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Annexation of Sudetenland
Sudentenland is a land between Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia. During the time Hitler was chancellor of Germany. Hitler threatened to invade czechslovakia unless given the piece of territory called sudetenland. https://youtu.be/71RjIejjiEw -
The Philippines
Japan occupied the Philippines for four years. They invaded December 8, 1941. The Japanese troops took over Manila and many other nearby cities. They put people in concentration camps and tortured them. The president ordered the us army to go to the Philippines. They had a military base in the Philippines. They decided to attack the Japanese and won. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-v_ZT88yBU -
Japanese internment camps
It was established during World War II by the President through his Executive Order 9066. It was the policy of the US government that people of Japanese would be in isolated camps. There had been at least 1,860 deaths. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI4NoVWq87M -
Island-Hopping
military strategy employed by the Allies in the Pacific War against Japan and the Axis powers during WWII. It is where forces only concentrate their resources setting up military forces/supplies on important islands. This was also a way to prepare on taking over important islands. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBgxW3H_tsI -
Battle of Stalingrad
Hitler wanted to take over Stalingrad for two main reasons one because it was an industrial city and a good transport way. Second because it was a good way to take the oil from the Caucasus region and to take it all to himself. Hitler’s wanted to eliminate Soviet forces in the south and advance his troops.
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Guadalcanal
Battle was with the Japanese and American army. The Japanese started to build its own airbase in guadalcanal. This would have affected the trade between the u.s and australia. The us won the war and pushed the japanes out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMoZ5KjwENc -
D-Day
D day is when allied forces invaded France. They invaded Normandy France. France was occupied by the German nation. The allies successfully invaded the beaches. Then eventually defeated and destroy hitler.
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Meeting at Potsdam
This was another meeting after the Yalta meeting. This meeting was the last meeting of WWII with the "big three". This meeting did not go as smoothly as it was planned. There had been many disagreements and issues among the group. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu17c_3OTHw -
Battle of Midway
(June 4, 1942 – June 7, 1942) Japan wanted control of the surrounding land. The Japanese wanted to take over the midway island to disrupt the Americans. At this time the Americans are going to strike back. The American fleet was way smaller than the Japanese fleet. The Japanese suffered severely after the war. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-au50GxIXw -
Meeting at Yalta
The meeting at Yalta was between the leader of the allied powers. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin. The meeting was to talk about the different ideas and the different outcomes each leader wanted from the war. At the end of the meeting, they decided to make Germany pay for any damages and they would take responsibility for thewar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1onjIjDD_1M -
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The Fall Of Berlin
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Death of hitler
Leader of Nazi Germany, Hitler was a very corrupt man. Initiated many policies that led to world war II. Hitler was getting paranoid that the Russians were after him. One day he decided to commit suicide. In his bunker Hitler and his wife took pills and Hitler shot himself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p92hZ1ye8A -
Los Alamos
During this time the us was still hectic with japan and the incidents. The world's first atomic bomb was detonated 200 miles south of Los Alamos. It's missions was to beat the enemy and develops an atomic weapon . They gave it an undercover name so the other countries would not find out. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppgdBI31-lo) -
Hiroshima (Atomic bombings)
An atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima. The name of the bomb was " little boy". The bomb released a quantity of magnitude and energy. Destroying anything in its path. It was calculated to drop on a military base. The reason for the bomb dropping is because of the unjustly killing of innocent people. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX63b1sJtoc -
Pearl Harbor
Located in Hawaii.A Japanese carrier moved in to send their first wave of attack. It was about 7:50 am for the first wave.There were about 180 planes in the first wave.The U.S had no information about the attack so they were unprepared.The second wave was about 9:50 am.8 nave battleships were destroyed and 4 were sunken. A total of 188 us planes were completely destroyed.
https://www.britannica.com/video/192919/infographic-attack-Pearl-Harbor-December-7-1941
