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The Allies were advancing toward the German border, Hitler decided to stage one last desperate offensive. His goal was to cut off supply to Allied powers through the port of Antwerp Belgium. -
The soviets attacked German troops in Russia. At the end of The Battle of the Buldge, soviets had driven Hitler's forces out of Russia and across poland. March 7th American tanks crosses the Rhine. -
American troops landed on Okinawa on April 1, 1945. Instead of defending the beaches, the Japanese troops took up positions in the island’s rugged mountains -
April 16th soviet troops smashed through the German defense and reached the out skirts of Berlin. In a bunker Hitler knew the end of the war was coming, April 1945 he committed suicide. -
V-E day or victory in Europe was the end of the war in Europe. Celebration boom all over Europe celebrating the defeat of Germany and the end of WW2 -
The use of firebombs was a very controversial because the fires could also kill civillians. The attack started on March 9th. Strong winds fanned the flames. The bombing killed 80,000 people and destroyed more than 250,000 buildings. -
In August 1945 the United States, Britain, France, and the Soviet Union created the International Military Tribunal (IMT) to punish German and Japanese leaders for war crimes -
President Truman was now in power and decided to drop the atomic bombs. The Military advisors thought that it would take 1 million men to successfully invade Japan. On August 6, the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, killing up to 120,000 people. On August 9, the bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, killing up to 75000 people. -
Emperor Hirohito decided to surrender on August 15. Even though it was considered dishonorable in Japan. Japan officially surrendered on Sept 2, 1945. -
Bombs fell on Tokyo. Eighty B-29 Superfortress bombers that had traveled more than 1,500 miles did not have much fuel. They needed a fuel base close to Japan. February 1945 600,000 marines landed on Iwo Jima.