World War II: The War Fronts

US History: Spiconardi

Wartime Diplomacy Atlantic Charter Meeting (1941)

FDR and Churchill meet to discuss goals for the war Tehran Conference (1943)

FDR, Churchill, Stalin meet to discuss strategy. Stalin wants second front open on Germany

Yalta (1945) FDR, Churchill, and Stalin agree to split Germany into 4

zones, each controlled by one of the allies Stalin would see creation of governments in Eastern

Europe Agreed to create United Nations

Potsdam (1945) Truman informs Stalin of Atomic Bomb Ultimatum given to Japan: “Surrender or else…”

D-Day June 6, 1944 Invasion of the

beaches of Normandy to liberate France from German Occupation

Led by Gen. Dwight Eisenhower

Battle of Iwo Jima Battle of Iwo Jima

22 day battle 5,900 Marines killed 1,000 Navy killed 19,000 wounded All but a few of 21,000

Japanese killed Island Hopping

The Manhattan Project In August 1942

scientists begin work on a top secret atomic research project Many scientists German

Create the atomic bomb & test it in July 1945 in a desert in New Mexico

Bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki Truman’s Options

Invasion of Japan Would cost 1 million

American Lives Continue incendiary

bombings of Japan War could go on for

another 6-8 months Atomic Bomb

End war immediately No loss of American life

Bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki

The Atomic Bomb Hiroshima bombed

8/6/1945 70,000 killed

Nagasaki bombed 8/9/1945

40,000 killed Hundreds of thousands

die later from radiation & cancer

Impact of Atomic Bomb Droppings Demonstrates that US is premier military power in

the world Sets up Cold War and arms race