wwii: part 4 the great struggle
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This lengthy presentation summarizes some of the major events of the war up to the very end.TRANSCRIPT
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WWII Part IV
The Great Struggle
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Allies Vs. Axis
Nazi
Germany Kingdom
of Italy
Empire of Japan
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The “Big Three” of the Allies
Included • United States
• Great Britain
• Soviet Union
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The Axis Powers Included
• Germany
• Italy
• Japan
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A Two Front WarWWII was fought in Europe and the Pacific.
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The Pacific Theater
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Stopping the Japanese
American forces won a major sea and air battle at Midway Island.
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General Douglas MacArthur
•Led the Pacific Theater with a tactic called island-hopping.
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Island-Hopping-• US forces
would attack key islands one by one, moving closer and closer to Japan.
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The European Theater
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Driving Back the Germans
•In 1942 the Allies begin to defeat the Germans in Africa.
•May 1943 the Germans are forced out of North Africa.
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General Dwight D. Eisenhower
•Directs the invasion of Southern Europe and Italy.
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Down Goes Italy•As the Allies
advance, the Italians overthrow Mussolini and surrender.
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June 6, 1944 D-Day
•The day the Allies, under the command of General Eisenhower, invade German occupied France.
(Opening scene from Saving Private Ryan)
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Meanwhile, the Soviets are driving the Germans back
across Poland.
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By February 1945, Soviet troops were just outside Berlin,
Germany.
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On April 30, 1945 Adolph Hitler takes his own life.
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On May 7, 1945 the Germans surrender.
The fight for Europe is over.
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What about the Japanese!?!
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Island-Hopping Toward Japan
Allied forces finally get close enoughto Japan to make air raids on major
cities.
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No Surrender• Despite heavy losses the
Japanese refuse to surrender.
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FDR Passes the Torch• In April 1945, Franklin Delano
Roosevelt dies, and Harry S Truman becomes president.
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Decisions, Decisions
•With the Japanese refusing to surrender Truman has to decide to invade Japan with soldiers or drop the newly developed atomic bomb on Japan.
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Manhattan Project• Manhattan
Project is the name for the secret program to design the Atomic Bomb.
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HiroshimaOn August 6, 1945 the first atomic bomb lands on the Japanese city
Hiroshima killing between
80,00 and 120,000 people
instantly.
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Nagasaki• Three days
later another atomic bomb is dropped on the city of Nagasaki killing between 35,000 and 74,000 people.
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On August 15, 1945 the Japanese surrender.
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Post War Peace
•What will happen next? – Will the United States and Soviet Union
emerge as the two super powers of the world?
– Will the Allies become divided in their plans for the defeated Axis Powers?
– Will the German and Japanese commanders be punished for their crimes against humanity?
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To Be Continued…