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Final Days of WWII
Have Viewing Guide out & ready to hand inPUT YOUR NAME ON IT!
Do you think the mission to save Private Ryan was justified? On what basis can those kinds of questions be answered?
Do Now Monday 5/13/13
Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Joseph StalinYalta Conference February 4, 1945
“Neutral zone” Each had an agenda:Roosevelt Soviet support against Japan Churchill Free elections for Soviet-liberated
nations in Eastern EuropeStalin Soviet sphere of influence in Eastern Europe
to protect against future threatsGermany: divided into 3 sections (one for each of the
Allies)Berlin divided into 3 sections
APRIL 12, 1945 – Harry S. Truman becomes President
The Big Three
April 28, 1945 Mussolini hangedApril 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide in
bunkerMay 1, 1945 German forces in Italy
surrenderMay 2, 1945 Germans surrender to
Soviets (Battle of Berlin)Victory in Europe (VE DAY)
May 8, 1945 (Western Europe & America)
May 9, 1945 (Eastern Europe & Soviet Union)
Potsdam Agreement: August 2, 1945Allied leaders plan post war German
government
Final Days of WWII
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
August 6, 1945 Hiroshima
Flattened four square miles instantly killed AT
LEAST 70,000 peopleAugust 9, 1945
NagasakiAugust 10: Emperor
Hirohito intervened and forced govt. to surrender
September 2, 1945 formal peace treaty signed on the Missouri anchored in Tokyo Bay
VJ DAY
Why will the Yalta Conference, along with the decisions made and agreed to, not be successful?
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