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Major Battles of World War II

The Holocaust  genocide: The systematic and purposeful destruction of a racial, political, religious, or cultural group  final solution : Germany’s decision to exterminate all Jews

Who it Targeted  Jews  Poles  Slavs  Gypsies  “Undesirables” (homosexuals, the mentally ill, political dissidents)

Holocaust  In the Nuremberg trials, Nazi leaders and others were convicted of war crimes.  The Nuremberg trials emphasized individual responsibility for actions during a war, regardless of orders received.  The trials led to increased demand for a Jewish homeland. 

North Africa  El Alamein: German forces threatening to seize Egypt and the Suez Canal were defeated by the British  This defeat prevented Hitler from gaining access to Middle Eastern oil supplies and attacking the Soviet Union from the south.

Europe

Stalingrad  Hundreds of thousands of German soldiers were killed or captured in a months-long siege of the Russian city of Stalingrad  This defeat prevented Germany from seizing the Soviet oil fields and turned the tide against Germany in the east.

Normandy  Normandy landings (D-Day): American and Allied troops under Eisenhower landed in German-occupied France on June 6, 1944  Despite intense German opposition and heavy American casualties, the landings succeeded, and the liberation of western Europe from Hitler began.

Pacific

Midway  Pacific – Midway: In the Battle of Midway (termed  the “Miracle at Midway”), American naval forces defeated a much larger Japanese force as it prepared to seize Midway Island. Coming only a few months after Pearl Harbor, a Japanese victory at Midway would have enabled Japan to invade Hawaii. The American victory ended the Japanese threat to Hawaii and began a series of American victories in the “island hopping” campaign, carrying the war closer and closer to Japan. – Use of the atomic bomb: Facing the prospect of horrendous American and Japanese casualties if American forces were to invade Japan itself, President Harry Truman ordered the use of atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to force the Japanese to surrender. Tens of thousands of people were killed in both cities. Shortly after the bombs were used, the Japanese leaders surrendered, avoiding the need for American forces to invade Japan.

Iwo Gima and Okinawa  – Iwo Jima and Okinawa: The American invasions of the islands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa brought American forces closer than ever to Japan, but both invasions cost thousands of American lives and even more Japanese lives, as Japanese soldiers fought fiercely over every square inch of the islands and Japanese soldiers and civilians committed suicide rather than surrender.

Manhattan Project  Started during WW2

Using the A-Bomb  Facing the prospect of horrendous American and Japanese casualties if American forces were to invade Japan itself, President Harry Truman ordered the use of atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to force the Japanese to surrender.  Tens of thousands of people were killed in both cities. Shortly after the bombs were used, the Japanese leaders surrendered, avoiding the need for American forces to invade Japan. 