1. A Look at how World War II Ended
End of the War
A Look at how World War II Ended

2. Objective
By the end of the lesson, SWBAT how the war in ended in both the Pacific and European theaters of war.

3. Lightning Round Review!
1. What happened on D-Day?
2. Why was the battle of Iwo Jima significant?

4. Vocabulary
V-E Day - The day the Allied Powers won the war in Europe on May 7, 1945.
V-J Day - The day the Allied Powers won the war in the Pacific against the Japanese on September 2, 1945.
Atomic Bomb - A massive bomb that kills thousands of people. (Nicknamed Little Boy and Fat Boy)

5. European Theater
After D-Day, the Allied Powers were attacking the German Army (Nazis) from the East and the West.
What countries were coming from the West?
What countries were coming from the East?
Why was a two front war hard for the German army to fight?

7. European Theater
The Allied Powers closed in on Germany and they were close to winning the war.
The Soviet Union was rushing in on Berlin, Germany from the east, and the Allied Powers led by the U.S. was rushing in from the West.

8. The Death of Hitler
Hitler was forced to go into hiding in April of (towards the end of the war).
In the bunker he got reports from his generals saying that the German army was losing.
Instead of being caught by the Allied Powers, Hitler committed suicide.
Hitler had his body burned by one of his close friends.
Why do you think Hitler killed himself?

10. V-E Day
A couple days after Hitler killed himself, the Soviet Union and its tanks rolled into Berlin and took over the capital of Germany!
The Germans were forced to surrender on May 7, 1945!
The Allied Powers won in the European Theater!

11. Berlin, Germany 1945

12. Victory in Europe Day!

13. Pacific Theater World War II was not done!
The war was still waging in the Pacific Theater
The Allied Powers were fighting against the Japanese
Although the island hopping technique was working, the fighting was really bloody.

14. Iwo Jima
The Allied Powers defeated the Japanese on the island of Iwo Jima and were so close to Japan!

15. Iwo Jima

16. President Truman
President Roosevelt died while being President on April 12, 1945.
Vice President Harry S. Truman became the new President of the United States
He was in charge of the war now.

17. President Truman

18. Truman’s Decision Truman had a huge decision to make!
He knew to defeat Japan:
he either needed to invade Japan or
drop this new bomb called the Atomic Bomb on Japan.

19. Invading Japan
If Truman decided to invade Japan, the Japanese would give it there all and would not surrender before almost all their troops had died.
Why wouldn’t Truman want to invade Japan?

20. Dropping the Bomb
If Truman decided to drop the Atomic Bomb on Japan, he knew that the Japanese would be forced to surrender, but he would kill thousands if not millions of Japanese people
Why wouldn’t Truman want to drop the Atomic bomb?

21. Truman’s Decision What do you think Truman decided to do?
Think about the opportunity cost of each decision.

22. Drop the Bomb!
Truman decided to drop the Atomic bomb on two cities in Japan: Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
He decided to drop the bomb instead of invading so he could save the lives of American troops!

25. Aftermath 140,000 Japanese died in Hiroshima
80,000 Japanese died in Nagasaki
Thousands others died years later from cancer caused by the radiation from the Atomic bomb!

26. V-J Day
September 2, 1945, the Hirohito and the Japanese surrendered to the Americans.
They did not want to have another atomic bomb dropped on them.
This day is known as Victory in Japan Day.

27. WWII
WORLD WAR II ENDED
The Allied Powers defeated the Axis Powers in the European and Pacific Theaters!

28. Conclusion
The Allied Powers defeated the Germans and the Italians in Europe - The day the war ended there is called V-E Day
The Allied Powers defeated the Japanese after President Truman ordered the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki - The day the war ended in the Pacific is called V-J Day.