THE END OF WWII
DAY 9
TODAY’S OBJECTIVESOIDENTIFY EVENTS IN THE WAR IN EUROPE.
ODESCRIBE THE ALLIED OFFENSIVE IN AND THE LIBERATION OF EUROPE.
OEXPLAIN THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE USE OF THE ATOMIC BOMB.
ODESCRIBE THE ALLIED OFFENSIVE IN THE PACIFIC AGAINST JAPAN.
FREE FRANCE!!OJULY 25, 1944: UNDER GENERAL PATTON, ALLIES BREAK GERMAN LINE
OAUGUST 25, 1944: ENTER PARIS
LIBERATION OF PARISOWITHIN A MONTH… 1
MILLION TROOPS, 567,000 TONS OF SUPPLIES, 170,000 VEHICLES HAD BEEN TRANSPORTED TO FRANCE
OAUGUST 23 – PATTON REACHES SEINE RIVER
O2 DAYS LATER: FRENCH RESISTANCE LIBERATES THE CAPITAL – PARIS
OPARISIANS CELEBRATED AFTER 3 YEARS OF OCCUPATION
OPERATION MARKET GARDENO SEPTEMBER 1944: AIRBORNE
DIVISIONS WERE DROPPED ON HOLLAND
O GOAL: CAPTURE BRIDGES CROSSING THE RHINE RIVER INTO GERMANY
O HOLLAND HAD BEEN OCCUPIED FOR 4 YEARS
O ALLIED FORCES MET STRONG RESISTANCE SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF ARNHEM
O AFTER THE LIBERATION OF HOLLAND, ALLIED SOLDIERS LIBERATED BELGIUM
CELEBRATIONS!
BATTLE OF THE BULGEO OCT. 1944: ALLIES HAD PUSHED INTO
GERMANYO HITLER RESPONDS W/ GREAT “LAST
STAND” OFFENSIVEO ORDERS TROOPS TO BREAK
THROUGH ALLIED LINES AND RECAPTURE BELGIUM PORT OF ANTWERP
O DEC. 16, 1944: 8 GERMAN TANK DIVISIONS BREAK THROUGH AMERICAN FRONTO HITLER’S HOPE WAS TO BREAK
SUPPLY LINESO TANKS DROVE 60 MILES INTO ALLIED
LINESO CREATED A BULGE IN THE LINESO GAVE THE GREAT BATTLE ITS NAMEO MIDDLE OF THE ARDENNES
FORESTO ALLIED SUPPLY LINES WERE
STRAINED, NOT CUTO EARLY 1945: ALLIES WERE ABLE TO
PUSH THE OFFENSIVE BACK AND INTO GERMANY
BATTLE OF THE BULGE
BATTLE OF THE BULGE
BATTLE OF BASTOGNEODEC. 1944: SMALLER SIEGE OF BELGIUM
TOWN DURING THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE
OALL 5 MAIN ROADS OF THE FOREST CONVERGED ON THE TOWN OF BASTOGNE
OMADE THE CITY IMPORTANCE FOR BOTH THE NAZIS AND THE ALLIES – SUPPLIES
LIBERATION OF THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS
O BRITISH AND AMERICAN TROOPS PRESSED INTO GERMANY FROM THE WEST AND SOUTHO SOVIET TROOPS PRESSED IN FROM THE EAST
O TROOPS BEGAN COMING ACROSS CAMPSO FIRST: JULY 1944 - SOVIETS
YALTA CONFERENCEO FEBRUARY 1945: FDR, CHURCHILL AND
STALIN MEET IN YALTA (UKRAINE)O CALLED THE “BIG THREE”
O DISCUSSED THE FATE OF GERMANY AFTER THE WAR
O STALIN: HARSH PUNISHMENTO DIVIDE GERMANY INTO ZONES OF
OCCUPATIONO CHURCHILL DISAGREED; FDR ACTS AS
MEDIATORO FDR WANTS STALIN TO JOIN WAR AGAINST
JAPANO ALSO WANTED SUPPORT FOR A NEW
