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1 The War Comes to an End

2 Dropping the Atomic Bomb
Where: Hiroshima, Japan Nagasaki Japan Who: The U.S. When: Hiroshima- August 6, 1945 Nagasaki- August 9, 1945 Result: Over 700,000 die in Hiroshima Over 75,000 die in Nagasaki Japan surrenders August 15, 1945= VJ Day (Victory in Japan)

3 The Postwar World: p.464-465 Describe Europe after the war.
The landscape Death toll Displaced individuals Potsdam Conference: When- Where- Who- What was accomplished? Why were the British concerned with the Soviet Union? What were they afraid of?

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