
Video and Article: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/trinity-test -
Meeting at Potsdam
Went to Aug 2, 1945. A conference to discuss how things with Germany were going to go. They discussed the German economy, punishments for war criminals, boundaries of land, reparations, etc.
Article: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/potsdam-conference
Video: https://www.britannica.com/video/180248/Overview-Potsdam-Conference -
Hiroshima
This was one of the Japanese cities bombed with a nuke. It killed many citizens.
Article: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki
Video: https://www.armscontrol.org/pressroom/2020-07/reality-check-atomic-bombings-hiroshima-nagasaki