Lesson 30-5: World War II Ends

partisan

a resistance fighter in World War II

D-Day

Allied forces under U.S. general Dwight D. Eisenhower landed on the Normandy beaches in history's greatest naval invasion.

What led to the Cold War?

An ideological conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union The Soviet Union feared that the next attack would be on them and Truman had a huge dislike of Stalin (This caused the two countries to turn their back on each other and give the "cold shoulder" to one another)

How did the tide of battle turn against Germany, Italy, and Japan?

Italy Axis forces in Tunisia surrendered on May 13, 1943 Allies crossed the Mediterranean and carried the war to Italy After taking Sicily, the Allies began an invasion of mainland Italy in September After Sicily fell, Mussolini was arrested Germany German troops moved in and occupied much of Italy June 4, 1944 -- The Allies took Rome After the Soviet Union defeated Germany, they began to move into the Baltic state causing Hitler to hide underground and kill himself. (War ended two days later) Japan After the U.S. joined the war, they bombed two Japanese cities, killing thousands, led to the surrendering of Japanese forces

Nagasaki

Japanese city in which the second atomic bomb was dropped (August 9, 1945). Which ended the war.

Hiroshima

Japanese city that was hit with the first atomic bomb by the U.S. on August 6, 1945. city's 350,000 inhabitants, 190,000 died-some immediately and others after suffering the effects of radiation.

Identify three of the major military events that brought an end to World War II and where they took place. Briefly explain the significance of each event..

bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States D-Day Battle of Kursk (July 5 to 12), the greatest tank battle of World War that when Hitler commit suicide.

Manhattan Project

code name for the secret United States project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II. (was used on Japan which ended the war)

Cold War

the period of political tension following World War II and ending with the fall of Communism in the Soviet Union at the end of the 1980s

Iwo Jima

was essential to the air war on Japan. This small volcanic island had two airfields used by the Japanese to attack Allied aircraft and to support their naval forces. The Allies believed capturing Iwo Jima would lessen the Japanese threat and could aid in the invasion of the Japanese mainland.