Official end: September 2, 1945

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

Monday May 5 th, 2014 Goal: Explain in detail the events that led to victory in Japan In-class: 16.4 Victory in Japan Notes, Begin Homework Reflection.

Advertisements

War in the Pacific. Following Pearl Harbor, Japan acquires huge empire.

World War II Military Action & Diplomacy. AXIS POWERS & LEADERS Adolf Hitler Germany Benito Mussolini Italy EmperorHirohitoGeneralTojo Japan.

4/29 BA BA Explain the three conferences and their importance Explain the three conferences and their importance Who were the big three Who were the big.

CHAPTER 17 AMERICA AND WWII Pearl Harbor  “A date which will live in infamy” -- FDR.

The Allied Victory How do the Allies defeat the Axis Powers?

Section 5 EUROPE AND JAPAN IN RUINS.  40 million Europeans dead  Hundreds of cities reduced to rubble  Displaced persons from many nations were left.

25:3 War in the Pacific Bell Ringer: Skillbuilder pg. 786.

Warm Up Describe the Japanese military defense of Okinawa & Iwo Jima.

BATTLE of LEYTE GULF October 1944 Last, largest and most decisive naval engagement in the Pacific Disaster for the Japanese Japanese lost 4 aircraft carriers.

EUROPE AND JAPAN IN RUINS. Devastation in Europe  Close to 40 million Europeans had died  Many displaced people were left homeless  Concentration camps,

What I Should Have Learned About World War II World History

COURSE OF WORLD WAR II EUROPEAN THEATRE PACIFIC THEATRE.

Victory in Europe & Post-War Rebuilding. Victory in the Pacific REVIEW: Answer the following questions in the warm-up section of your notebook. 1)What.

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

 Operation Overlord- Allied invasion of France. Also called D-Day. Within a month 1 million Allied troops were stationed in Europe. Within a month 1.

Pump-Up How do you think the Allies are able to win WWII?

Chapter 17 Section 3 The War in the Pacific. Waging 2 wars at once… While defeating the Nazis was priority 1 for the Allies, they did not wait until V-E.

32:5 Europe and Japan in Ruins. 1945: WWII over, Allies victorious Unprecedented destruction: – 60 million people dead – 1/3 of all deaths occur in Soviet.

EUROPE AND JAPAN IN RUINS Devastation in Europe 40 million Europeans killed during WWII Countryside completely destroyed by warfare 50 million ppl.

Chapter 17 The United States in World War II Section 3 The War in the Pacific.

25-3: The War in the Pacific American forces led by General MacArthur go “island hopping” towards Japan. They try to avoid islands that were well defended.

Victory in the Pacific Warm-Up: (1)Why did the US go to war with Japan in the first place? (2)Name three major battles that were fought on the Pacific.

End of WWII and its Aftermath. Allies Advancing in the Pacific Although the war in Europe was over, the Allies were still fighting that Japanese in the.

Study Questions 4/2/ What is Democracy? 2. What is Communism? (Glossary) 3. Typically do leaders of communist and democratic nations agree on government.

Bell-Ringer Take 7 minutes to continue working on your WWII timeline. By this point, you should be approaching “Italian Campaign.” This timeline will be.

Section 3-The War in the Pacific. The Pacific Theater Japan victorious at first – Took Hong Kong, Indochina, Asia and most of Pacific Japan took the Philippines.

WWII – the End.

Chapter 17 Section 3 The War in the Pacific.

Chapter 25 Section 3 The War in the pacific.

HIROSHIMA & NAGASAKI Japan’s refusal to surrender and fight to the death resulted in hundreds of thousands of American deaths. Along with Pearl Harbor,

How did WWII end in Europe?

The End of World War II.

End of the War.

Part II: Allied Advance

War in the Pacific.

World War II The Allied Victory.

WWII Ends An Allied Victory Unit 7.

WWII – the End.

Europe Battle of the Bulge Germany’s last offensive

Victory in Europe and the Pacific

The End of the War.

Vocabulary/Identification

The Final Years

How do the Allies defeat the Axis Powers?

War in the Pacific Chapter 25(3).

Victory at Last Lecture # 7 Standard

Europe and Japan in Ruins

WWII Ends An Allied Victory.

How did World War II end and what were its effects? Notes #25

Intro Question - What should be done to the Germans in the aftermath of WWII?

After WWII: Immediate Effects

OBJECTIVE: Understand how the Allies defeated Japan in the Pacific.

The Big Three Post WWII.

Section 5: the end of the war

How did World War II end and what were its effects? Notes #25

Good afternoon!!! If you were not here yesterday, pick up the paper from the stool Everyone else needs to take out their notes from yesterday Sit quietly.

Warm-Up 4/30 Complete the review sheet in the following order:

World War II (Part III).

Chapter 17 America and WWII

WWII: End of War. WWII: End of War How to Defeat Hitler 1943, the Big Three - Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met in Tehran to discuss defeating Germany.

Wartime Diplomacy The Big Three.

WWII The End of the War.

Aim: How effective was wartime diplomacy?

WWII The End of the War.

The War in the Pacific In order to defeat Japan and end the war in the Pacific, the United States unleashes a terrible new weapon, the atomic bomb.

Presentation transcript:

Official end: September 2, 1945 The end of World War II Official end: September 2, 1945

The European Theatre St. Paul’s cathedral post wwii St. paul’s cathedral today

Devastation Direct War Costs Military Killed/ Missing Civilians Killed United States $288 billion 292, 131 (plus 115,187 died from non-battle causes) - Great Britain $117 billion 272,311 60,595 France $111.3 billion 205,707 (before surrender to Nazis) 173,260 (includes murdered Jews) USSR $93 billion 13,600,000 7,720,000 Germany $212.3 billion 3,300,000 2,893,000 (includes Jews and foreign civilians in Germany) Japan $41.3 billion 1,140,429 953,000 Compare to numbers on handout (U5L2 Disillusionment)

The Pacific Theatre Post- Guadalcanal victory- General MacArthur captured the Philippines at the Battle of Leyte Gulf (October 20-25, 1944) March 26, 1945- Iwo Jima captured June 22, 1945- Okinawa captured Bloodiest land battle in Pacific

Allied Victory The Manhattan Project- General Leslie Groves & J. Robert Oppenheimer President Truman gave command after test in New Mexico. Hiroshima- Aug. 6th, 1945 “Little Boy” Nagasaki- Aug. 9th, 1945 “Fat man” Japan surrenders on September 2nd, 1945 marking the official end of WWII.

Yalta Conference February 1945 Denazification of Eastern Europe Winston Churchill (Great Britain) Joseph Stalin (USSR) Franklin D. Roosevelt (United States) Denazification of Eastern Europe United Nations replacing the skeleton of League of Nations Stalin disregards promise to join fight against Japan

The Nuremburg Trials An International Military Tribunal, comprised of 23 nations, put on trial 22 Nazi leaders for waging war of aggression and committing “crimes against humanity” Hermann Goring, commander of the Luftwaffe Life in prison Rudolf Hess, Hitler’s former deputy Committed suicide 10 others sentenced to death Cremated at Dachau, just like their victims.

The Pacific Theatre U.S. General Douglas MacArthur Demilitarization Democratization By May 3, 1947 the Japanese had implemented a democratic constitution Elected body: the Diet Constitutional Monarchy Everyone over 20 could vote Article 9- Japanese cannot make war (only if attacked) Redistribution of land to farmers Reformation of labor unions Sept 1951: official end to war U.S. and Japan are allies