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Germany wanted to annex Sudetenland not only for its territory and because most of the population was ethnically German.
article: https://www.theholocaustexplained.org/life-in-nazi-occupied-europe/foreign-policy-and-the-road-to-war/occupation-of-the-sudetenland/
video: https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-german-annexation-of-sudetenland.html -
A US naval base that was bombed by Japanese forces that tried to destroy the US fleet. Brought the US into the war.
article: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor
Video: https://www.nationalww2museum.org/students-teachers/distance-learning/k-12-distance-learning/video-archive/clip-why-did-japan-attack -
The Philippines were invaded by Japan. 100,000 Filipinos made up the USAFFE (The US Forces in the Far East). Contributed a lot the war effort in the Pacific theater.
Article: https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/liberation-of-philippines-cecilia-gaerlan
Video: https://www.nationalww2museum.org/events-programs/educational-travel/world-war-ii-philippines/december-11-2021 -
FDR moved 120,000 Japanese Americans through his executive order 9066.
Article: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation
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Turning point in the Pacific for the Allied troops. Demoralized Japan.
Article: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway
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It was the first major offensive and decisive victory for the allies in the Pacific theater. Happened in the Solomon Islands.
Article: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-guadalcanal
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Battle between soviet forces and German forces. 2 million people died or were injured from this battle. One of the bloodiest battles of world war 2. Turned the tide of the war in favor of the Allied forces.
article: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad
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The allied forces invaded Nazi control Normandy. Liberated western Europe from Germany.
Artilce: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day
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A meeting of 3 world war 2 allies: FDR, Stalin, Churchill. They discussed post war fate of Germany and the rest of Europe.
Artcile: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/yalta-conference
Video: https://www.historyextra.com/period/second-world-war/guide-yalta-potsdam-facts-when-date-why-what-happened-churchill-stalin-roosevelt/ -
Strategy to kick the Japanese out of the surrounding islands.
Article: https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/pacific-strategy-1941-1944
Video: https://www.nationalww2museum.org/events-programs/educational-travel/victory-pacific/spring-2022 -
Germany’s last stand. Allied forces invaded and forced Germany to surrender. Hitler ends up killing himself.
Article: https://www.military-history.org/cover-feature/the-battle-of-berlin.htm
Video: https://www.rbth.com/arts/history/2017/04/25/how-the-russians-took-berlin-single-handedly_749878 -
Hitler commits suicide after the Allied forces invade Berlin. He took a cyanide pill and shot himself.
Article and Video: https://www.nationalww2museum.org/events-programs/educational-travel/world-war-ii-philippines/december-11-2021 -
Located in New Mexico where the atom bomb was tested.
Article: https://www.osti.gov/opennet/manhattan-project-history/Events/1942-1945/establishing_los_alamos.htm
Video: https://www.atomicheritage.org/location/los-alamos-nm -
Last conference held by Truman, Stalin, and Churchill. Discussed German economy, punishment for war criminals, land boundaries and reparations.
Article: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/potsdam-conference
Video: https://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/potsdam-conference-changed-the-world-75-years-ago/OEBPDYBD3FCMVFVHM23VDEEXAU/ -
Hiroshima was one of two cities to get bombed with an atomic bomb. Killed 80,000 on impact and thousands died later due to radiation.
Article: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV_1z5FOCvA