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Annexation of Sudetenland
Sudetenland (part of Czechoslovakia) was taken over and annexed by Germany under Nazi rule. This marked the beginning of Hitler's many imperial aggressive attacks.
Video/Article: https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-german-annexation-of-sudetenland.html -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese planes attacked a United States naval base on Hawaii. This caused 2,335 US casualties. Japan intended for this attack to keep the US out of the war, but instead it dragged them in.
Video: https://www.doi.gov/video/remembering-pearl-harbor
Article: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor -
The Philippines
Ten hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japan launched a surprise attack on the Philippines. It ultimately ended in a surrender by the Philippines until the United States came to their aid.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wtaj1kWr-g
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Island Hopping
Island Hopping was a major US strategy in the Pacific Theater used to push Japanese forces all the way back to their mainland. It worked by taking over islands in the Pacific Ocean one by one with great strength until the last Island to be taken was Japan Itself
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5LUDLuYkdU
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Japanese Internment Camps
After Roosevelt signed Order 9066, many Japanese Americans were forced to live in internment camps to for the duration of the war to reduce risk of enemy spies
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZTioTkHcB0
Article: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation -
Battle Of Midway
The Battle of Midway is famously known as the turning point in the Pacific Theater. The battle consisted of a series of United States victories against Japanese forces on various Pacific Islands, and against multiple battleships
Video/Article: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway -
Guadalcanal
The battle of Guadalcanal took place on one of the Soloman Islands in the pacific Theatre. It included a series of clashes between the Japanese and Allied forces
Video/Article: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-guadalcanal -
Stalingrad
The Soviet Union successfully defended Stalingrad (Now Volgostad) and ultimately ended in the defeat of the 6th German Army
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCpaNjfs2LI
Article: https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Stalingrad -
D-Day
Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France. This event marked the first of the Allied offenses that lead to the eventual defeat of the Nazis
Video/Article: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day -
Yalta Conference
This conference between the Allies' major leaders decided the fate of Germany and it's surrender.
Video/Article: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/yalta-conference -
Death of Hitler
Hitler died on April 30, 1945 by means of suicide, the war against Germany was finally over.
Video/Article: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-commits-suicide-in-his-underground-bunker -
The Fall Of Berlin
After the strong Allied offensives, Germany finally fell after the fall of Berlin, it's capital
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQCuNkWts8k
Article: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/berlin.htm -
Los Alamos
Los Alamos was the site in which the United States tested it's first Atomic Bomb, which would then later be used twice to end the war with Japan. Furthermore, the test is known as the Trinity Test
Video/Article: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/trinity-test -
Potsdam Conference
At this conference the major Allied leaders discussed the total outcome of the war and the repercussions of the losers.
Video/Article: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/potsdam-conference -
Hiroshima
The Japanese city Hiroshima was nuked with an atomic bomb by the United States to show the world it's full potential. Soon after this, and another atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan surrendered.
Video/Article: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki
