How the War Ended

Unit Objectives To assess America’s impact on the war To learn about WWII battles

U.S. sent troops to Europe first—Why? Distraction similar to the Zimmermann Note of WWI???

Europe Battle of Stalingrad (1942):

Europe Allied invasion of Italy (1943):

Europe D-Day (1944)--This is an ID: Official name for it was Operation Overlord It was the largest fighting force ever established for battle It was the Allied invasion of Normandy, France in an attempt to liberate France from German control and provide a continental launch point for an invasion of Germany and Italy The Italian people overthrew Mussolini and then surrendered as a result of the Allied invasions of Italy from the south and north

Europe Battle of the Bulge (1944):

Europe VE-Day (May 8, 1945):

Pacific Island-Hopping: American code-breakers broke the Japanses secret code

Pacific Midway (1942): Turning point in the Pacific 1ST major U.S. victory over Japan American ambush of Japanese attack on Midway that resulted from breaking their code Japan lost four air craft carriers, the heart of their fleet Six months after Pearl Harbor America had stopped the advance of the Japanese and started to push toward Japan

Pacific Okinawa (1945): What was “Operation Olympic” (1945)?

Pacific President Harry Truman decided to use the atomic bomb instead

Pacific Hiroshima and Nagasaki (August, 1945):

Japanese officials on the U.S.S. Missouri to formally surrender

V-J Day