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1
End of World War II
  • Chapter 25, section 5

2
Island-Hopping in the Pacific
  • U.S. military plan in to get closer to Japan by
    invading 1 island at a time

3
Island-Hopping in the Pacific
  • Fighting in the Pacific was extremely difficult
  • Most of the fighting took place in jungles

4
Douglas MacArthur
  • In charge of the US forces in the Pacific
  • After Midway, directs island hopping in the
    Pacific
  • By 1944, USA begins blockading Japan

5
Defeat of Germany
  • Hitler rejects surrender
  • Battle of the Bulgelast German offensive of WWII
  • By 1945, Germany can no longer defend
    itself..under constant bombing

6
Defeat of Germany
  • April 1945, Soviet Union first to enter Berlin
  • 80 of city destroyed
  • May 1st, Hitler commits suicide
  • May 8th, V-E Day

7
Defeat of Japan
  • By 1945, most of Japanese navy and air force
    destroyed.
  • Still had army of over 2 million men

8
Battle of Iwo Jima
  • One of bloodiest battles of WWII
  • Iwo Jima small 14 square mile long island
  • Very strategic, close to Japan

9
Battle of Iwo Jima
  • 25,000 Japanese on island
  • USA bombs for 74 days
  • 7,000 tons of bombs dropped and 20,000 shells hit
    the island

10
Battle of Iwo Jima
  • Feb.1945, 110,000 American marines invade
  • Takes a month for USA to control the island
  • Only 216 Japanese captured
  • USA loses 25,000 troops

11
Battle of Iwo Jima
  • 27 Medals of Honor given out
  • Most than any other campaign in American history

12
Battle of Okinawa
  • April to June 1945
  • Last main island before Japan
  • 50,000 American casualties
  • 2,000 Kamikazes
  • Japan now open for invasion

13
The Manhattan Project
  • 1939, Albert Einstein writes letter to FDR about
    Germanys attempt to create a Super Bomb
  • FDR creates The Manhattan Project to develop it
    first

14
The Manhattan Project
  • July 16, 1945 in deserts of New Mexico, the first
    successful Atom Bomb is tested
  • Now bomb is ready for us

15
The Manhattan Project
  • President Truman is informed of the bomb while
    going over Japanese invasion options
  • Did not know of The Project

16
Atomic Bomb Decision
  • A lot of debate on whether or not to use
  • Allied plan for land invasion already devised
  • If USA invaded Japan, it was projected the war
    would last 3 more years with 250,000 possible
    American causalities
  • Truman decides to use the bomb

17
Hiroshima
  • August 6, 1945
  • First use of atomic weapons in history
  • 140,000 killed
  • 90 of city destroyed

18
Nagasaki
  • August 9, 1945
  • Second atom bomb dropped
  • Similar results

19
Japanese Surrender
  • September 2, 1945
  • MacArthur accepts surrender on USS Missouri in
    Tokyo Bay
  • V-J Day
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