Transcript WWII Ends
WWII Ends Fighting continues Germany continues to bomb Britain Total War • US starts to help Factories produce war materials Victory in Africa • Could now shift focus on Europe Fighting continues Strategic bombing of Germany had weakened the German Air Force Took advantage of this and moved on to Italy Took over Sicily • Mussolini was taken out of control by King of Italy Italy surrenders • Germans take over Italy and put Mussolini back in power Operation Overlord Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill continue to meet and discuss strategies Stalin will invade the Eastern front, while we invade France Operation Overlord • Operation named for the invasion of France Later became known as D-Day Operation Overlord Conditions had to be perfect for operation to be a success Had to wait for the right weather “The Longest Day” • 7,000 ships • 100,000 soldiers • 23,000 paratroopers • Many casualties, but invasion was a success WWII Ends D-Day was a success, but the allied forces needed more • Needed to liberate France and advance into Germany Battle of the Bulge • Germans surrounded the American occupied city of Bastogne General Patton came with reinforcements • Broke the German lines • After 3 weeks of fighting, the Germans began to retreat • Nothing was in the way of Americans entering Germany WWII Ends Americans started marching into Germany • Russians were closing in on the Eastern Front Knowing defeat was inevitable, Hitler committed suicide Germany finally surrenders • V-E Day WWII Ends War is still going on in the Pacific • FDR dies in 1945 Harry S Truman takes over Immediately had to make important decisions about Japan Island Hopping • Iwo Jima Able to fire bomb Japan • Okinawa Very close to Japan WWII Ends With allies getting closer to Japan, surrender seems close • Emperor had to stay in power Truman would not accept that • Fighting continued Manhattan Project • Research project being done on atomic bomb Fully functional by 1945 WWII Ends Truman was now faced with two choices • Use bomb or continue fighting Positives and negatives to both • Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb Hiroshima first, Nagasaki second • Massive destruction Many civilians died Forces Japan to surrender • V-J Day Assignment World War II was one of the first documented wars. These photographic images became very famous and showed the public what war was really like. Look through chapter 20 sec 5 and look at the images on the following pages 640, 641, 644, 645, 646, and 648 Write your own caption to the picture, then write the significance of each image