1. End of the War  Yalta Conference  Death of F.D.R  Harry Truman  V-E Day  Potsdam Conference  Manhattan Project  Robert Oppenheimer  Hiroshima  Nagasaki  V-J Day

2. Yalta Conference  Close to victory in ’45  Stalin, Churchill, and FDR meet at Yalta to discuss division of Europe  Stalin wanted to punish Germany and divide Germany into occupied zones  Churchill strongly disagreed  FDR mediated

3. Yalta cont.  FDR wanted: Soviets to join war against Japan Soviet support for the new UN  Agreed to temp. division of Germany British, Soviet, and US  Stalin promised free elections in Poland and agreed to enter into the war with Japan

4. Harry S Truman  FDR died April 12, 1945  Truman took over  FDR left Truman on the outside of most decisions No Knowledge of the Manhattan Project

5. Victory in Europe  V-E Day May 8, 1945  Soviets moved in and took Berlin  Hitler committed suicide and left orders that his body be burned

6. Potsdam Conference  July ’45  “Big 3” met again  Churchill's party had lost elections Churchill was replaced as P.M.  Stalin had changed Probably knew of A-bomb Hadn’t intended to provide Poland with free elections

7. Manhattan Project  Led by J.Robert Oppenheimer  Top secret project  First test was July 16, 1945  Truman ordered the dropping of two bombs

9. Manhattan Project cont.  August 6, 1945  b-29 “Enola Gay” dropped “little boy” on Hiroshima  Leveled the city  Japan refused to surrender  Three days later “fat man” dropped on Nagasaki 200,000 people died  Sept. 2, 1945 Japan signed the surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay  V-J Day

10. Occupation of Japan  MacArthur controlled Japan after the war  1,100 Japanese were tried for war crimes 7 sentenced to death, including Tojo, for atrocities against civilians or P.O.W.s  7 year occupation of Japan by MacArthur  Introduced: Free market economy New constitution Women’s suffrage Basic freedoms

11. Occupation of Japan cont.  The Emperor was allowed to continue to help the transition from the old world to the new democracy  Had to admit to not being a god

12. Paying for the War in Europe  24 surviving Nazi leaders were put on trial for : Crimes against Humanity  Murder  Enslavement  Extermination War Crimes  Killing hostages  Plundering private property  Destruction of towns and cities Crimes against the Peace  Planning and waging an aggressive war

13. Nuremburg Trials  Trials of German war criminals took place in Nuremburg, Germany  The court panel was made up of judges from the victorious countries  12 of 24 sentenced to death Remaining sent to prison  200 more Nazis were found guilty of war crimes