1. Warm-Up 4/30 Complete the review sheet in the following order:
Individually, without your notes
Then, with your notes
Finally, check answers with your partner

2. Agenda 4/30
Warm-Up
End of War Notes
Nuremberg Trials Activity

3. Assignment #46: End of WWII Notes

4. Ending the Fight in the Pacific
War in Europe ends after the Battle of the Bulge (Dec. 1944)
Battle of Midway and Guadalcanal had tipped favor to Allies
Land invasion of Japan is planned, but first Allies must get Iwo Jima and Okinawa

5. Iwo Jima and Okinawa Americans take Iwo Jima in March 1945
Month of heavy fighting
American troops move into Okinawa April 1945
Japanese fight aggressively
Bloodiest land battle of WWII
Japan loses 110K troops
US loses 12.5K troops

6. The Atomic Bomb Next target is Japan
Truman faced with decision to use the A-bomb
He warns Japanese – expect a “rain of ruin from the air” if they don’t surrender
No reply…
Atomic Bomb Facts
Developed by J. Robert Oppenheimer
Codename: Manhattan Project
Truman finds out about its existence when he enters office

7. The Atomic Bomb Hiroshima Nagasaki Japanese surrender Sept. 2, 1945
Aug. 6, 1945
Nagasaki
Aug. 9, 1945
Japanese surrender Sept. 2, 1945
The devastation:
Ground temp = 7,000°F
Winds = 980 mph
62,000 buildings destroyed
Death Toll:
70K die immediately
140K dead by end 1945
200,000 total dead because of A-bomb

8. WWII Legacy More death and destruction than any war before it
60 million civilians and soldiers dead
11 million dead from the Holocaust
Europe in ruins
Millions are displaced
Misery doesn’t end when the war does

9. Who do you think tries to “save the day?”
Post-War Governments
Many Europeans blamed leaders for WWII
Germany, Italy, France – what now?!
Hitler had brought Germany to ruins
Mussolini had ruined Italy
Vichy France had collaborated with Nazis
Who do you think tries to “save the day?”

10. Post-WWII Japan U.S. occupies country under MacArthur
Begins demilitarization
Drafts new constitution based on parliamentary democracy
Power now rests with the people
Formal peace treaty signed 1951

11. The Nuremberg Trials Allies put Nazis on trial in Nuremberg, Germany
22 Nazi leaders accused of “crimes against humanity”
12 sentenced to death
Bodies cremated at Dachau

12. Assignment #47: Nuremberg Trials

13. Homework Complete Key Terms Sheet Get notebook in order
Start studying for exam (Friday) and be ready for Monday’s review session