World War IIBattles in Europe

D-Day – June 6, 1944The force consisted of 3 million British,

American, and Canadian troops.

Liberation of the Death Camps

Soviet troops were the first to come upon one of the Nazi death

camps: Majdanek in Poland.A Soviet War correspondent

commented: “This is not a concentration camp, it is a

gigantic murder plant.

The End of Hitler• Rather than facing his crimes, Hitler shot

himself in the temple before the Soviets marched into his bunker.

• His wife, Eva Braun, swallowed poison.

• On orders from Hitler, the two bodies were carried outside the Bunker, soaked with gasoline and burned.

Today, The Location of Hitler’s Bunker

V-E Day

Harry S. Truman

World War IIBattles in the Pacific

Doolittle’s Raid

The allies began their attack on the Japanese in the Spring of 1942.

Battle of Midway

June 3, 1942. Known as “Avenge” for Pearl Harbor

Iwo Jima

The fiercest battle of World War II. February 19, 1945

The Famous Flag Photo

6,000 Marines died taking the island.

Okinawa

April 1945 – June 21, 1945. The allies thought they would

Be attacking mainland Japan after this battle.

Okinawa (cont’d)

•7600 Americans died

•110,000 Japanese died

• President Truman decides to end World War II with the use of the

Atomic Bomb

Site of the Manhattan ProjectLos Alamos Labs, New Mexico

Property Owned by theUniversity of California

“Little Boy” Dropped on

Hiroshima Japan onAugust 6, 1945

The Atomic Bomb

Japan, After the Bomb DroppedHiroshima

Child’s lunch box after the bombing ofHiroshima, Japan

14 Year Old Victim of the atomic bomb inHiroshima

Japan, After the Bomb DroppedNagasaki

The Aftermath

Young Student

Atomic Bomb Called “Fat Man”Dropped on Nagasaki Japan

Use of the Bomb Forced Japan to Surrender.

The Surrender Ceremony Took PlaceAboard the Battleship Missouri inTokyo Bay on September 2, 1945

Cartoon – Enola Gay