2. WWII: End of War

3. How to Defeat Hitler
1943, the Big Three - Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met in Tehran to discuss defeating Germany
They decide to attack Hitler from the East (Russia) and the West (US and Britain)
This would cause Hitler to fight a two front war and split his forces

4. D-Day Invasion Nicknamed “Operation Overlord”
American, British, Canadian, and Polish forces would land on 5 beaches in Normandy, France and attack the Germans
This attack was carried out on June 6, 1944
Germans were entrenched on Omaha beach but eventually Allied troops took over

5. Omaha Beach Invasion - D-Day

6. Liberation of Europe Germany was forced to fight a two front war
August 1944, Allies Liberated Paris
Operation Valkyrie took place on July 20, 1944
December Battle of the Bulge
With Allied forces closing in Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945

7. Operation Valkyrie

8. V-E Day May 7, 1945 became known as Victory in Europe Day (V-E Day)
German forces surrendered in a French School House
FDR died days earlier so Harry Truman became the president to see V-E Day and to see Americans through the end of the war

9. Defeating Japan American forces used the island-hopping strategy
Japanese forces fought extremely hard
Iwo Jima- February and March 1945
Okinawa- April 1945
American forces started bombing Japan

10. The Atomic Bomb ends the war
1930s- Scientists discovered how to split an atom
The Manhattan Project led by J. Robert Oppenheimer was funded to create an atomic bomb
July 16, the first atomic bomb was tested
August 6, A-bomb dropped on Hiroshima
August 9, A-bomb dropped on Nagasaki

12. V-J Day Emperor Hirohito decided to surrender
August 15, V-J Day (Victory in Japan)
Japan officially surrendered on September 2, 1945

13. THE WAR IS OVER!!!!!