Winning the War Section 4. Words to Know Holocaust: The mass murder of millions of Jews by the Nazis Genocide: The planned murder of an entire people.

Winning the WarSection 4

Words to KnowHolocaust: The mass murder of millions of

Jews by the NazisGenocide: The planned murder of an entire

peopleAtomic Bomb: A nuclear bomb with

enormous power to harm

D-DayAllied Invasion of

Western Europe:6-month planningGeneral Dwight D.

Eisenhower (U.S.) planned invasion

Germans expected the invasion:Planted land minesPut up barbed wire

June 6, 1944170,000+ Allied

soldiers crossed the English Channel from Britain:Coast of Normandy

(France)Within a week Allies

had landed tons of supplies and hundreds of thousands of soldiers in France

Trick! Attack worked:

Hitler fooled: Thought

landing was going to be further up the coast Best

German soldiers

End of War Allies wanted to Force Hitler

to surrender:Began bombing German

cities day and night December 1944:

Allies forced the German Troops to retreat toward Berlin:Capital of Germany

Soon after:Millions of Allied soldiers

were closing in on Berlin May 7, 1945, Germany

Surrendered:War in Europe over

HolocaustAllied troops moved

into land Germany had controlled

Found evidence of the Holocaust

Hitler blamed the Jewish for most of Germany’s problems

Nazis decided on a “final solution” for the Jews:Genocide for the Jews

Death Camps Nazis built death camps:

Sent Jews from around Europe

Had specially built gas chambers

Nazi’s killed thousands of people a day:Bodies burned in huge

ovens Killed 6 million Jews:

Several million other people murdered in death camps

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War CrimesAfter the War, Allies

put some Nazi leaders on trial

Wanted to make sure people who helped plan the Holocaust were punished

12 Nazi leaders were sentenced to death

Victory over Japan After Germany surrenders,

focus is on the Pacific Allied forces have retaken

the Philippines:General MacArthur

returned Lat 2 islands held by Japan

fell to allied forces in `45 Did not want to send troops

to attack Japan:Feared a million soldiers

could be lost Ordered Bomber to drop

bombs on Japan:Day and night

RooseveltBegun serving his

fourth term:March 1945

Planned on Meeting:ChurchillStalin

Wanted to find a way to end the war forever:

Roosevelt in poor health:Died April 12, 1945V.P. Harry S. Truman took

over

New Weapon Atomic Bomb:

Nuclear July 1945:

Tested the bomb (worked) Truman: Should it be used?:

Scientists who developed the bomb didn’t want it used

Other: “could save thousands of lives.”

August 6, 1945: Dropped on Hiroshima (Japan) Dropped on Nagasaki (Japan)

Japanese surrendered on August 14, 1945

WWII was over

Class Work

Chapter 22 Section 4 Crossword