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WWII Europe

WWII Europe . Operation Overlord= D-day June 6 th 1944 Allied forces under the command of General Eisenhower attack German held France 175,000 troops in 3 phases (Airborne, Bombers, Infantry) take the coast of Normandy with heavy casualties

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WWII Europe

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  1. WWII Europe • Operation Overlord= D-day June 6th 1944 • Allied forces under the command of General Eisenhower attack German held France • 175,000 troops in 3 phases (Airborne, Bombers, Infantry) take the coast of Normandy with heavy casualties • With Success, Allies had Germany surrounded and start the march toward Berlin

  2. Europe Continued • Battle of the Bulge= Hitler’s last effort to win the war. Nazi forces push a bulge in the Allied line after terrible weather and fighting the Allies win and push on toward Berlin (Jan. 1945) • May 2 Hitler commits suicide in his bunker • May 8th 1945 = VE Day “Victory in Europe”

  3. Pacific WWII • US wins the Battle of Midway (turning point in war) and starts to go on offensive • Battle of Guadalcanal- Marines win key victory and start the process of Island hopping towards mainland Japan • Difficult battles such as Iwo Jima and Okinawa, Marines take and inflict huge losses but move towards mainland of Japan (Island Hopping)

  4. Pacific cont. • President Truman (took over after FDR died) decides to use atomic bombs on Japan, to save lives that would be lost in a land invasion. • Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings cause massive destruction/death and finally Japan surrenders (VJ Day Aug.15 1945)

  5. The Manhattan Project:Los Alamos, NM I am become death, the shatterer of worlds! Major GeneralLesley R. Groves Dr. Robert Oppenheimer

  6. Tinian Island, 1945 Little Boy Fat Man Enola Gay Crew

  7. Col. Paul Tibbets & the A-Bomb

  8. Hiroshima – August 6, 1945 • 70,000 killed immediately. • 48,000 buildings. destroyed. • 100,000s died of radiation poisoning & cancer later.

  9. The Beginning of theAtomic Age

  10. Nagasaki – August 9, 1945 • 40,000 killed immediately. • 60,000 injured. • 100,000s died ofradiation poisoning& cancer later.

  11. Japanese A-Bomb Survivors

  12. Hiroshima Memorials

  13. V-J Day (September 2, 1945)

  14. Japanese POWs, Guam

  15. V-J Day in Times Square,NYC

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