The document summarizes key events in World War 2 between the Allied and Axis powers. It describes the major players on each side and the two main theaters of the war in Europe and the Pacific. It outlines major battles such as Midway, D-Day, and advances by the Soviets and Allies against Germany. It then discusses the Manhattan Project and the US decision to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, leading to Japan's surrender and the end of WWII.

1. WWII
Part IV
The Great
Struggle

2. Allies Vs. Axis
Nazi
Germany
Kingdom
of
Italy
Empire
of
Japan

3. The “Big Three” of the Allies
Included
• United States
• Great Britain
• Soviet Union

4. The Axis Powers Included
• Germany
• Italy
• Japan

5. A Two Front War
WWII was fought in Europe and the Pacific.

6. The Pacific
Theater

7. Stopping the Japanese
American forces
won a major
sea and air
battle at
Midway
Island.

8. General Douglas
MacArthur
• Led the Pacific Theater with a
tactic called island-hopping.

9. Island-Hopping-
• US forces would
attack key
islands one by
one, moving
closer and
closer to Japan.

10. The
European
Theater

11. Driving Back the
Germans
• In 1942 the Allies begin to
defeat the Germans in
Africa.
• May 1943 the Germans are
forced out of North Africa.

12. General Dwight D.
Eisenhower
• Directs the
invasion of
Southern
Europe and
Italy.

13. Down Goes Italy
• As the Allies
advance, the
Italians
overthrow
Mussolini
and
surrender.

14. June 6, 1944 D-Day
• The day the Allies, under
the command of General
Eisenhower, invade
German occupied France.
(Opening scene from Saving Private Ryan)

15. Meanwhile, the Soviets are
driving the Germans back
across Poland.

16. By February 1945, Soviet troops
were just outside Berlin,
Germany.

17. On April 30, 1945 Adolph Hitler
takes his own life.

18. On May 7, 1945 the Germans
surrender.
The fight for Europe is over.

19. What about the
Japanese!?!

20. Island-Hopping Toward Japan
Allied forces finally get close enough
to Japan to make air raids on major cities.

21. No Surrender
• Despite heavy losses the Japanese
refuse to surrender.

22. FDR Passes the Torch
• In April 1945, Franklin Delano
Roosevelt dies, and Harry S Truman
becomes president.

23. Decisions, Decisions
• With the Japanese refusing to
surrender Truman has to
decide to invade Japan with
soldiers or drop the newly
developed atomic bomb on
Japan.

24. Manhattan Project
• Manhattan
Project is the
name for the
secret
program to
design the
Atomic
Bomb.

25. Hiroshima
On August 6,
1945 the first
atomic bomb
lands on the
Japanese city
Hiroshima
killing between
80,00 and
120,000 people
instantly.

26. Nagasaki
• Three days later
another atomic
bomb is
dropped on the
city of Nagasaki
killing between
35,000 and
74,000 people.

27. On August 15, 1945 the
Japanese surrender.

28. Post War Peace
• What will happen next?
– Will the United States and Soviet Union
emerge as the two super powers of the
world?
– Will the Allies become divided in their plans
for the defeated Axis Powers?
– Will the German and Japanese commanders
be punished for their crimes against
humanity?

29. To Be
Continued…