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End of WW II in Europe

End of WW II in Europe. After D-Day. After the Allies landed in Normandy, they began to drive the Germans out of France. Meanwhile, the Russians were pushing them back from the East. Germany was in a vice. Allied Bombing. The Allies began to bomb German cities (civilians).

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End of WW II in Europe

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  1. End of WW II in Europe

  2. After D-Day • After the Allies landed in Normandy, they began to drive the Germans out of France. • Meanwhile, the Russians were pushing them back from the East. • Germany was in a vice.

  3. Allied Bombing • The Allies began to bomb German cities (civilians). • Do you think that bombing civilians was/is justified during war?

  4. B-17 (Flying Fortress)

  5. B-29 (Super Fortress)

  6. Fire Bombing of Dresden

  7. British and US mission

  8. New Technology • Radar—to detect planes. • Sonar—to detect subs. Allowed the allies to get more supplies across the Atlantic. • Jet Engine

  9. Nazi Jet Bombs • V-1

  10. Nazi Jet Bombs • V-2

  11. Nazi Jet Plane

  12. The German’s Last Offensive • As the Allies began to get close to Germany, the Nazis launched a last offensive. • In Belgium (December of 1944). • Known as The Battle of the Bulge. • Despite tremendous losses, the Allies eventually win and head into Germany.

  13. Battle of the Bulge

  14. The Fall of Nazi Germany • As the British and US approached from the West, the Russians were closing in from the East. • The Russians fought with great ferocity because of the suffering they had gone through. • As both sides approached Berlin (the German capital), the US slowed down so the Russians could take the city. • Hitler killed himself on April 30,1945. • Germany surrendered on May 7, 1945 (V-E Day)

  15. Russians Liberate Nazi Death Camps

  16. Russians Liberate Death Camps

  17. The US and the Holocaust • US did little to try to end the Holocaust. • Would not bomb camps or railroads leading to camps. • US leaders felt it was better to focus on defeating Germany and that that would end it.

  18. Death of FDR • FDR died of a cerebral hemorrhage on April 12, 1945. • He had been elected President a record 4-times. • He served 13 years. • The new President was his VP—Harry S. Truman.

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