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CHAPTER 22 SECTION 4 THE END OF WWII 1) To end the war, an attack would be made on WESTERN EUROPE _________________________. 6 MONTHS Allied troops prepared for ________________. GENERAL DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER _________________________________ orchestrated the attack. LAND MINES Germans planted _________________________ and _____________________ on the BARBED WIRE beaches of Northern France. D-DAY June 6, 1944 = “_________________________” This was known as OPERATION OVERLORD ______________________. The Allies would cross the ENGLISH CHANNEL ______________________ and attack France. 170,000 Over ____________________ Allied troops landed on ____________________ NORMANDY BEACH in France. Allied forces from the _________, U.S. GREAT BRITAIN CANADA _____________________ and ____________ attacked on 5 beaches: UTAH, OMAHA, GOLD, JUNO AND SWORD ___________________________________________ The attack was possible since the Allies TRICKED ___________________ Hitler. Hitler believed the Allies would land farther up the FRENCH COAST ________________________. LAND-AIR-SEA This was the largest __________________________ operation in history! D-DAY INVASION 1 MILLION More than _______________________ Allied troops would land in France. By September, the Allies had LIBERATED ______________________ many European countries including France. The Allies had entered the country of GERMANY ________________________! CEMETARY ON NORMANDY BEACH 2) The Allies wanted Hitler to SURRENDER ________________________. BOMBED The Allies ________________ German cities day and night. ATTACK The NAZIs made one more major______________ - the battle was known as the BATTLE OF THE BULGE “_______________________________” in December 1944. Germany at first cut deep into ALLIED DEFENSES ___________________ but were forced to _______________________ toward the capital RETREAT BERLIN of _________________. 3) With Soviet troops surrounding his bunker, ADOLF HITLER ______________________ saw his Third Reich coming to an end. On April 30, 1945, the leader of NAZI Germany __________________________. COMMITTED SUICIDE On May 7, 1945, Germany ______________________. SURRENDERED EUROPE On May 8, 1945, the war in ____________________ was officially over! The day came to be known as “_________________” V-E DAY 4) When Allied troops moved into Germany, EVIDENCE they found ____________________ that a horrible act had occurred. HOLOCAUST The ______________________ was the mass murder of Jews by the NAZIs Hitler decided on the FINAL SOLUTION “_________________________” to rid Europe of all his “enemies” This was ___________________ - A planned act GENOCIDE to murder an entire People. DEATH CAMPS People were sent to ______________________ with gas chambers. Over _____________________ Jews were killed. 6 MILLION Over _____________________ of other groups were 3 MILLION killed. Many people ________________ DENIED that these events occurred. Many people were tried for war crimes at the NUREMBERG TRIALS ________________________________. A total of _________________________ were 12 NAZI OFFICERS sentenced to death. NUREMBERG TRIALS 5) After Germany surrendered, the Allies went PACIFIC OCEAN to the ___________________________ to continue the war. Allies had retaken the PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ______________________________. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR General __________________________ had also returned. Allies took the last two islands under JAPANESE _____________________ control in 1945. The Allies did not want to attack Japan due to a possible HUGE LOSS OF LIFE _____________________________. BOMBED The Allies instead __________________ Japan day and night. F. D. ROOSEVELT As ________________________ was planning to meet with Stalin and Churchill, he fell ill. He died on April 12, 1945. HARRY S. TRUMAN __________________________ became President. Truman’s biggest decision: Should we use an __________________________? ATOMIC BOMB FDR DIES…….TRUMAN TAKES OVER Truman believed using it would save THOUSANDS OF LIVES __________________________________. On August 6, 1945, the Enola Gay flew over the HIROSHIMA city of _____________________ and dropped “____________________” LITTLE BOY SURRENDER Japan refused to ________________________. On August 9, 1945, the Bockscar flew over the NAGASAKI city of ______________________ and dropped “___________________” FAT MAN Japan agreed to end the war on AUGUST 14, 1945 ____________________________. V-J DAY This became known as “_________________”. WWII was officially over.