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The Philippines
The Philippines (commonwealth) was attacked by the Empire of Japan on December 8, 1941, nine hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor.The Japanese Empire attacked the Philippines because it was an important military target. (https://www.history.com/news/filipino-americans-veterans-day)Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssSDELFWdYc -
Annexation Of Sudetenland
The Sudetenland was a major source of contention between Germany and Czechoslovakia. In 1938 participants at the Munich Conference, yielding to Adolf Hitler, transferred it to Germany. (https://www.britannica.com/place/Sudetenland) Video: https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-german-annexation-of-sudetenland.html -
Pearl Harbor
What was a surprise aerial attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island, Hawaii, led the Japanese that precipitated the entry of the United States into World War II. The strike climaxed a decade of worsening relations between the United States and Japan.(https://www.britannica.com/event/Pearl-Harbor-attack) Video:https://www.britannica.com/video/192919/infographic-attack-Pearl-Harbor-December-7-1941 -
Japanese Internment Camps
The forced relocation by the U.S. government of thousands of Japanese Americans. Transferring them to detention camps during World War II. (https://www.britannica.com/event/Japanese-American-internment) Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU-k0uG8pAw -
Battle Of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II. It took place on 4–7 June 1942, six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. (https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway) Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-au50GxIXw -
Guadalcanal
The World War II Battle of Guadalcanal was the first major offensive and a decisive victory for the Allies in the Pacific theater. Strategically, possession of a Guadalcanal air base was important to control of the sea lines of communication between the United States and Australia.(https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-guadalcanal) Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VzCTvSQ4JY -
Stalingard
Successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd), Russia, U.S.S.R. , during World War II. It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide of war in favor of the Allies. (https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Stalingrad) Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHkELWFqGKQ -
Island Hopping
A military strategy used by the United States. It is where forces only concentrate their resources, setting up military forces/ supplies, on strategically important islands.(https://www.historycrunch.com/island-hopping.html#/) Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBgxW3H_tsI -
D-Day
The day (June 6, 1944) in World War II on which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy. Its plan was to overthrow Nazi Germany and its leader Adolf Hitler.(https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day) Video:https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day-allied-invasion-at-normandy-video -
Meeting At Yalta
Allied leaders—Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States, Prime Minister Winston Churchill of the United Kingdom, and Premier Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union. They met at Yalta in Crimea to plan the final defeat and occupation of Nazi Germany.(https://www.britannica.com/event/Yalta-Conference) Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVLawWtYdg0 -
Fall Of Berlin
On 9 November 1989, five days after half a million people gathered in East Berlin in a mass protest. When the Berlin Wall dividing communist East Germany from West Germany crumbled.(https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall) video:https://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/search/?q=fall+of+berlin -
Death Of Hilter
Adolf Hitler was a German politician and leader of the Nazi Party. his dictatorship lasted from 1933 to 1945.(https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/deathofhitler.htm)Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNV5pP-5FM0 -
Los Alamos
Los Alamos was chosen by the U.S. government (because of its comparative isolation and natural facilities) as the location for the Atomic Research Laboratory. Back then it was known as the Manhattan Project, which developed the first nuclear-fission, or atomic, bomb. (https://www.britannica.com/place/Los-Alamos-New-Mexico) Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSf3GOMziOg -
Meeting At Potsdam
The meeting at Potsdam was the third conference between the leaders of the Big Three nations. The Soviet Union was represented by Joseph Stalin, Britain by Winston Churchill, and the United States by President Harry S. Truman.(https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/potsdam-conference-concludes) Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSei4Vb6sfE -
Hiroshima
Hiroshima, a modern city on Japan’s Honshu Island, was largely destroyed by an atomic bomb during World War II. Hiroshima was chosen as a target because of its military importance. (https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki) Video:https://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/videos/hiroshima-the-next-day/the-hiroshima-atomic-bomb-5256.aspx
