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World War II: The War
Fronts
US History
Wartime Diplomacy
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Atlantic Charter Meeting (1941)
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Tehran Conference (1943)
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FDR, Churchill, Stalin meet to discuss strategy. Stalin
wants second front open on Germany
Yalta (1945)
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FDR and Churchill meet to discuss goals for the war
FDR, Churchill, and Stalin agree to split Germany into 4
zones, each controlled by one of the allies
Stalin would see creation of governments in Eastern
Europe
Agreed to create United Nations
Potsdam (1945)
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Truman informs Stalin of Atomic Bomb
Ultimatum given to Japan: “Surrender or else…”
D-Day June 6, 1944
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Invasion of the
beaches of Normandy
to liberate France
from German
Occupation
Led by Gen. Dwight
Eisenhower
Battle of Iwo Jima
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Battle of Iwo Jima
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22 day battle
5,900 Marines killed
1,000 Navy killed
19,000 wounded
All but a few of 21,000
Japanese killed
Island Hopping
The Manhattan Project
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In August 1942
scientists begin work
on a top secret atomic
research project
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Many scientists German
Create the atomic
bomb & test it in July
1945 in a desert in
New Mexico
Bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
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Truman’s Options
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Invasion of Japan
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Continue incendiary
bombings of Japan
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Would cost 1 million
American Lives
War could go on for
another 6-8 months
Atomic Bomb
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End war immediately
No loss of American life
Bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
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The Atomic Bomb
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Hiroshima bombed 8/6/1945
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Nagasaki bombed 8/9/1945
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70,000 killed
40,000 killed
Hundreds of thousands die
later from radiation & cancer
Impact of Atomic Bomb Droppings
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Demonstrates that US is premier military power
in the world
Sets up Cold War and arms race