WORLD PEACE ORGANIZATION – UNITED NATIONS
O RESULTS: CHURCHILL AGREES TO SEPARATE GERMANYO 4 ZONES: BRITISH, AMERICAN, FRENCH,
SOVIETO STALIN AGREES TO “FREE” ELECTIONS IN
POLAND; ALSO JOINS WAR AGAINST JAPAN
THE BIG THREE
CHURCHILL
FDR
STALIN
DEATH OF FDR
OAPRIL 12, 1945: FDR DIESOWHILE POSING FOR
A PORTRAIT, THE PRESIDENT SUFFERS A STROKE
ODOES NOT LIVE TO SEE V-E DAY
OVICE PRESIDENT, HARRY S. TRUMAN (MISSOURI) BECOMES COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
GERMANY SURRENDERS!!O APRIL 25, 1945: SOVIET ARMY
PUSHES INTO BERLIN (GERMAN CAPITAL)O LINKED ALLIED AND SOVIET
TROOPS TOGETHERO APRIL 30: HITLER REALIZES
THE WAR IS LOSTO COMMITS SUICIDE IN HIS
BUNKER AS THE BATTLE OF BERLIN RAGES ABOVE HIM
O ALSO W/ HIM: MISTRESS EVA BRAUN
O AFTER THE SURRENDER OF BERLIN, GERMAN FORCES ALL OVER EUROPE BEGIN TO SURRENDER
O MAY 7, 1945: GERMANY SURRENDERS
O MAY 8, 1945: NEWS OF SURRENDER REACHES THE WEST AND CELEBRATIONS OF “V-E DAY” BEGIN
CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITYOALLIED ARMIES
DISCOVER EVIDENCE OF THE HOLOCAUSTO 12 MILLION PEOPLE
DIED IN THE CAMPS
ONUREMBERG TRIALS: PROSECUTION OF SURVIVING 24 NAZI LEADERSO HELD IN THE GERMAN
TOWN OF NUREMBERG
O12 OF 24 WERE SENTENCED TO DEATH; REMAINING WERE SENT TO PRISON
“I WAS ONLY FOLLOWING ORDERS.”
IWO JIMA AND OKINAWA
O VICTORIES PAVED THE ROAD FOR THE INVASION OF JAPAN O #1 GOAL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR W/
JAPANO ALLIED LEADERS (INCLUDING TRUMAN) KNEW IT
WOULD BE A STRUGGLEO JAPAN HAD SHOWN HOW IT WAS GOING TO
DEFEND ITS COUNTRY – STILL HAD A HUGE ARMYO TRUMAN SAW ONLY ONE WAY TO AVOID AN
INVASION – DECIDED TO USE A NEW, POWERFUL WEAPON
THE MANHATTAN PROJECT
O LED BY GENERAL LESLIE GROVESO RESEARCH DIRECTED BY SCIENTIST J.
ROBERT OPPENHEIMERO CONSIDERED THE BEST KEPT SECRET OF
AMERICAN HISTORYO PEAK: 600,000 PPL EMPLOYED (5 KNEW
THE PURPOSE) O TRUMAN DIDN’T KNOW UNTIL AFTER
FDR’S DEATHO BEGAN W/ ALBERT EINSTEIN INFORMING
THE US ABOUT GERMANY’S INTENT TO DEVELOP ENRICHED URANIUM – “BUILD A BOMB”
TRINITY TESTO DISCOVERY OF NUCLEAR FISSION AND
PLUTONIUMO IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME
BEFORE A BOMB WAS BUILT O NO ONE KNEW IF IT WOULD WORK!!
O JULY 16, 1945: FIRST NUCLEAR BOMB IS SET OFF O DESERT SOUTH OF ALAMOGORDO,
NMO NICKNAMED THE “GADGET”O CRATER: 10 FEET DEEP AND
1,110 FEET WIDEO “MUSHROOM CLOUD” WAS CREATEDO FELT 180 MILES AWAYhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru2PWmGIoB8
TRINITY TEST
"Now I have become Death, the destroyer of worlds."
