1. Be in your assigned seat
When the bell rings or
Get a hero pass!!!

2. Reminder!
Quiz Friday…
Notebook Check #3
On May 30th.

3. Finishing World War 2 Key Terms Early Japanese Success
Turning Point: Stalingrad
Turning Point: Midway
Island Hopping
D-Day
VE-Day
Manhattan Project
Death of FDR
VJ-Day

4. Japan Storms the Pacific
After Pearl Harbor, the Japanese
Swarmed across the Pacific,
Pushing American forces back.
Remember, we had been isolationist
Before the war, so in many ways
We were not ready.
The Japanese even drove
Us out of our colony in the
Philippines

6. Turning Point: Stalingrad
Hitler ordered the
German army to turn south
To try to take Russia’s
Oil supply.
The major battle was at
A city called Stalingrad,
Where the German army
Was defeated and 91,000
Troops were captured

7. Battle of
Stalingrad

8. Turning Point: Midway The turning point in The pacific was the
Battle of Midway.
The US was able to
Surprise japan because
We had broken their
Secret code and knew
The attack was coming.
Japan lost their 4 biggest
Aircraft carriers, and we only
Lost 1.

9. Yamamoto vs. Nimitz

11. Island Hopping After Midway, the US Was able to use a strategy
Called “Island Hopping.”
Moving from Island to
Island across the pacific
Until we could get in
Range for our bombers to
Hit japan.

13. D-Day US Troops going In at Omaha Beach In Europe, the Russians
Were pushing the Germans
Back from the East,
The Allies in the West, America
And England needed to land in
France to push the Germans
Back from the west.
June 6, 1944 was “D-Day”
When 150,000+ allied troops
Landed at Normandy in
Northern France.
US Troops going
In at Omaha Beach

15. VE-Day Victory in Europe Day After being surrounded
By Allied troops from
East and west…..
April 30th, 1945
Hitler killed himself in
His secret bunker. Wife
Eva Braun also kills herself.
On May 8, the Germans
Surrendered.

16. Death of
Adolf Hitler

17. Death of FDR On April 12, 1945 Pres. Roosevelt died of a brain Bleed.
Harry S. Truman became
President and had to
Make one of the most
Important decisions in
The history of the
World.

18. Fat Man destroys Nagasaki, AUGUST 9 1945 For years, America
Had been working on
The “Manhattan Project”
To develop nuclear bombs.
After testing in New Mexico,
President Truman had to
Make a tough decision on
Whether to use the bombs
Or not.
On August 6, 1945 Hiroshima
Was the first city destroyed.
Nagasaki followed on August 9.
Fat Man destroys
Nagasaki, AUGUST 9
1945

19. VJ-Day Realizing they could not win A war against a country that
Could destroy entire cities,
Japan decided to surrender.
On Sept 2, the Emperor of
Japan spoke to the people and
Said it was time to stop fighting.

20. What’s Next
For the world….?

21. What’s Next For the world….? A world destroyed….
A world divided into two
Blocks….
The US will not pull back
Again like we did after
World War 1.
Cold War and
United Nations