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Bell Ringer What was the turning point in both the European Theater? What event characterized the brutal and savage fighting in the Pacific? What was the Geneva Convention?

End of the War D-Day Battle of the Bulge Manhattan Project Atomic Bomb

Normandy June 6, 1944 “D-day” Largest land-sea-air military attack in army history Heavy causalities but Allies are able to control beaches By August1944 Allied troops liberate France and march towards Berlin

Battle of the Bulge December 1944 Germany's last attempt across Allied Lines Permanently cripples Nazi forces Allied troops liberate death camps on their march towards Berlin

End of WWII in the European Theater April 1945 Soviets storm Berlin Hitler kills himself in his bunker on April 30, 1945 Eisenhower accepts unconditional surrender of the Third Reich V.E. Day- Victory in Europe Day – May 8, 1945

Manhattan Project Project to develop the Atomic Bomb J. Robert Oppenheimer 600,000 Americans involved Trial run in Alamogordo, NM

Hiroshima and Nagasaki August 6, 1945 “Little Boy” and “Fat Boy” 200,000 radiation related deaths Japanese Surrender September 2, 1945

For or Against the Atomic Bomb's Use Using Page 791 in your books read the critical thinking section on the use of the atomic bomb. Discuss with your partner on on whether you agree or disagree with the decision to use the atomic bomb. Class discussion