6.6 WWII (D-Day - Atomic Bomb)

6.6 WWII

D-Day - Atomic Bomb

D-Day

June 6 1944 

-General Eisenhower directed and commanded operation overlord. 156,000 Allied troops invaded coast of France at Normandy. The Allied invasion of Normandy was the largest military operations ever staged.

Allies began moving eastward

-Rapidly liberated France and retook Paris. After successful invasion allies moved farther inland and France and marked the beginning of the end for Germany

Multiple Choice

The largest water-to-land invasion by allied troops on the beaches of Normandy, France on June 6, 1944.

• D-day
• VE Day
• VJ Day
• Pearl Harbor

Multiple Choice

Which famous American general, and later President, helped plan the battle at D-Day?

• Abraham Lincoln
• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Harry S. Truman

Multiple Choice

What was the codename for the invasion of Normandy?

• Operation Barbarossa

• Operation Uranus

• Operation Sealion

• Operation Overlord

Multiple Choice

Where did the D-Day battle take place?

• England
• France
• Germany
• Hawaii

War in Europe Comes to an end

Germany 

Less than a year after D-Day Germany’s chances of winning comes to an end. They were fighting a war on two fronts. From the East they had to deal with the Soviet Union and from the West they had to deal with the Allies

Hitler

Fearing capture, Hitler committed suicide in 1945. The war in Europe ended on May 8th 1945 - known as VE Day

Soviet Union

Soviets sustained the greatest losses, more than 20 million Soviet soldiers and civilians were killed in WWII

Multiple Choice

Germany surrendered ending the war in Europe

• D-day
• VE Day
• VJ Day
• Pearl Harbor

War in Pacific

Japan

-After Pearl Harbor, the Japanese achieved quick victories in overrunning Malaya, Burma, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and the western Pacific Islands.

-Soon threatened to take Australia, India, Midway and Hawaii

Bataan Death March (1942)

-US troops and the Philippines troops fought together to try and hold Japan back

-Upon surrender they were forced to make a 65 mile march

-Thousands U.S. and Filipino prisoners of war died during march because of harsh treatment, brutal heat, and rampant diseases

War in Pacific

USA

-U.S. regained naval superiority in the Pacific when Navy defeated Japanese fleet at Battle of Midway

-1943 tide begins to turn in the Pacific against the Japanese

Island Hopping

-U.S. troops retook the Pacific through the strategy of “island-hopping” or liberating islands from Japanese control

-Eventually U.S. troops reached close to Japan’s home islands

Multiple Choice

In 1944, the US followed what kind of campaign to defeat Japan in the Pacific theatre?

• Island Skipping

• Island Hopping

• Travel Plan

• Island Moving

Manhattan Project

Manhattan Project

-1939 FDR sets up a committee to look into development of atomic energy

-1942 secret project called the Manhattan Project is approved to develop an atomic bomb

-July 1945 U.S. had developed a successful atomic bomb

-In April of 1945 FDR died - Vice President Harry S. Truman became President

Japan

-By 1945 the Japanese had been pushed back to their own home islands, but still refused to surrender

Two Choices

Invade Japan

-May cost an additional 200,000 - million American lives

-Drag out the war for months and involve block to block city fighting

Drop Atomic Bomb

-Destroy cities

-Innocent people would face death

-Allied Prisoners of war would die

Multiple Choice

During which war did the U.S. create the atomic bomb?

• World War I

• World War II

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the secret project in the United States to develop an atomic bomb? 

• The New York Project
• The Manhattan Project
• The Nuclear Project 
• The Atom Splitting Project

Multiple Select

What are the two options in 1945 Truman was faced with in the efforts against Japan?

• Make a peace truths

• Drop Atomic Bomb

• Invade japan

• Convince Germany against Japan

Bomb is Dropped

Atomic Bomb is dropped

-Japan was given time to surrender before each bombing

-Harry Truman decided to drop two atomic bombs 

-The extent of the devastation of the atomic bomb was not known before it was dropped

-Nagasaki = 60,000 killed

-Hiroshima = 35,000 killed

Japan surrenders in September

-WWII over

Multiple Choice

The dropping of the bomb ended WWII?

• True

• False

Multiple Select

An atomic bomb was dropped on which two places?

• Pearl Harbor

• Hiroshima

• Nagasaki

• Iwo Jima

Multiple Choice

Why did the allies hesitate to invade Japan?

• They were worried that they would not meet any resistance and look silly.

• They were worried that Japan would surrender.

• They were worried that too many soldiers would die.

• They were worried about their ships making it that far on the amount of fuel they had.

Multiple Choice

Why did the United States decide to drop the bomb rather than invade Japan with soldiers?  

• Because they wanted to see if the bomb would work  
• Because they estimated that 500,000 to 1 million Allied soldiers would die in an invasion 
• Because they did not have the soldiers or weapons left to attack Japan 
• Because they did not think they could defeat the Japanese

Multiple Choice

Japanese surrender after the U.S. dropped two atomic bombs; ending WWII.

• D-day
• VE Day
• VJ Day
• Pearl Harbor

Multiple Choice

What president made the decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan in World War II?      

• Harry S. Truman
• Franklin D. Roosevelt 
• John F. Kennedy 
• Dwight D. Eisenhower

Results

WWII

-70 million people died

-Cities in Europe and Asia destroyed

-Millions of people homeless

-Massive amount of civilians were killed

United Nations

-UN is formed to help prevent another World War

Two superpowers emerged

-United States and the Soviet Union

Multiple Choice

What was the estimated death toll after WWII?

• 6 million

• 1 million

• 45 million

• 70 million

Multiple Select

VERY IMPORTANT: Who are the TWO superpowers after WWII?

• Soviet Union

• Great Britain

• France

• United States

• Germany

Multiple Choice

Who won WWII?

• Allied
• Axis

Multiple Choice

The mass murder of millions of Jews in Europe by Nazi Germany.

• Iwo Jima
• Pearl Harbor
• Hiroshima
• Holocaust