2. Reflection
“Peace is absurd: Fascism does not
believe in it.” - Benito Mussolini, Fascist
Dictator
3. Thought quote
a. “They saw human skeletons and skulls in the ovens of
the crematorium. In the yard outside, they saw a heap
of white human ashes and bones… [The] dead were
stripped of their clothing and lay naked, many stacked
like cordwood waiting to be burned at the crematory. At
one time 5,000 had been stacked on the vacant lot next
to the crematory… At headquarters of the SS troops
who ran the place were lamp shades made from human
skin… Often, the guide said, the SS wished to make an
example of someone in killing him… They used what I
call hay hooks, catching him under the chin and the
other in the back of the neck. He hung in this manner
until he died.” -German Captain Luther Fletcher after
being showed what his country had been doing
4. Turning back the German
Army
1942 victories won
in Europe as well
Stalin used the
lend-lease act to
his advantage
Churchill believed
that attacking the
edges could lead
to more victories
5. Big Three Diplomacy
While allied cooperation gained military
victories in both Europe and the Pacific,
negotiations over the postwar peace
proved more difficult
Churchill thought only stable Europe and
not an organization could preserve peace
Staling wanted to annex certain lands to
protect Soviet peace
Roosevelt wanted to balance power under
the “Four Policemen” (USSR, US, UK and
China
6. Battle of the Atlantic
Once the US entered the
war the German
submarines had a hey-
day with their ships
Allied oil was rationed
Navy set up a convoy
system
New technology
7. Operation Overlord
Operation Overlord was the name of the plan to invade
to take France back
General Eisenhower was in command of the invasion
Hitler thought (though he wasn’t sure) that the Allies
would enter France in Pas-de-Calais
In order to trick them the Allies placed inflated rubber
tanks, empty tents, and dummy landing crafts
The Allies had planned on not Pas-de-Calais but
Normandy
The invasion started under the call of night
It was known as D-Day
8. D-Day
D-Day took place on June 6, 1944
paratroopers, artillery and bombers helped the troops to get
there
Omaha beach: Intense German fire almost led to an American
retreat
General Omar Bradley was in charge of Omaha beach and he
almost made plans for the evacuation
Eventually however enough troops landed that they were able
to push forward
over 35,000 troops landed at Omaha, 28,000 at Utah beach
with over 75,000 British and Canadian as well
May 7th, 1945 Germany surrendered unconditionally after
Battle of the Bulge
May 8th, 1945 was declared V-E Day or “Victory in Europe”
9. Tehran and Yalta
November 1943 Feb 1945 in Yalta
Italy had Allied differences
surrendered, war on how to deal
was going well with Poland and
against Germany Germany
Teheran They did agree to
Conference turn attentions to
First meeting Japan after
together of big Germany was
three defeated
10. Iwo Jima and Okinawa
in order to be effective the Allies needed to capture an
island that was closer
geography
dormant volcano volcanic ash
vast numbers of caves and bunkers connected
by miles of tunnels
February 19,1945 troops landed on Iwo Jima
difficult to get through the soft ash, lots of death
Invasion of Okinawa
April 1, 1945 troops landed
Japanese took up the defensive position and
dug in
June 22, 1945 with the death of 12,000 marines
were able to take Okinawa
11. Death of Roosevelt
Many people were critical of the results
of the Yalta Conference
April 12, 1945 Roosevelt while sitting for
a portrait he complained of a “terrific
headache” then fell unconscious and 2
hours later he was dead
Harry Truman replaced FDR. Truman
was very decisive in comparison to FDR
12. Potsdam Conference
July 1945 at Potsdam (just outside
Berlin)
President Truman met Churchill and
Stalin for the first time
Two topics: Germany’s political fate and
how much they should pay in reparations
Stalin insisted on $10 billion in
reparations
US and UK lowered theirs
13. The Manhattan Project
Project to build an atomic
bomb
July 16, 1945 the first bomb
was detonated in
Alamogordo, NM
Underground detonation
When Truman found out
he “told the Russians
just where they got on
and off and generally
bossed the whole
meeting” in Potsdam
14. Stalin and the bomb
Few scientists recommended against
using the bomb
Rather than tell Stalin directly about the
bomb, Truman mentioned that the US
had a weapon of “awesome
destructiveness”
Privately Churchill and Truman decided
to drop the bomb with only a veiled
threat of “inevitable and complete”
destruction if Japan didn’t surrender
unconditionally
15. Stalin and the bomb
Some experts believed that a combat
demonstration of the bomb would shock
Stalin into behaving less aggressively in
postwar negotiations
Most evidence points to the face that
Truman wanted to end the battle quickly as
Japan promised to be a bloody conflict
16. Drop the Bomb
August 6th 6 B-29s left to drop two atomic
bombs on Japan
August 6, 1945 the Enola Gay dropped the
bomb (Little Boy) on Hiroshima
Another atomic bomb named “Fat Man” was
dropped on Nagasaki on the 9th of August
About 140,000 died in the blast
The Japanese emperor ordered that his
government surrender.
August 15, 1945 was declared V-J Day.
The war was finally over.
17.
18. Debate to drop the bomb!!!
You should have all read your research.
Divide into 4 groups
19. Review for the Exam
Jeopardy next class
Dictators
“How Democracy Failed” reading
Japanese plans and why angry with the
US
German plans
Turning points in the war
Comic/propaganda analyzing
