CHAPTER 22 SECTION 4 THE END OF WWII

1) To end the war, an attack would be made on _________________________. Allied troops prepared for ________________. _________________________________ orchestrated the attack. Germans planted _________________________ and _____________________ on the beaches of Northern France. WESTERN EUROPE 6 MONTHS GENERAL DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER LAND MINES BARBED WIRE

June 6, 1944 = “_________________________” This was known as OPERATION ______________________. The Allies would cross the ______________________ and attack France. Over ____________________ Allied troops landed on ____________________ in France. D-DAY OVERLORD ENGLISH CHANNEL 170,000 NORMANDY BEACH

Allied forces from the _________, _____________________ and ____________ attacked on 5 beaches: ___________________________________________ The attack was possible since the Allies ___________________ Hitler. Hitler believed the Allies would land farther up the ________________________. This was the largest __________________________ operation in history! U.S. GREAT BRITAINCANADA UTAH, OMAHA, GOLD, JUNO AND SWORD TRICKED FRENCH COAST LAND-AIR-SEA

D-DAY INVASION

More than _______________________ Allied troops would land in France. By September, the Allies had ______________________ many European countries including France. The Allies had entered the country of ________________________! 1 MILLION LIBERATED GERMANY

CEMETARY ON NORMANDY BEACH

2) The Allies wanted Hitler to ________________________. The Allies ________________ German cities day and night. The NAZIs made one more major______________ - the battle was known as the “_______________________________” in December SURRENDER BOMBED ATTACK BATTLE OF THE BULGE

Germany at first cut deep into ___________________ but were forced to _______________________ toward the capital of _________________. ALLIED DEFENSES RETREAT BERLIN

3) With Soviet troops surrounding his bunker, ______________________ saw his Third Reich coming to an end. On April 30, 1945, the leader of NAZI Germany __________________________. On May 7, 1945, Germany ______________________. On May 8, 1945, the war in ____________________ was officially over! The day came to be known as “_________________” ADOLF HITLER COMMITTED SUICIDE SURRENDERED EUROPE V-E DAY

4) When Allied troops moved into Germany, they found ____________________ that a horrible act had occurred. The ______________________ was the mass murder of Jews by the NAZIs Hitler decided on the “_________________________” to rid Europe of all his “enemies” This was ___________________ - A planned act to murder an entire People. EVIDENCE HOLOCAUST FINAL SOLUTION GENOCIDE

People were sent to ______________________ with gas chambers. Over _____________________ Jews were killed. Over _____________________ of other groups were killed. Many people ________________ that these events occurred. Many people were tried for war crimes at the ________________________________. A total of _________________________ were sentenced to death. DEATH CAMPS 6 MILLION 3 MILLION DENIED NUREMBERG TRIALS 12 NAZI OFFICERS

NUREMBERG TRIALS

5) After Germany surrendered, the Allies went to the ___________________________ to continue the war. Allies had retaken the ______________________________. General __________________________ had also returned. Allies took the last two islands under _____________________ control in PACIFIC OCEAN PHILIPPINE ISLANDS DOUGLAS MACARTHUR JAPANESE

The Allies did not want to attack Japan due to a possible _____________________________. The Allies instead __________________ Japan day and night. As ________________________ was planning to meet with Stalin and Churchill, he fell ill. He died on April 12, __________________________ became President. Truman’s biggest decision: Should we use an __________________________? HUGE LOSS OF LIFE BOMBED F. D. ROOSEVELT HARRY S. TRUMAN ATOMIC BOMB

FDR DIES…….TRUMAN TAKES OVER

Truman believed using it would save __________________________________. On August 6, 1945, the Enola Gay flew over the city of _____________________ and dropped “____________________” Japan refused to ________________________. THOUSANDS OF LIVES HIROSHIMA LITTLE BOY SURRENDER

On August 9, 1945, the Bockscar flew over the city of ______________________ and dropped “___________________” Japan agreed to end the war on ____________________________. This became known as “_________________”. WWII was officially over. NAGASAKI FAT MAN AUGUST 14, 1945 V-J DAY