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Lecture Guide: End of World War II

 

D-Day (1944):

• code name “operation overlord”

• purpose of the attack was to ________ parts of France from Axis  control and then move into and destroy Germany

• Attack came in three phases – paratroopers, airplanes dropped bombs, and then infantry landed on beaches

• Allies were ___________ and began to slowly gain back control of France (

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Battle of the Bulge (1944):

• following the Allied capture of the first German city, Hitler ordered the offensive attack

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• Germans lost 120,000 troops, 600 tanks, and 1,600 planes

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Yalta (1945):

• Stalin, Churchill, and FDR meet

• Determine that when Germany surrenders…

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FDR Dies (1945):

• FDR dies of a stroke

• Vice President ________ ____________ assumes the office of the President

 

 

V-E Day (1945):

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• A week later, on the 8th of May 1945, Germany surrenders unconditionally

• war is over in Europe - ____________ in __________ Day

 

IN THE PACIFIC…

 

 

Battle of Iwo Jima (1945):

• strategically important island, needed as a base to attack mainland Japan

• heavily guarded by Japanese – over _____________ Japanese soldiers were ____________ on the island

• Eventually the _________ succeeded  in taking the island

• only _____ Japanese soldiers survived the battle

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Battle for Okinawa (1945):

• _________ location needed to gain _________ to Japan

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Atomic Bombs Dropped

• August 6th, 1945 the ______ atomic bomb was dropped on _______________.

• August 9th, 1945 the _________ atomic bomb was dropped on ____________

• August 14th, 1945 Japan announces it will _____________:

 

VJ Day – __________________________

 

World War II is officially over!