1. Bell Ringer
Analyze.

2. EQ: What was the cost of World War II?
End of the War
EQ: What was the cost of World War II?

3. Invasion of Italy Soft underbelly of Europe From North Africa (1943)
Forces Hitler to divert forces
Mussolini eventually executed by Italian resistance fighters

4. Operation Overlord June 6, 1944 – D-Day
Amphibious invasion – opens up a second European front
Freed France from Germans

5. Yalta Conference Big 3 (FDR, Churchill, Stalin)
Feb 1945 – Discuss end of war
Accept only unconditional surrender
Agree to create United Nations – replacement to LoN
Will divide Germany b/w them

6. “Above all I charge the leaders of the nation and those under them to scrupulous observance of the laws of race and to merciless opposition to the universal poisoner of all peoples, international Jewry.” -from Hitler’s Final Will and Testament, April 29, 1945

7. V-E Day Victory in Europe May 7, 1945 German surrender
Hitler committed suicide a week earlier

8. What to do about Japan? Pacific theatre still open.
Japan still poses major problem
Invasion of Japan would cost an estimated 1 million soldiers lives

9. What do about Japan?
Secret weapons research project code named: “Manhattan Project”
Development of the atomic bomb

10. Hiroshima August 6, 1945 “Little Boy” Dropped on Hiroshima
At least 75,000 casualties

11. Nagasaki August 9, 1945 “Fat Man”
An atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki
At least 150,000 casualties

12. V.J. Day August 14, 1945 Victory in Japan – the Japanese surrender
WWII has come to an end

14. The War’s End
The United States and Soviet Union emerged from WWII as superpowers.
GB, Soviet Union, and the USA allied to deal with the Nazi threat.
How long will the alliance last?

15. Essential Question
What was the cost of World War II?