1. How did WWII end in Europe?
Operation Overlord- Allied invasion of France. Also called D-Day.
Within a month 1 million Allied troops were stationed in Europe.
Germany is surrounded with the USSR to the east
Germany surrenders in 1945 after Hitler commits suicide.

2. How did WWII end in Europe?
Allies divide Germany up between them.
Potsdam Conference: Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill met to discuss dividing up Germany
Divided Germany into 4 sections (occupied by France, Britain, U.S. and Soviet Union)
Trials are held in Germany (and Japan) to try the people responsible for the war.
Many are executed and jailed for war crimes.

5. Yalta – “The Big 3”

6. Nuremberg Trials International court tried Nazi war criminals
Over 23 nations tried Nazi war criminals in Nuremberg, Germany
12 of the 22 defendants were sentenced to death
200 other officials were found guilty, but give lesser sentences

7. Battle of the Coral Sea
Prior to this battle, the Japanese were winning every battle and taking over the Pacific
May U.S. and Australia stopped Japan from invading
Japan won the actual battle, but the allies were able to stop Japan invasion for the first time
U.S. was beginning to use the Island Hopping technique to weaken Japan’s forces

8. Don’t forget about Japan!!
Iwo Jima: Island in the Pacific that was critical for U.S. win
March 1945
27,000 Japanese held Iwo Jima
U.S. won
26,800 Japanese troops died
6,000 U.S. Marines died

11. Battle of Okinawa June 22, 1945 Japan used 1,900 Kamikaze attacks
110,000 Japanese troops died
7, ,500 U.S U.S. troops died
U.S. won but casualties are high from the war in Europe and the Pacific, American want a quick end to the war.

12. Manhattan Project
Program that created 3 atomic bombs that could wipe out entire cities
200,000 Japanese died due to the Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Hiroshima
August 6, 1945
“Little Boy”
In 43 seconds, the city collapsed to dust
Nagasaki
August 9, 1945
“Fat Man”
Leveled half of the city

13. “Fat Man”

14. Nagasaki

15. Hiroshima

19. V-J Day
August 15, 1945: Japan surrenders after the devastating bombings.

21. Losses of the Major Wartime Powers in WWII, 1939-1945
Germany
4.5 million military
2 million civilian
Japan
2 million military
350,000 civilians
Italy
400,000 military
100,000 civilian
China
2.5 million military
7.4 million civilians
USSR
10 million military
10 million civilians
Great Britain
300,000 military
50,000 civilians
France
250,000 military
350,000 civilian
United States
274,000 military

22. WWII Aftermath Holocaust camps discovered Creation of United Nations
Tension between US and Soviet Union over who control Germany
The Marshall Plan: US provided food and money to help rebuild Europe.
Beginning of Cold War: Rivalry with the Soviet Union and the US from s.