1. Winning the War Section 4

2. Words to Know Holocaust: The mass murder of millions of Jews by the Nazis Genocide: The planned murder of an entire people Atomic Bomb: A nuclear bomb with enormous power to harm

3. D-Day Allied Invasion of Western Europe: 6-month planning General Dwight D. Eisenhower (U.S.) planned invasion Germans expected the invasion: Planted land mines Put up barbed wire

4. June 6, 1944 170,000+ Allied soldiers crossed the English Channel from Britain: Coast of Normandy (France) Within a week Allies had landed tons of supplies and hundreds of thousands of soldiers in France

5. Trick! Attack worked: Hitler fooled: Thought landing was going to be further up the coast Best German soldiers

6. End of War Allies wanted to Force Hitler to surrender: Began bombing German cities day and night December 1944: Allies forced the German Troops to retreat toward Berlin: Capital of Germany Soon after: Millions of Allied soldiers were closing in on Berlin May 7, 1945, Germany Surrendered: War in Europe over

7. Holocaust Allied troops moved into land Germany had controlled Found evidence of the Holocaust Hitler blamed the Jewish for most of Germany’s problems Nazis decided on a “final solution” for the Jews: Genocide for the Jews

8. Death Camps Nazis built death camps: Sent Jews from around Europe Had specially built gas chambers Nazi’s killed thousands of people a day: Bodies burned in huge ovens Killed 6 million Jews: Several million other people murdered in death camps Video: Disc 5 part 9 (B.o.B.)

9. War Crimes After the War, Allies put some Nazi leaders on trial Wanted to make sure people who helped plan the Holocaust were punished 12 Nazi leaders were sentenced to death

10. Victory over Japan After Germany surrenders, focus is on the Pacific Allied forces have retaken the Philippines: General MacArthur returned Lat 2 islands held by Japan fell to allied forces in `45 Did not want to send troops to attack Japan: Feared a million soldiers could be lost Ordered Bomber to drop bombs on Japan: Day and night

11. Roosevelt Begun serving his fourth term: March 1945 Planned on Meeting: Churchill Stalin Wanted to find a way to end the war forever: Roosevelt in poor health: Died April 12, 1945 V.P. Harry S. Truman took over

12. New Weapon Atomic Bomb: Nuclear July 1945: Tested the bomb (worked) Truman: Should it be used?: Scientists who developed the bomb didn’t want it used Other: “could save thousands of lives.” August 6, 1945: Dropped on Hiroshima (Japan) Dropped on Nagasaki (Japan) Japanese surrendered on August 14, 1945 WWII was over

13. Class Work Chapter 22 Section 4 Crossword