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Annexation of Sudetenland
Germany was taking over eastern Europe and then next country was Czechoslovakia. The took over the northern part called Sudetenland because it was majorly "ethnically" German.
video; https://vimeo.com/276439056
article; https://www.theholocaustexplained.org/life-in-nazi-occupied-europe/foreign-policy-and-the-road-to-war/occupation-of-the-sudetenland/ -
Pearl Harbor
During peace talks with Japan they were conspiring to bomb us to fight the embargo we put on the,. They bombed the navel base on a Sunday morning in December.
Article and video; https://www.atomicheritage.org/history/attack-pearl-harbor-1941 -
The Philippines
Japan took over the Philippines ten hours after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. MacArthor (US Chief) swore he'd be back and he was on October 20, 1944. He pushed the Japanese out of the Philippines and took back over. Start date: 12/08/1941 End date: 10/20/1944
Article; https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pacific-War/The-invasion-of-the-Philippines
video; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk3I2_tWW1s -
Japanese Internment Camps
In fear of spies, many Japanese-Americans were sent to camps during WWII. This was after the Executive Order 9066. Start date: 02/19/1942 End date: 03/20/1946
Article; https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation
Video; https://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/daily-videos/75-years-later-japanese-internment-executive-order-remembered/ -
Island-Hopping
After the war in Europe was over we were still fighting the Japanese around the globe. The Japanese were trying to take all the islands in the pacific so thy were going from island to island to conquer it. Start date: 04/26/1942 End date: 12/15/1944
Article; https://www.studentsofhistory.com/war-in-the-pacific
Video; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBgxW3H_tsI -
Battle of Midway
This was a turning point of the war. The US Navy pushed Japan out of the Midway Island. Start date: 06/03/1942 End date: 06/06/1942
article; https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway
video; https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-battle-midway-180973516/ -
Guadalcanal
This battle was a major battle that was the first victory for the allies in the Pacific Theater. This battle was between Japanese forces and US forces. Start date: 06/08/1942 End date: 02/09/1943
Article and video; https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-guadalcanal -
Stalingrad
This is a battle between Russia and Nazi Germany over Russia's most important industrial city, Stalingrad. It is said to be the bloodiest and longest battles in modern warfare. Start date: 08/23/1942 End date: 02/02/1943
Article and video; https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad -
D-Day
This day's purpose was to liberate France. The Allies had a sneak attack on the beaches of Normandy France. They boated over the English Channel and
Article and video; https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day -
Meeting at Yalta
This meeting was to form an alliance with US, Britain, and Russia. This was so they could close in on Germany from both sides and force a surrender. Start date: 02/04/1945 End date: 02/11/1945
article; https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/yalta-conference
video; https://www.c-span.org/video/?468623-1/united-newsreel-yalta-conference -
Fall of Berlin/ Battle of Berlin/ VE-Day
This battle destroyed Hitler's Third Reich. This signified the end of the war in Europe (VE Day) Start date: 04/23/1945 End date: 05/02/1945
article; http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/berlin.htm
video; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNCiHGcJzFg -
Death of Hitler
There is a lot of conspiracy around Hitler's death but the most accepted answer is he committed suicide in his bunker after he lost the war. After he lost the war he didn't want to have to face his people so he went into hiding and never reemerged. He and his wife Eva both committed only two days after they got married.
article and video; https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-commits-suicide-in-his-underground-bunker -
Los Alamos Bomb Site
This was the site of the Manhattan Project. They tested the atomic bombs there that they ended up dropping over Japan, twice.
article; https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/topics/manhattan-project
video; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLb1O_W5Oyw -
Meeting at Potsdam
This was the last Big Three Meeting of WWII. They demanded an unconditional surrender from Japan. Start date: 07/17/1945 End date:08/02/1945
article; https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/potsdam-conference
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Hiroshima
After V-E Day the Allied powers were still fighting the war in the Pacific Theater. To end the war the US decided to drop and atomic bomb over a major city in Japan, Hiroshima. This was a very deadly explosion but it did not end the war. They dropped another over Nagasaki which ended the war.
article; https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki
video; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV_1z5FOCvA