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Annexation of Sudetenland
This was an agreement between Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia to give Germany Sudetenland. Sudetenland is the land between Germany Austria, and former Czechoslovakia. Video-https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-german-annexation-of-sudetenland.html -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl harbor, which is in Hawaii was when hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked because the Japanese Empire wanted to take over Asia and they were worried that the US would attack them so they decided first.Video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHpthQ82gyk -
The Philippines
Just 10 hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor Japan did a surprise attack on the Philippines. Japan bombed it first then sent troops to the North and South of the Philippines and immediately took control of the Philippines. Video-https://youtu.be/uedqtph-OZY -
Japanese Internment Camps
From 1942-1945 Japanese-Americans were isolated in camps because the US was afraid that some of they would help Japan in terms of invading the US.Video-https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/dorothea-lange-world-war-ii-the-internment-of-japanese-americans/3205/ -
Battle of Midway
The battle of Midway was fought mostly in the air with fighter planes and and the island of Midway itself was just a little landing strip for planes. The US was planning on using Midway as an offensive point against the Japanese Empire. Video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-au50GxIXw -
Stalingrad
This was a city that successfully defended the Soviet Union from the attack from the Germans. The Soviets concerted that battle as one of their best battles of the war from their prospective. Video-https://www.britannica.com/video/180233/Overview-Battle-of-Stalingrad -
Guadalcanal
The Guadalcanal is one of the island on the pacific near the Philippines. The battle of Guadalcanal was one of the first major offensive and defensive victories for the allies with a surprise attack. The Japanese had occupied Guadalcanal 2 months prior to make an air base.Video-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VzCTvSQ4JY -
Island Hopping
This was a military strategy that the allies used to bypass the major Japanese occupied islands. The allies would go from island to island and would allow the allies to get closer to Japan quicker.Video-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBgxW3H_tsI -
D-Day
Allied forces from Britain, Canada, France, and the US attacked Normandy. It started out with planes dropping off soldiers behind enemy lines then the soldiers came from the boats and soon after they were gaining control they sent more soldiers and tanks. Video- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RIIN0Ug8wg8 -
Meeting at Yalta
The leaders of the big 3 which is The US, Britain, and the Soviet Union met up to discuss mainly the geopolitical make up of Europe. Video-https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=R5ZdgjY8I7E -
Death of Hitler
Hitler knew that they where losing the war so on April 29 he married a woman then the next day he shot himself and died. Video-https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FNV5pP-5FM0 -
Fall of Berlin
The last battle of Europe was the battle of Berlin. It led to the surrender of Germany and Hitler’s suicide. the battle was against the Soviet U ion and Germany was outnumbered so they surrendered. Video-https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O7LrNhNMdzM -
Los Alamos
This was the location where the most of the research and development of the atom bomb came from. Video-https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4IqKdf6In_k -
Meeting at Potsdam
This was one of the last meeting the Big Three countries, US, Soviet Union, and Britain had mainly to decide how they were going to punish Germany. Video- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bu17c_3OTHw -
Hiroshima
Hiroshima was were the first atom in the world was dropped. It destroyed 90% of the city and killed 80000 people. Video-https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3wxWNAM8Cso
