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Chapter 14 Section 5: The War Ends

Chapter 14 Section 5: The War Ends . Warm-Up. Name all the times war on two fronts was used during WWII What is the point? Be complete. The Third Reich Collapses. The Battle of the Bulge Allies advance towards German border Hitler’s final attack on allied supplies coming from Belgium

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Chapter 14 Section 5: The War Ends

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  1. Chapter 14Section 5: The War Ends

  2. Warm-Up • Name all the times war on two fronts was used during WWII • What is the point? • Be complete

  3. The Third Reich Collapses The Battle of the Bulge • Allies advance towards German border • Hitler’s final attack on allied supplies coming from Belgium • Germans caught Americans by surprise • German troops race west  lines bulged outward • Battle continued for three weeks • United States wins

  4. The Third Reich Collapses • Soviets had driven German troops out of Soviet Union and across Poland • February 1945: Soviet troops were 35 miles away from Berlin • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWNV0r43OhQ 2:11- Downfall

  5. The Third Reich Collapses • April 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLmnTOQ2YpM 3:30 • Admiral Karl Doenitz as his successor • Eisenhower on unconditional surrender • Germany accepts terms on May 7, 1945

  6. V-E DAY in America! • May 8,1945 proclaimed V-E Day • Victory in Europe

  7. Japan is Defeated • April 12, 1945 FDR dies of a stroke • Harry S. Truman (FDR’s Vice President) becomes President • Had to make difficult decisions • War with Japan continued even though Germany surrendered

  8. Battle of Iwo Jima • Problems with re-fueling • Pilots needed to land closer to Japan • America decides to invade Iwo Jima • Volcanoes, rocky cliffs  difficult • 60,000 marines landed on Iwo Jima

  9. Firebombing Japan • Dropped bombs filled with napalm- a kind of jellied gasoline • Explode and start fires • Controversial because it would kill civilians • Page 521. • Japan’s six industrial cities had been firebombed • 67 Japanese cities were firebombed

  10. Invasion of Okinawa • Japan still NOT going to quit • Invade Okinawa to stock pile supplies 350 miles from Japan • Fighting in the mountains  adapt to surroundings • June 1945 Okinawa captured

  11. Terms for Surrender • Japanese emperor urged his government to find a way to end the way • US unconditional surrender • Japan’s condition: The emperor stays in power • American officials believed that the emperor was the problem • New weapon comes into picture the atomic bomb

  12. Manhattan Project • Secret American program to build an atomic bomb was code named: Manhattan Project • Secret laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico • Albert Einstein and Robert J. Oppenheimer • First detonated in New Mexico • Truman believed it was his duty to use every weapon we had

  13. Hiroshima and Nagasaki • Allies threatened with prompt and utter destruction • Japan did not reply • Aug. 6 1945 dropped first atomic bomb on Hiroshima (industrial city) • Destroyed 63% of the city • 80,000-120,000 people died • Instantly and radiation sickness • Long term effects

  14. Nagasaki after the bomb Complete destruction  Nagasaki Before and After atomic bomb

  15. Hiroshima and Nagasaki • Aug. 9th second atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki • Killed between 35,000-74,000 people • Soviets declare war on Japan • Japanese emperor ordered the government to surrender • August 15 1945 V-J Day • War is completely over

  16. Building a New World • 1944 delegates from 39 countries met to discuss the new organization the United Nations (UN) • Every member in the world would have one vote • Security Council: Britain, France, China, Soviet Union, and the United States • Notice anything? • Have each a veto power • Goal: Was responsible for international peace and security • Universal Declaration of Human Rights P. 524

  17. Nuremberg Trials • Held in Nuremberg, Germany • 12 were sentenced to death and 7 held prison sentences • Crimes against humanity • 25 Japanese leaders charged with war crimes held in Tokyo

  18. Historical Debate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_trials Do we blame ALL German’s for WWII and the Holocaust? Who takes the blame?

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