Transcript Allied Victory in Europe

The D-Day Invasion
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• In 1944
• By May 1944, all secret
forces were ready.
• On July 14, Third Army
of General George
Patton attacked the
Germans in Saint-Lo.
• On August 25, the Allies
marched into Paris.
• By September, the Allies
marched to France,
Belgium, Luxembourg,
and much of the
Netherlands.
The Battle of the Bulge
• Allied Force – West
• Soviet Army – East
• Hitler decided to face
the war in the west
• On December 6,
German tanks broke in
the Ardennes
• Allied forces pushed
German forces back
and gained victory
• Hitler had no choice but
to retreat.
Germany’s Unconditional Surrender
• 3 million Allies soldiers, 6
million Soviet troops
• By April 25, 1945, the
Soviets surrounded Berlin.
• Hitler shot himself do
death.
• On May 7, 1945, General
Eisenhower accepted the
surrender of Third Reich.
• On May 8, the official
surrender of Nazi was
signed.
• V-E Day = Victory in
Europe Day.
The Japanese Retreat
• After the victory of the
Allies at Guadalcanal, the
Japanese started to
retreat.
• October of 1944, Allies
landed on Leyte,
• Within 3 days, Japanese
feel was all destroyed.
Only forces were army
and the kamikaze.
• In March 1945, Iwo Jima
• On April 1, Okinawa
• The war ended on June
22.
The Atomic Bomb Brings Japanese
Surrender
• President Truman decided
to use atomic bomb, or
A-bomb
• A-bomb = new weapon.
• President decided to drop
the bomb at Japan,
Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
• On August 6, 1945 atomic
bomb was dropped in
Hiroshima.
• On August, the U.S.
dropped A-bomb to
Nagasaki.
• On September 2, General
Douglas Macarthur
surrendered Japan and
the war ended.