1. 14:5 The Third Reich Collapses – Battle of the Bulge (Dec 1944) Hitler’s last offensive Cut-off Allied supplies coming through Belgium U.S. forces defeat German forces Germany has little resources left to continue war

2. 14:5 The War Ends in Europe – Russian forces drive Germans out of Russia Eventually 35 miles from Berlin – Russia attacks Germany from east, Americans from west – Russian troops enter Berlin – Hitler commits suicide – “V-E Day” (Victory in Europe)

3. 14:5 April, 1945, President Roosevelt dies in office 33 rd President: Harry S. Truman – Roosevelt’s vice-president

4. 14:5 Japan is Defeated – Battle of Iwo Jima (Feb 1945) – 60,000 U.S. Marines 6,800 killed – New technique: napalm Jellied gasoline in bombs Start fires on explosion

5. 14:5 Invasion of Okinawa – U.S. wanted the island as a base for the invasion of Japan – 12,000 Americans die – U.S. takes island June 22, 1945

6. 14:5 The Manhattan Project – Secret project to create an atom bomb – Los Alamos, New Mexico – Detonated world’s first atomic bomb in desert in New Mexico

7. 14:5 U.S. Uses Atom Bombs – Nagasaki and Hiroshima – Japanese leaders disregarded Truman’s warnings – August 6, 1945 B-29 bomber Enola Gay bombs Hiroshima 63% of city destroyed Approximately 100,000 dead

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9. Nagasaki – Approximately 50,000 killed – “V-J Day” Victory in Japan

10. 14:5 Post-War – Creation of the United Nations – Stop world from going to war again – Five Permanent Members: Britain, France, China, Soviet Union, U.S.

11. 14:5 Putting the Enemy on Trial – U.S., Britain, France, and Soviet Union create International Military Tribunal (IMT) – Nuremberg Trials – Former leaders of Nazi Germany