1. World War II Battles in Europe

2. D-Day – June 6, 1944 The force consisted of 3 million British, American, and Canadian troops.

4. Liberation of the Death Camps Soviet troops were the first to come upon one of the Nazi death camps: Majdanek in Poland. A Soviet War correspondent commented: “This is not a concentration camp, it is a gigantic murder plant.

5. The End of Hitler Rather than facing his crimes, Hitler shot himself in the temple before the Soviets marched into his bunker. His wife, Eva Braun, swallowed poison. On orders from Hitler, the two bodies were carried outside the Bunker, soaked with gasoline and burned.

6. Today, The Location of Hitler’s Bunker

7. V-E Day

8. Harry S. Truman

9. World War II Battles in the Pacific

10. Doolittle’s Raid The allies began their attack on the Japanese in the Spring of 1942.

11. Battle of Midway June 3, 1942. Known as “Avenge” for Pearl Harbor

12. Iwo Jima The fiercest battle of World War II. February 19, 1945

13. The Famous Flag Photo 6,000 Marines died taking the island.

14. Okinawa April 1945 – June 21, 1945. The allies thought they would Be attacking mainland Japan after this battle.

15. Okinawa (cont’d) 7600 Americans died 110,000 Japanese died

16. President Truman decides to end World War II with the use of the Atomic Bomb

17. Site of the Manhattan Project Los Alamos Labs, New Mexico Property Owned by the University of California “Little Boy” Dropped on Hiroshima Japan on August 6, 1945 The Atomic Bomb

18. Japan, After the Bomb Dropped Hiroshima

19. Child’s lunch box after the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan

20. 14 Year Old Victim of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima

21. Japan, After the Bomb Dropped Nagasaki The Aftermath Young Student

22. Atomic Bomb Called “Fat Man” Dropped on Nagasaki Japan

23. Use of the Bomb Forced Japan to Surrender.

24. The Surrender Ceremony Took Place Aboard the Battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945

27. Cartoon – Enola Gay