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The Allies are Victorious

The Allies are Victorious. Battle of the Bulge. Allies Forces move closer to Germany 2 Fronts: Soviets in East and Americans in West http://youtu.be/2ReYDO4iAqg Hitler Counter Attacks Germany broke through American lines Allies push Germans back Race to Berlin. The End Has Come!!.

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The Allies are Victorious

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  1. The Allies are Victorious

  2. Battle of the Bulge • Allies Forces move closer to Germany • 2 Fronts: Soviets in East and Americans in West • http://youtu.be/2ReYDO4iAqg • Hitler Counter Attacks • Germany broke through American lines • Allies push Germans back • Race to Berlin

  3. The End Has Come!!

  4. Germany’s Unconditional Surrenders • After Battle of Bulge War ended quickly • 3 million Allied Soldiers and 6 million Soviet converged on Berlin • Hitler married Eva Braun • Hitler committed suicide next day (bodies Burned) • V-E Day May 9 • President Roosevelt Died April 12

  5. Churchill Victorious

  6. General MacArthur • Americans take back the Philippines • “People of the Philippines, I have returned”

  7. Japanese in Retreat • Japanese plan to destroy American Fleet • Battle of Letye Gulf • Japanese Navy destroyed • Kamikazes- Suicide attacks

  8. Kamikazes

  9. Iwo Jima

  10. Iwo Jima • March 1945 after month of bitter fighting • Marines took Iwo Jima (760 Miles) • Iwo Jima • http://youtu.be/ApVAqfKCUsI • Flags of Our Fathers • http://youtu.be/NjgCcSi_vqE

  11. Iwo Jima

  12. Iwo Jima • http://youtu.be/SpTzFGygQ6U

  13. Okinawa • 350 Miles from Japan • One Bloodiest Battles • Japanese lost 100,000 Troops • American lost 12,000 Troops

  14. Manhattan Project • Developed by J. Robert Oppenheimer • First Atomic Bomb Dropped in the New Mexico Desert • http://youtu.be/i74QAJbdoik

  15. Hiroshima and Nagasaki • United States dropped an Atomic bomb on Hiroshima 70,000 Died • Nagasaki- 70,000 Died

  16. Hiroshima

  17. Hiroshima • http://youtu.be/bKFsZ-2Z21c

  18. Japanese Surrenders • September 2, 1945 Japan SurrendersV-J Day

  19. Kissing the War Goodbye

  20. U.S. Occupation of Japan • Two Goals • Demilitarization- disbanding the Japanese Military • Democratization- creating a government elected by the people

  21. New Constitution • MacArthur's advisors drew up a New Constitution • Modeled after the Constitutional Monarchy of Great Britain • Why Constitutional Monarchy?

  22. General MacArthur & Emperor Hirohito

  23. Emperor • http://youtu.be/fFmpEQQfEDk

  24. Changes in Japan • The Emperor was divine • After war he became a Symbolic leader • Bill of Rights • Diet- Two house parliament (Prime Minster) • Women could now vote • Article 9- Japanese Pacifist Clause

  25. U.S. and Japan • Allies • Occupation led to Peace and Prosperity

  26. Occupation of Japan • Occupation of Japan Part 1 • http://youtu.be/AuPYzWnT1aA • Occupation of • http://youtu.be/8WKHSYdFWCs • MacArthur • http://youtu.be/m4O3RKOVFMQ • Occupation of Japan • http://youtu.be/vbNz6Zhv8Bc

  27. Create a Bubble Map Comparing the Treaty of Versailles with the US Occupation of Japan

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