1. The End of WWII

2. Germany Surrenders  Dec, 1944- Jan 1945 Battle of the Bulge—last German offensive  April 12 FDR Dies at age 63 of a stroke  April 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide as Soviets approach Berlin

3. U.S. liberation of Nazi Concentration Camps throughout Europe

4.  Victory in Europe for the Allies declared—May 8 th, 1945  Vice President Harry Truman becomes president (began as VP January 20 th, 1945)  He is faced with ending the war with Japan next Harry Truman— "I felt like the moon, the stars, and all the planets had fallen on me."

5. The Pacific War—1941-1945

6. March – July 1945 3/9/1945  US begins the firebombing of Japan’s major cities with a raid on Tokyo. 100,000 people killed. Attacks continued in Nagoya, Osaka and Kobe. 4/12/1945  President Truman takes office. 6/4/1945  US troops land on Okinawa. 7/16/1945  The first atomic bomb is exploded at a test site in Los Alamos, USA. Firebombs of Tokyo

7. August 1945 8/6/1945  US B-29 “Enola Gay” drops a 3 meter long atomic bomb “Little Boy” on Hiroshima killing an estimated 140,000 people and wiping out 10 square km. US B-29 “Enola Gay” drops a 3 meter long atomic bomb “Little Boy” on Hiroshima killing an estimated 140,000 people and wiping out 10 square km. 8/9/1945  US B-29 “Bocks Car” drops atomic bomb “Fat Man” on Nagasaki. Two-thirds of the city of 250,000 inhabitants is destroyed and 113,000 people die. 8/14/1945  The Japanese Cabinet surrender, V-J Day! Japanese sign a peace treaty with the U.S. on the Navy ship, Missouri. 8/23/1945  The Japanese official casualty figures from air raids including A- bombs are 260,000 killed, 412,000 injured, 9.2 million homeless, along with 44 cities completely wiped out.

8. How big is a 10km radius?