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The End of World War II
Battle of the Bulge
 December 16, ________________
 Hitler was facing a ________ _______________ war (British and ____________________
troops from the west and _____________________ troops from the east
 Hitler ___________________________ by hitting in the west
 Hoped to split American and _________________ forces
 German troops managed to ________________ _________________ weak Allied defenses in
the _______________________ (a mountainous region in France and Belgium)
 Allied troops were eventually able to _________________ German troops ______________
 Although considered the last _________________ of Hitler, this is the battle that decided the
_________________ of the war
Yalta Conference
 February, 1945  _______________________, Churchill, and ____________________ met
to discuss the post war plans
 Met on the _______________________ Peninsula in the Soviet Union
 Six Points of the Yalta Conference:
o Germany should be _________________________ and divided into zones of
___________________________ after the war
o Trials for ___________ _______________________
o Make a new international _________________________________ organization
o __________________ would be restored with new __________________________
o Soviet Union would permit _____________ ________________________ in Eastern
European nations
o Soviet Union would enter war in _______________ once Germany surrendered
The Germans Surrender
 Soviets reached ______________________ first
 ____________________ ___________________________ found dead in bunker—a
____________________________
 Berlin ______________________________ May 2, 1945; ___________________________
five days later
 Victory in __________________________ (V-E Day) proclaimed May 8, 1945
 War in Europe finally over after nearly ___________ ____________________
War Ends in the Pacific
 Final Battles
o By mid-1944, regular __________________________ __________________ on Japanese
cities, including ________________________
o Great ________________________________ made raids difficult and dangerous
o Americans needed bases ___________________________ to Japan
 Battle of _____________________________
o Only _____________________ miles from Japan; U.S. troops invaded island April 1945
o By June, 12,000 American soldiers dead
o Japanese lost ___________________________ defenders and another 100,000 civilians
The Atomic Bomb
 After Okinawa, ________________________ Japan was next
 The U.S. military estimated cost of invading mainland Japan-up to _______
________________________ Allied killed or wounded
 Atomic bomb ___________________________ ____________________ in 1945
 Harry S __________________________ becomes the U.S. president with Roosevelt’s death in
May 1945
 Forced to make decision—____________________ Japanese city to force surrender
 ________________ ___________, 1945  Allies issued demand for surrender
 No response; _____________________________ bombed on August 6
 Still no surrender; second bomb dropped on _________________________ on August 9
 ___________________________ total deaths
 Japanese acknowledged _____________________
 Emperor Hirohito surrendered on August 15, 1945.
o This day is known as _________ ___________________ for Victory in Japan.