1. Toward Victory Chapter 24 Section 4

2. Key Terms Define: island hopping, kamikaze, genocide, war crimes

3. Victory in Europe Italy Surrenders *Americans and British take control of Sicily *Mussolini was dismissed from office and Italy surrenders D-Day *American, British, and Canadian troops cross the English Channel, landing in Normandy, France *Millions of troops stormed the shore *Allies entered Paris and freed them from Nazi rule

4. Victory in Europe Battle of the Bulge * America wins when Germany runs out of supplies Germany Invaded *Allies invade Germany *FDR died and VP Harry S Truman took over Victory in Europe *German armies begin to surrender *V-E Day

5. Victory in the Pacific Island Hopping *Allies try to defeat islands in Pacific hopping from one to another Japan Holds Firm *Last stops on island hopping: Iwo Jima and Okinawa- many Americans die here *Japanese unleash Kamikaze missions

6. The Atomic Bomb Truman decides to use the atomic bomb August 6, 1945, US drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima- Japan refuses to surrender August 9, 1945, atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki August 14, 1945- Japan surrenders (V-J Day) WWII over

7. The Holocaust Only after WWII did the world learn of the horrors in Nazi Germany Hitler was determined to annihilate the Jews 6 million Jews were murdered during the Holocaust (genocide) Nazis also murdered Poles, Slavs, Gypsies, and people with disabilities

8. Holocaust Death Camps 6 Death Camps in Poland Killed in gas chambers or used as parts of medical experiments

9. War Crimes Trials War Crimes were prosecuted in the German City of Nuremberg 12 were sentenced to death Nuremberg Trials ppt Holocaust Denials ppt WWII ppt Section handout Genocide