Germany annexed Czechoslovakia,uniting all German-majority areas with Nazi Germany.The Munich Pact got signed, officially sanctioned German annexation of the Sudetenland. Article Video
Pearl Harbor
A surprise attack on the US by the Japanese nearby a naval base damaging almost 20 American naval vessels. Making Franklin D. Roosevelt declare war onto Japan by the next day. Article Video
Japanese Internment Camps
Since the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor the US arrested Japanese-American citizens without solid proof. They were all sent to prison camps in Montana. Video Article
The Philippines
The Philippines were invaded by Japan and they granted them independence from the US. Yet they weren't treated right and the Allied forces liberated them from the japanese control. Video Article
Battle of Midway
A battle between the US Navy and Japanese Navy during WW2 making it a turning point in the war. Which made Japan lost hundred of veterans and it completed blunted Japanese plans to invade Hawaii. Video Article
Staligrad
This battle turned the tide of war in favour of the Allied powers.It also stopped Germans from entering the Soviet Union. Article Video
Guadalcanal
This was the first major allied offense against Japan WW2.It also made Allied transition from defensive operations to strategic initiative. Article Video
Island-Hopping
The US navy takes a major strategic victory on the island Guadalcanal. That was the first battle in US where that strategy kept Japan moving closer to Japan. Video Article
Los Alamos
This was a secret laboratory hidden away which was known as home to most revolutionary science. It was a location for the Manhattan Project and developed nuclear weapons that were then dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Video Article
D-Day
Allied forces invaded Nazi-occupied Normandy, France, in Operation Overlord. They invaded 5 beaches in Normandy killing nearly 3,000 american soldiers. Article Video
Meeting at Yalta
Roosevelt,Stalin,and Winston got together to discuss their strategy for the remainder of WW2. In that meeting they also forged a post-war settlement. Video Article
Fall of Berlin
The Red Army took over Berlin and ended up dying in the end along with Hitler. It was one of the final major offensives of World War II in Europe. Article Video
Death of Hitler
Hitler committed suicide in his bunker after it was clear that Germany was losing the Battle of Berlin. Germans were in disbelief, dismay and sorrow with this news. Video Article
Meeting at Potsdam
Stalin,Winston,and Truman met up at Potsdam to continue their discussion from Yalta. They were deciding what Germany's future would be after WW2. Video Article
Hiroshima
There was a top-secret US program called Manhattan project which made a bomb they called "Little Boy".The US launched Little Boy onto Hiroshima and forced Japan to surrender to the US.Video Article
