1. World War II
The Allied Victory

2. Two Fronts
Led by the United States, Great Britain and the Soviet Union, the Allies scored key victories and won the war.
Why did the US enter the war?

3. Key Battles in Europe North African Campaign Battle of Stalingrad
British and American forces combine to defeat Rommel
American forces led by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Battle of Stalingrad
Named after who?
Bitter winter makes the situation worse for Germans
1 million Russian lives lost
Invasion of Italy
Italy is taken over and Mussolini is ousted from power
What happens to Mussolini?

5. Mussolini’s Fate

6. Victory in Europe D-Day: June 6, 1944 Operation Overlord
Largest land and sea attack in history
2700 Americans die in one day
Allies able to hold beachheads

7. D-Day

8. Germany Surrenders Battle of the Bulge Unconditional Surrender
Germany focuses all of its attention on attempting to break up the Allied forces in the West
Unconditional Surrender
Allies and Soviets closing in
Hitler marries Eva Braun and then commits suicide- April 30, 1945
May 9, 1945: V-E Day

9. Victory in the Pacific Fall 1944: Japanese retreating
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Navy destroyed; leaves Army and Kamikazes as only fighting force
Japanese continue to fight valiantly and President Truman must make a decision…
To bomb or not to bomb?

10. Who are the kamikazes?

12. Japanese Surrender Manhattan Project August 6, 1945: Hiroshima
J. Robert Oppenheimer
August 6, 1945: Hiroshima
Fat man
70,000-80,000 dead in the attack
August 9, 1945
Little Boy
70,000 die
Force Japanese to surrender

13. The Atomic Bomb

14. Postwar Devastation 40 million Europeans killed Destruction of cities
Displaced persons
New governments
Germany
Nuremberg Trials
Japan
Demilitarization
Democratization
MacArthur Constitution

15. Military Killed/ Missing
Direct costs of war
Military Killed/ Missing
Civilians Killed
United States
$288 billion
292,131
Great Britain
$117 billion
272,311
60,595
France
$111.3 billion
205,707
173,260
USSR
$93 billion
13,600,000
7,720,000
Germany
$212.3 billion
3,300,000
2,893,000
Japan
$41.3 billion
1,140,429
953,000