In September, 1938, GB, France, Italy, and Germany signed the Munich pact Video Website
Island-Hopping
Island-hopping is what Japan did to take more territory and expand their empire, but we saw this and pushed them back to Japan's original island. Video Website
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor was an attack on the us military by Japan because they saw us as a threat and wanted to try and minimize the damage we could do Video Website
Japanese Internment Camps
Japanese Interment camps were used for Japan-American citizens because we believed that Japan could have spies in our country so they took every person with a Japanese bloodline and put them in temporary Internment Camps till the war was over. Video Website
Battle of Midway
The battle of Midway happened around 6 months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The battle was a turning point in the war because it weakened Japans naval ability. Video Website
Guadalcanal
The Guadalcanal island was the island that ended Japan's island hopping spree, and arguably began a string of success for the allies. Video Website
The Philippines
The Philippines were significant in Japan's territory-expansion attempt because of they're location in helping with defense from other countries. Video Website
Stalingrad
Stalingrad was a crucial battle in WWII on the eastern front. Germany lost to the Soviets because of Hitlers poor planning. Video Website
D-Day
AKA Operation Overlord, D-Day was the day when the US brought in nearly 160,000 Allied troops. Once nightfall came, there were approximately 10,000 casualties and 2,000 deaths, all so that we could get a good position on Germany. Video Website
Meeting at Yalta
The Yalta conference was between multiple nations leaders of the Allies over the topic of post-war plans and things they needed from Germany. Video Website
Death of Hitler
The death of Hitler made it direct that Germany would loose the Battle of Berlin which ultimately led to the conclusion of Europe's involvement in the war. Video Website
Fall of Berlin
The fall of Berlin was after the battle of Berlin when all the people were suffering in Berlin. Had to do with the Third Reich, Soviet Army etc. Video Website
Los Alamos
Los Alamos was when we tested our Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs for Japan. Video Website
Meeting at Potsdam
This meeting was between the big three(Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Harry Truman) to negotiate the things that will happen for the end of WW2 after the surrender of Germany. Video Website
Hiroshima
Hiroshima was the first of two atom bombs by the US because of some tension between us and Japan. Japan however, did not surrender after the first atom bomb so we responded with a second. Video Website
