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Words to KnowHolocaust: The mass murder of millions of
Jews by the NazisGenocide: The planned murder of an entire
peopleAtomic Bomb: A nuclear bomb with
enormous power to harm
D-DayAllied Invasion of
Western Europe:6-month planningGeneral Dwight D.
Eisenhower (U.S.) planned invasion
Germans expected the invasion:Planted land minesPut up barbed wire
June 6, 1944170,000+ Allied
soldiers crossed the English Channel from Britain:Coast of Normandy
(France)Within a week Allies
had landed tons of supplies and hundreds of thousands of soldiers in France
Trick! Attack worked:
Hitler fooled: Thought
landing was going to be further up the coast Best
German soldiers
End of War Allies wanted to Force Hitler
to surrender:Began bombing German
cities day and night December 1944:
Allies forced the German Troops to retreat toward Berlin:Capital of Germany
Soon after:Millions of Allied soldiers
were closing in on Berlin May 7, 1945, Germany
Surrendered:War in Europe over
HolocaustAllied troops moved
into land Germany had controlled
Found evidence of the Holocaust
Hitler blamed the Jewish for most of Germany’s problems
Nazis decided on a “final solution” for the Jews:Genocide for the Jews
Death Camps Nazis built death camps:
Sent Jews from around Europe
Had specially built gas chambers
Nazi’s killed thousands of people a day:Bodies burned in huge
ovens Killed 6 million Jews:
Several million other people murdered in death camps
Video: Disc 5 part 9 (B.o.B.)
War CrimesAfter the War, Allies
put some Nazi leaders on trial
Wanted to make sure people who helped plan the Holocaust were punished
12 Nazi leaders were sentenced to death
Victory over Japan After Germany surrenders,
focus is on the Pacific Allied forces have retaken
the Philippines:General MacArthur
returned Lat 2 islands held by Japan
fell to allied forces in `45 Did not want to send troops
to attack Japan:Feared a million soldiers
could be lost Ordered Bomber to drop
bombs on Japan:Day and night
RooseveltBegun serving his
fourth term:March 1945
Planned on Meeting:ChurchillStalin
Wanted to find a way to end the war forever:
Roosevelt in poor health:Died April 12, 1945V.P. Harry S. Truman took
over
New Weapon Atomic Bomb:
Nuclear July 1945:
Tested the bomb (worked) Truman: Should it be used?:
Scientists who developed the bomb didn’t want it used
Other: “could save thousands of lives.”
August 6, 1945: Dropped on Hiroshima (Japan) Dropped on Nagasaki (Japan)
Japanese surrendered on August 14, 1945
WWII was over