The End of World War II · 2019-04-09 · End of World War II (p. 7) Spring 1945: Germany under Attack •The Allies were getting closer & closer to Germany •USA, Canada & Britain

Using the blue report on a transport of prisoners to a concentration camp to

create a list of ALL the jobs/roles involved in this one transport

End of World War II

(p. 7)

Spring 1945: Germany under

Attack

• The Allies were getting closer & closer to Germany

• USA, Canada & Britain fought from the West

• Soviet Union fought from the East

The West The East

USA, Britain, Canada

Soviet Union

Berlin, 1945

• Soviets raising their flag over the Reichstag

Germans Living in Terror• Repeatedly bombed by the Allies, who were hoping

to force Germany to surrender– Dresden (Fahrenheit 451 anyone?)

• Germans began to flee – terrified of the Allies taking revenge, especially the

Russians• Murder, torture, rape, starvation, further destruction

• Adolf Hitler committed suicide – In his underground bunker on April 30th

• Germans were starving, living in poverty, and desperate

Hitler’s bunker in Berlin (1947)

Dresden, 1945 and 2005.This city was still restoring buildings even in 2015.

Liberation of concentration camps• As the Allies freed Nazi-occupied territory,

they reached the concentration camps & liberated the prisoners

V-E Day: May 1945• America & the Allies

occupied Germany

• Nuremburg Trials

– Nazi leaders captured & put on trial for their enormous crimes

• The process of rebuilding a destroyed continent began…

V-J Day: Aug. 15, 1945• Japan announced surrender

on Aug. 15, 1945

• This occurred after the 2nd

atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki

• US requires Japan to restructure their gov. & economy

Jews Returning… Home?• Holocaust survivors were in a difficult position

– Had survived hell but for what? No money, often no family, no home to return to, PTSD

• Some did return to their hometown

– Anti-Semitism was still common in some of these places

• Spent months or years in DP camps- Displaced Persons camps

– Safe, free, food provided, rough shelter provided

• Many then emigrated from Europe to Israel, the USA, Australia, etc.

• Palestine divided up & part given to Jews to create a home country (Israel) by the UN in 1947

Deaths

• 50 million humans killed

Effects of the War

• US & Soviet Union = superpowers

• Cold War immediately begins

• Germany & Japan occupied by Allies

• Fascist governments overthrown

• Nuremburg Trials: 200 Nazis put on trial

• End of League of Nations; United Nations created

– Similar purpose

• Increase in working women

The Punishment Fits the Crime

Remainder of Class1. Punishment Fits the

Crime Assignment (p. 8)

2. 10 minutes to study vocab & IDs

3. Vocab/People Quiz

4. Finish Holocaust ID Timeline Assignment

1. On google classroom

5. Work on test review

1. Due next class!!