world war ii: the war fronts us history: spiconardi
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World War II: The War Fronts
US History: Spiconardi
Wartime Diplomacy Atlantic Charter Meeting (1941)
FDR and Churchill meet to discuss goals for the war Tehran Conference (1943)
FDR, Churchill, Stalin meet to discuss strategy. Stalin wants second front open on Germany
Yalta (1945) 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) Truman informs Stalin of Atomic Bomb Ultimatum given to Japan: “Surrender or else…”
D-Day June 6, 1944 Invasion of the
beaches of Normandy to liberate France from German Occupation
Led by Gen. Dwight Eisenhower
Battle of Iwo Jima Battle of Iwo Jima
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 In August 1942
scientists begin work on a top secret atomic research project Many scientists German
Create the atomic bomb & test it in July 1945 in a desert in New Mexico
Bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki Truman’s Options
Invasion of Japan Would cost 1 million
American Lives Continue incendiary
bombings of Japan War could go on for
another 6-8 months Atomic Bomb
End war immediately No loss of American life
Bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
The Atomic Bomb Hiroshima bombed
8/6/1945 70,000 killed
Nagasaki bombed 8/9/1945
40,000 killed Hundreds of thousands
die later from radiation & cancer
Impact of Atomic Bomb Droppings Demonstrates that US is premier military power in
the world Sets up Cold War and arms race