Transcript BATTLE AND ATOMIC BOMB

World War II
Battles in Europe
D-Day – June 6, 1944
The force consisted of 3 million British,
American, and Canadian troops.
Liberation of the Death
Camps
Soviet troops were the first to come
upon one of the Nazi death
camps: Majdanek in Poland.
A Soviet War correspondent
commented: “This is not a
concentration camp, it is a
gigantic murder plant.
The End of Hitler
• Rather than facing his crimes, Hitler shot
himself in the temple before the Soviets marched
into his bunker.
• His wife, Eva Braun, swallowed poison.
• On orders from Hitler, the two bodies were
carried outside the Bunker, soaked with gasoline
and burned.
Today, The Location of Hitler’s Bunker
V-E Day
Harry S. Truman
World War II
Battles in the Pacific
Doolittle’s Raid
The allies began their attack on the Japanese in the
Spring of 1942.
Battle of Midway
June 3, 1942. Known as “Avenge” for Pearl
Harbor
Iwo Jima
The fiercest battle of World War II. February 19, 1945
The Famous Flag Photo
6,000 Marines died taking the island.
Okinawa
April 1945 – June 21, 1945. The allies thought they would
Be attacking mainland Japan after this battle.
Okinawa (cont’d)
•7600 Americans died
•110,000 Japanese died
• President Truman decides to end
World War II with the use of the
Atomic Bomb
The Atomic Bomb
“Little Boy” Dropped on
Hiroshima Japan on
August 6, 1945
Site of the Manhattan Project
Los Alamos Labs, New Mexico
Property Owned by the
University of California
Japan, After the Bomb Dropped
Hiroshima
Child’s lunch box after the bombing of
Hiroshima, Japan
14 Year Old Victim of the atomic bomb in
Hiroshima
Japan, After the Bomb Dropped
Nagasaki
Young Student
The Aftermath
Atomic Bomb Called “Fat Man”
Dropped on Nagasaki Japan
Use of the Bomb Forced Japan
to Surrender.
The Surrender Ceremony Took Place
Aboard the Battleship Missouri in
Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945
Cartoon – Enola Gay