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The structure of this timeline is:
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ARTICLE LINK
VIDEO LINK
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Annexation of Sudetenland
Britain & France tried to appease Germany by giving them Sudetenland. They wanted to avoid war, but it didn't work.
https://www.britannica.com/place/Sudetenland
https://youtu.be/JaiAkLNFEzk -
Island Hopping
This was a military strategy used in the Pacific Theatre. Japan used it to attack the US and the US used it to push Japan back.
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/pacific-strategy-1941-1944
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBHfoQsF2Y4 -
Pearl Harbor
Japan surprise attacked the US naval base in Hawaii. It was a devastating blow to the US and pulled the US into WWII.
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/path-pearl-harbor
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The Philippines Campaign
Japan surprise attacked the Philippines shortly after Pearl Harbor. Douglas McArthur was the lead marshal to try and liberate the Philippines from Japanese control.
https://www.latimes.com/travel/la-xpm-2012-dec-02-la-tr-philippines-timeline-20121202-story.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uedqtph-OZY -
Japanese Internment Camps
At the beginning of WWII, all Japanese-Americans were ordered into camps because they were seen as a threat to Americas. They were concentration camps for all the people that the US saw as a threat.
Video & Article https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation -
Battle of Midway
This battle was the turning point of the war since the US won. The US and Japan were island hopping to reach each other and it ended in a battle.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9GAYEDzEeg -
Guadalcanal
This was another turning point for the Pacific Theater. It was important for Japan to not reach Australia and gain more land.
Video & Article https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-guadalcanal -
Stalingrad
This battle was a turning point for the Soviet Union. The Germans lost and it stopped the Germans advance into the Soviet Union.
Video & Article https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad -
Los Alamos
The US started working on the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos. It was a cover for the development of the a-bomb.
https://www.atomicheritage.org/location/los-alamos-nm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPuw533QM-M -
D-Day
The Allied powers stormed German-occupied Normandy, France. They wanted to push Germany out of France and end the war.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-48513108
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-pQ1i52h6A -
Meeting at Yalta
The big three met and talked about the end of the war. They decided that Germany would be divided into sections after the war.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/yalta-conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcHbOtTQxWE -
Battle of Berlin
This was the end of the war in the European Theater. It was the official surrender of Germany.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52572544 -
Death of Hitler
Hitler went to a bunker and committed suicide. His wife also committed suicide and killed their dog. He was seen as a martyr by Nazis.
Video & Article https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-commits-suicide-in-his-underground-bunker -
Meeting at Potsdam
Last and final meeting with the big three. They met and talked about the surrender of Japan.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/potsdam-conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CURyKYXNSs -
Bombing of Hiroshima
This was the beginning of the surrender of Japan. The US bombed Hiroshima to force Japan to surrender and end the war, but it took another bombing at Nagasaki to make them surrender.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/american-bomber-drops-atomic-bomb-on-hiroshima
https://watch.historyvault.com/shows/tech-effect/season-1/episode-2 -
Sources
Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Sudetenland". Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Feb. 2020,
https://www.britannica.com/place/Sudetenland. Accessed 31 March 2021.
“Battle of Stalingrad.” HISTORY, A&E Television Networks, 9 November
2009, https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad. Accessed 31 March 2021.
“Yalta Conference.” HISTORY, A&E Television Networks, October
2009, https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/yalta-conference. Accessed 1 April 2021.
