1. The End Of The War

2. D-Day – June 6, 1944 Largest land, sea, air invasion
Beaches of Normandy, France
Gen. Eisenhower (US) head general
3 million British, US, and Canadian troops
Allies win
Importance - Freed France

3. Allied Commander:
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Axis Commander:
Erwin Rommel

5. Omaha Beach

6. Obstacles

7. Higgins Boat

10. Pillboxes and Tobrucks

11. 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions

12. Airborne Glider Troops

13. Rommel’s Asparagus

14. Italy turns on Mussolini, killing him, his mistress & other key leaders of the Fascist party

15. The End In Europe
Hitler
Committed Suicide
May 8, 1945 Surrender
V – E Day

16. Yalta Conference “Big Three” Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill
Germany divided into 4 zones

17. The Manhattan Project
Atomic Bomb
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Truman – US President

18. KABOOM!!!! V-J Day 1st City: Hiroshima Little Boy – Bomb
2nd City - Nagasaki
Fat Man – Bomb
V-J Day