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The End of WWII

The End of WWII. Germany Surrenders. Dec, 1944- Jan 1945 Battle of the Bulge—last German offensive April 12 FDR Dies at age 63 of a stroke April 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide as Soviets approach Berlin. U.S. liberation of Nazi Concentration Camps throughout Europe.

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The End of WWII

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  1. The End of WWII

  2. Germany Surrenders • Dec, 1944- Jan 1945 Battle of the Bulge—last German offensive • April 12 FDR Dies at age 63 of a stroke • April 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide as Soviets approach Berlin

  3. U.S. liberation of Nazi Concentration Camps throughout Europe

  4. Victory in Europe for the Allies declared—May 8th, 1945 • Vice President Harry Truman becomes president (began as VP January 20th, 1945) • He is faced with ending the war with Japan next Harry Truman— "I felt like the moon, the stars, and all the planets had fallen on me."

  5. The Pacific War—1941-1945

  6. March – July 1945 3/9/1945 • US begins the firebombing of Japan’s major cities with a raid on Tokyo. 100,000 people killed. Attacks continued in Nagoya, Osaka and Kobe. 4/12/1945 • President Truman takes office. 6/4/1945 • US troops land on Okinawa. 7/16/1945 • The first atomic bomb is exploded at a test site in Los Alamos, USA. Firebombs of Tokyo

  7. August 1945 8/6/1945 • US B-29 “Enola Gay” drops a 3 meter long atomic bomb “Little Boy” on Hiroshima killing an estimated 140,000 people and wiping out 10 square km. 8/9/1945 • US B-29 “Bocks Car” drops atomic bomb “Fat Man” on Nagasaki. Two-thirds of the city of 250,000 inhabitants is destroyed and 113,000 people die. 8/14/1945 • The Japanese Cabinet surrender, V-J Day! Japanese sign a peace treaty with the U.S. on the Navy ship, Missouri. 8/23/1945 • The Japanese official casualty figures from air raids including A-bombs are 260,000 killed, 412,000 injured, 9.2 million homeless, along with 44 cities completely wiped out.

  8. How big is a 10km radius?

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