1. World War II: Dropping the Bomb and Victory!

2. 2 Yalta Conference- February, 1945 The Big Three: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin met at Yalta and confirm a plan to divide both Germany and the city of Berlin into American, British, French, and Russian zones.

3. 3 Mussolini and his mistress, Claretta Petacci were shot and hanged in Milan, 1945 The End of the War in Europe

4. 4 Hitler moved into an underground bunker in Berlin as the Allies advanced. April 30, Hitler committed suicide. May 7, 1945, German commanders surrendered, and the war in Europe was over. The End of the War in Europe http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-commits-suicide

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6. 6 Victory in Europe Day May 8, 1945

7. 7 The Manhattan Project - conducted by the United States during World War II to develop the first atomic bomb. President Truman decided to drop atomic bombs on Japanese cities. The goal was to avoid an invasion of Japan and save American lives. War in Asia Continued First Fission Bomb Test This test was conducted on an island. After the bomb went off, the entire island was gone.

8. 8 The first bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 The Japanese did not surrender The second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki August 9, 1945 The Bomb is Dropped Enola Gay: B-29 Superfortress bomber.

9. 9 Hiroshima and Nagasaki were completely destroyed. Thousands died immediately, and thousands more died later of radiation sickness. The Japanese surrendered on August 14. Effects of the Atomic Bomb A person who sat on the step evaporated, only leaving the shadow.

10. 10 Nagasaki before and after

11. 11 The Hiroshima landscape after the use of the atomic bomb

12. Enola Gay ay Udvar-Hazy

13. 13 Victory over Japan Day-August 1945 August 15 in Japan and August 14 in the United States- because of time zone differences

14. 14 Surrender of Japan, Tokyo Bay, 2 September 1945: Japanese representatives on board USS Missouri during the surrender ceremonies.

15. 15 Division of Germany

16. 16 Divided Berlin Berlin was divided into four zones, each occupied by one of the Allies: France, Great Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union.

17. 17 Berlin Airlift

18. 18 Country Borders 1939 - Pre War Germany Invades Poland in 1939

19. 19 Germany Invades France in 1940 1944 the Normandy Invasion

20. 20 Post War European Borders

21. 21 Victory in Europe Day May 8, 1945

22. 22 Victory in Europe Day (V-E Day or VE Day) was on May 8, 1945, the date when the World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. On April 30, Hitler committed suicide during the Battle of Berlin, and so the surrender of Germany was authorized by his replacement, President of Germany Karl Dönitz. The administration headed up by Dönitz was known as the Flensburg government. The act of military surrender was signed on May 7 in Reims, France, and May 8 in Berlin, Germany.

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24. 24 North Africa Invasion: November 1942 Invasion of Italy: September 1943 Normandy Invasion: June 6, 1944 Battle of the Bulge: Dec 1944- Jan 1945 Okinawa: April 1945 and Saipan: June 1945 Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki August 1945 Turning Points in the War

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