Transcript Victory in Europe Day May 8, 1945

World War II:
Dropping the Bomb and
Victory!
Yalta Conference- February, 1945
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The Big Three:
British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill, U.S.
President Franklin D.
Roosevelt, and Soviet
leader Joseph Stalin met
at Yalta and confirm a
plan to divide both
Germany and the city of
Berlin into American,
British, French, and
Russian zones.
The End of the War in Europe
Mussolini and
his mistress,
Claretta Petacci
were shot and
hanged in Milan,
1945
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The End of the War in Europe
Hitler moved into an
underground bunker in Berlin
as the Allies advanced.
April 30, Hitler committed
suicide.
May 7, 1945, German
commanders surrendered, and
the war in Europe was over.
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Victory in Europe Day May 8, 1945
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War in Asia Continued
The Manhattan Project conducted by the United
States during World War
II to develop the first
atomic bomb.
President Truman decided
to drop atomic bombs on First Fission Bomb Test
This test was conducted on an
Japanese cities.
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The goal was to avoid an
invasion of Japan and save
American lives.
island. After the bomb went off
the entire island was gone.
The Bomb is Dropped
The first bomb was dropped
on the city of Hiroshima on
August 6, 1945
The Japanese did not
surrender
The second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki
August 9, 1945
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Enola Gay: B-29
Superfortress
bomber.
Effects of the Atomic Bomb
Hiroshima and Nagasaki were completely
destroyed.
Thousands died immediately, and thousands
more died later of radiation sickness.
The Japanese surrendered on August 14.
A person who sat on
the step evaporated,
only leaving the
shadow.
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Nagasaki before and after
The Hiroshima landscape after
the use of the atomic bomb
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Enola Gay ay Udvar-Hazy
Victory over Japan Day-August 1945
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August 15 in Japan and August 14 in the United Statesbecause of time zone differences
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Surrender of Japan, Tokyo Bay, 2 September 1945:
Japanese representatives on board USS Missouri during
the surrender ceremonies.
Division of Germany
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Divided Berlin
Berlin was
divided into four
zones, each
occupied by one
of the Allies:
France, Great
Britain, the
United States and
the Soviet Union.
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Berlin Airlift
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Country Borders 1939 Pre War
Germany Invades Poland in 1939
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Germany Invades France in
1940
1944 the Normandy Invasion
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Post War European Borders
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Victory in Europe Day May 8, 1945
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Victory in Europe Day (V-E Day or VE Day)
was on May 8, 1945, the date when the World War
II Allies formally accepted the unconditional
surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany
and the end of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. On
April 30, Hitler committed suicide during the
Battle of Berlin, and so the surrender of Germany
was authorized by his replacement, President of
Germany Karl Dönitz. The administration headed
up by Dönitz was known as the Flensburg
government. The act of military surrender was
signed on May 7 in Reims, France, and May 8 in
Berlin, Germany.
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Turning Points in the War
North Africa Invasion: November 1942
Invasion of Italy: September 1943
Normandy Invasion: June 6, 1944
Battle of the Bulge: Dec 1944- Jan 1945
Okinawa: April 1945 and Saipan: June 1945
Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
August 1945
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