Ally victory in Europe and the Pacific
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Ally victory in Europe and the Pacific
GERMAN DEFEAT AT STALINGRAD VICTORY IN EUROPE & THE PACIFIC 1943 - USSR defeats Germany" Germany has to face that they won’t be winning the USSR" Focuses on western Europe D-DAY JUNE 6, 1944 The beginning of the end for Germany" Part of “Operation Overlord”" “ATTACK” OF CALAIS Allies created a fake attack plan for Calais" Actually attacked at Normandy" ! Plan to land about 50 units across a 50 mile stretch of beach on the coast of Normandy, France" Sail across English Channel ! ! LANDING AT OMAHA BEACH GERMANY COULD NOT FIGHT THE TWOFRONT WAR especially destructive due to cliffs on beach" ! USSR pushing from east and US/Gr. Britain/ Canada" ! ! HITLER WILL NOT GIVE UP “Battle of the Bulge”" Hitler’s goal was to create chaos among Allies" Worked at 1st, but Allies pushed back" Created division amongst German troops Nazi leaders plot to assassinate Hitler to get Allies off their back THE END IN EUROPE USSR & US/Gr. Britain have trapped Germany back in their own capital (Berlin)" Hitler commits suicide 4/30/1945" 5/7/1945 Germany makes full surrender to Allies " “V-E Day” ISLAND HOPPING IN PACIFIC Fighting for islands one by one - closer and closer to Japan itself" Iwo Jima & Okinawa -especially fierce fighting US ATOMIC BOMBINGS New US President Harry Truman had to make decision" Decided that saving US lives outweighed ethical considerations of dropping atomic bombs on innocent civilians US BOMBING RAID OF TOKYO Japan could not keep up w/their supply needs" US air raid over Tokyo kills over 83,000 Japanese HIROSHIMA 8/6/1945 60,000 residents dead or disappeared in 2 minutes" Japan debates whether they should surrender" 8/9/1945 USSR declares war on Japan & invades one of their captured areas NAGASAKI 8/9/1945 US drops atomic bomb on Nakasaki killing 35,000 civilians" Hirohito makes decision to surrender on 8/15/1945 " (V-J Day)