51112 QOD Why did President Truman decide to

WWII • The World finally took notice of Hitler and met at the Munich

WWII Cont. • Nazi’s use Blitzkrieg tactics to take over most of Western Europe

The sides for WWII • Axis powers: Germany, Italy, and Japan • Allied powers:

Pacific WWII • US wins the Battle of Midway (turning point in war) and

Pacific cont. • President Truman (took over after FDR died) decides to use atomic

The Manhattan Project: Los Alamos, NM Major General Lesley R. Groves Dr. Robert Oppenheimer

Tinian Island, 1945 Little Boy Fat Man Enola Gay Crew

Hiroshima – August 6, 1945 © 70, 000 killed immediately. © 48, 000 buildings.

Nagasaki – August 9, 1945 © 40, 000 killed immediately. © 60, 000 injured.

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5/11/12 QOD Why did President Truman decide to use Atomic weapons against Japan?

WWII • The World finally took notice of Hitler and met at the Munich Conference (The issue= Czechoslovakia) outcome was Appeasement of Hitler • Hitler and Stalin sign a non-aggression pact, before Hitler invaded Poland (September 1 1939) official start of WWII

WWII Cont. • Nazi’s use Blitzkrieg tactics to take over most of Western Europe • Battle for Britain (Churchill led the British people as they stood up to Hitler) Blitz of London (57 nights of Bombing) • Hitler then called off the invasion of Britain and attacked Russia

The sides for WWII • Axis powers: Germany, Italy, and Japan • Allied powers: Russia, Great Britain, France, US

Pacific WWII • US wins the Battle of Midway (turning point in war) and starts to go on offensive • Battle of Guadalcanal- Marines win key victory and start the process of Island hopping towards mainland Japan • Difficult battles such as Iwo Jima and Okinawa, Marines take and inflict huge losses but move towards mainland of Japan (Island Hopping)

Pacific cont. • President Truman (took over after FDR died) decides to use atomic bombs on Japan, to save lives that would be lost in a land invasion. • Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings cause massive destruction/death and finally Japan surrenders (VJ Day Aug. 15 1945)

The Manhattan Project: Los Alamos, NM Major General Lesley R. Groves Dr. Robert Oppenheimer I am become death, the shatterer of worlds!

Tinian Island, 1945 Little Boy Fat Man Enola Gay Crew

Col. Paul Tibbets & the A-Bomb

Hiroshima – August 6, 1945 © 70, 000 killed immediately. © 48, 000 buildings. destroyed. © 100, 000 s died of radiation poisoning & cancer later.

The Beginning of the Atomic Age

Nagasaki – August 9, 1945 © 40, 000 killed immediately. © 60, 000 injured. © 100, 000 s died of radiation poisoning & cancer later.

Japanese A-Bomb Survivors

Hiroshima Memorials

V-J Day (September 2, 1945)

Japanese POWs, Guam

V-J Day in Times Square, NYC