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Planning Germany’s Defeat
Throughout 1943, the Soviet Union has done most of the fighting in Europe. Stalin insisted that Britain and the U.S carry more of the military burden by attacking Germany in the west. FDR agreed with Stalin and so did Churchill though hesitant at first. -
Advancing in the Pacific
At the end of the war more than 3,000 Japanese pilots died due to the Japanese Kamikaze. Japan was virtually defenseless without fuel, pilot, and aircraft. American bombers hit Japanese factories, military buildings and cities. -
D-Day
June 6, 1944 on the beaches of Normandy known as the “ longest day” many Allie soldiers died bravely but it was an important step to get to Germany. -
Battle of the Bulge
A desperate attempt to drive a wedge between American and British forces. Instead it crippled Germany and shortened the time Hitler had left. -
Liberation of Europe
After D-Day Germany lost the lands it once dominated and the natural resources it had plundered. Finally on May 7,1945 Germany surrendered. -
The Atomic Bomb Ends the War
On August 6,1945 an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima then a second bomb on Nagasaki. Japan officially surrendered on September 2, 1945.