TRUMAN’S DECISION
OPRESIDENT TRUMAN MUST MAKE THE CHOICEOEND THE WAR WITH THE BOMB OR
INVADE AND FIGHT A BLOODY BATTLE IN JAPAN
O JULY 25, 1945: TRUMAN GAVE THE ORDER TO DROP 2 BOMBS ON JAPANESE MILITARY TARGETSOGAVE JAPAN A FINAL WARNING TO
SURRENDER OR FACE “PROMPT AND UTTER DESTRUCTION”
OWITHIN THE NEXT MONTH, TWO A-BOMBS WOULD BE DROPPED ON JAPANESE CITIES
USS INDIANAPOLIS AND TRANSPORT
O JULY 26: SHIP DELIVERS CRITICAL PARTS FOR THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB TO BE USED ON JAPANO PHILIPPINES
O JULY 30: ATTACKED BY A JAP SUBMARINEO SINKS IN SHARK INFESTED
WATERSO SECRETIVE: SURVIVORS FLOAT IN
WATER FOR 4 DAYS BEFORE BEING RESCUED
O LAST VESSEL TO BE SUNK BY ENEMY IN WWIIO NEVER BEEN FOUND
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9S41Kplsbs
HIROSHIMAO MILITARY CENTER – POP.
300,000O PRODUCTION OF
CHEMICAL WEAPONSO ONLY CITY W/O POWS
O AUGUST 6TH : B-29 BOMBER ENOLA GAY TAKES OFF (EARLY MORNING) – PILOT: COL. PAUL TIBBETSO CARRYING A-BOMB,
“LITTLE BOY” - 9,700 POUNDS
O PRIMARY TARGET: HIROSHIMA
O EXPLODED AT 8:15 AMO 200,000 DIEO JAPAN DID NOT SURRENDER!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t19kvUiHvAE
BEFORE AND AFTER
“LITTLE BOY”
MUSHROOM CLOUD
HIROSHIMA
HIROSHIMA VICTIMS
NAGASAKIO TRUMAN DID NOT RECEIVE THE
SURRENDER OF JAPAN AFTER THE HIROSHIMA BOMBINGS
O NAGASAKI: LARGEST SEA PORT IN SOUTHERN JAPANO GREAT INDUSTRIAL IMPORTANCE
(SHIPPING)O OLDER, MORE TRADITIONAL
JAPANESE INFRASTRUCTUREO AUGUST 9TH, 1945: B-29 BOMBER,
BOCKSCAR DROPPED “FAT MAN” ON NAGASAKI
O 80,000 WOULD EVENTUALLY DIE FROM THE BOMBING (SOME FROM RADIATION POISONING)
O AUGUST 10TH: DISCUSSION BEGAN OF THE NEXT BOMBhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncq_Wye43TM
NAGASAKI
NAGASAKI
NAGASAKI VICTIMS
IMPORTANCE OF BOMBINGS
OJAPAN WAS FORCED TO SURRENDER
OSOVIET UNION WAS FORCED TO TAKE NOTE OF US POWER
OBEGINS THE “ARMS RACE” W/ SOVIETS
OPREFACE TO THE COLD WAR
SURRENDER OF JAPANOEmperor Hirohito order
“control of the situation”OSoviet Union had
declared war (broke non-aggression pact)
O“I cannot bear to see my people suffer any longer.”
OAugust 14th: announcement of surrenderO“V-J Day”
OVictory over Japan
USS MISSOURI
OSEPT 2ND: FORMAL CEREMONIES OF JAPANESE SURRENDER TAKE PLACE
OU.S. BATTLESHIP, USS MISSOURIOTOKYO BAY
O“TODAY THE GUNS ARE SILENT.” MACARTHUR
Macarthur’s Speech
USS Missouri
REBUILDING BEGINS
OYalta Conference:O Formation of United
Nations
OOccupation of Japan:O Under General Douglas
MacarthurO Tojo (Prime Minister)
sentenced to deathO Transformed Japan’s govt.
and economyO Women’s suffrage, and other
basic freedoms
O Constitution is still called, “Macarthur Constitution”
UNITED NATIONSOAPRIL 25TH: 50 NATIONS MEET IN SAN
FRANCISCO, CA TO ESTABLISH A NEW PEACEKEEPING BODY
O JUNE 26TH: DELEGATES SIGNED CHARTER THAT ESTABLISHED THE UN
OWILL BECOME AN ARENA FOR THE US AND THE SOVIET UNION TO USE AS A FORUM TO SPREAD THEIR INFLUENCE OVER THE WORLD!!
UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS
THE END OF WORLD WAR II
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