1. There is Light at the end of the Tunnel

2. Allied Victory in Europe
The D-Day Invasion
U.S. & GB plan a secret attack on Normandy, France  3.5 million troops gathering
Operation Overlord, under Ike, called for fake attack on Calais to keep Germans guessing
June 6, 1944 is known as D-Day
Originally 3,000 American soldiers died on the beaches that day
Over the next month more troops were sent in and by late August the Allies had liberated France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands

3. D-Day June 6, 1944

4. Normandy Landing (June 6, 1944)
German Prisoners
Higgins Landing Crafts

5. July 20th, 1944 Assassination Plot
Major Claus von Stauffenberg

6. July 20th, 1944 Assassination Plot
1. Adolf Hitler 2. Field Marshall Wilhelm Keitel 3. Gen Alfred von Jodl 4. Gen Walter Warlimont 5. Franz von Sonnleithner 6. Maj Herbert Buchs 7. Stenographer Heinz Buchholz 8. Lt Gen Hermann Fegelein 9. Col Nikolaus von Below 10. Rear Adm Hans-Erich Voss 11. Otto Gunsche, Hitler's adjutant 12. Gen Walter Scherff (injured) 13. Gen Ernst John von Freyend
14. Capt Heinz Assman (injured)

7. Allied Victory in Europe
The Battle of the Bulge
Allied forces from the west and Soviet forces from the east  two fronts for Hitler
German movements caught Allies off guard but Allies were still able to push back the Germans
Hitler is cooked
Germany’s Unconditional Surrender
Hitler marries his longtime companion Eva Braun, also wrote one final address to his people blaming the Jews for starting the war and his generals for losing it
May 1st, Hitler shot himself after taking poison and Eva simply swallowed the poison
May 8th, official day of German surrender and now known as V-E day, or Victory in Europe day

8. Battle of the Bulge: Hitler’s Last Offensive
Dec. 16, 1944 To
Jan. 28, 1945

9. Hitler Commits Suicide April 30, 1945
Cyanide and Pistols
The Fuhrer’s Bunker
Mr. and Mrs. Hitler

10. V-E Day (May 8, 1945)

11. Victory in the Pacific Battle of Leyte Gulf
Japanese wanted to take out rest of the American fleet, so they could not resupply themselves
Japanese was no longer a major fighting force
Kamikaze pilots would try to take out American ships but not enough of them and Japan is now severely weakened
March 1945, Americans land on Iwo Jima
Then onto island of Okinawa, sight of the bloodiest land battle of the war

12. US Marines on Mt. Surbachi, Iwo Jima [Feb. 19, 1945]

13. Victory in the Pacific
The A-Bomb ends all hope and brings in a new era
An invasion of Japan would result in catastrophic losses for the Americans (~500,000 estimated)
Truman, US President, had to decide to use the atomic bomb
Seen as the quickest possible end
Truman warned the Japanese  no reply
August 6th, 1945  Hiroshima bombed, loss of 73,000 from 365,000
August 9th, 1945  Nagasaki bombed, loss of 37,500 from 200,000
Japanese surrendered to General Douglas MacArthur on September 2 on board of USS Missouri  WWII over

14. The Manhattan Project
AMERICAN PROJECT TO BUILD THE ATOMIC BOMB, BEFORE GERMANY HAD ONE. VERY SECRETIVE AND EXPENSIVE PROJECT. NO ONE UNDERSTOOD WHAT ITS POWER WOULD BE.

15. The Manhattan Project: Los Alamos, NM
Dr. Robert Oppenheimer
I am become death, the shatterer of worlds
Major General
Lesley R. Groves

16. Tinian Island, 1945
Little Boy Fat Man
Enola Gay crew

17. Hiroshima – August 6, 1945 70,00 killed immediately
48,000 building destroyed
100,000s died of radiation poisoning & cancer later

18. Nagasaki – August 9, 1945 40,000 killed immediately 60,000 injured
100,000s died of radiation poisoning & cancer later

19. Japanese A-Bomb Survivors

20. Hiroshima Memorials

21. V-J Day (September 2, 1945)

22. Why did the Allies win?
They were successful at Normandy in the D-Day Campaign:
FAILURE WOULD HAVE GIVEN GERMANY
ANOTHER YEAR TO BUILD ITS DEFENSES,
AND COMPLETE THE FINAL SOLUTION.

23. Why did the Allies win?
The Allied forces gained the strength of the American manufacturing industries:
AMERICANS BUILT THE PLANES, TANKS,
SHIPS, AND GUNS TO FIGHT HITLER, NOT
JUST FOR US SOLDIERS BUT OUR ALLIES
AS WELL.

24. Why did the Allies win?
The Allies had the Soviet Union as a strong force to the East:
THE SOVIET ARMY WAS ABLE TO BLEED
THE GERMANS TO DEATH.