The War Ends

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The War Ends

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The War Ends. Key Terms. Hedgerows Battle of the Bulge V-E Day Harry S. Truman Iwo Jima Napalm. Manhattan Project V-J Day United Nations Charted Nuremberg Trials. The Third Reich Collapses. D-Day was a success Many fields had hedgerows Hedgerows-dirt walls covered with shrubs - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Key Terms

Hedgerows Battle of the Bulge V-E Day Harry S. Truman Iwo Jima Napalm

Manhattan Project V-J Day United Nations Charted Nuremberg Trials

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The Third Reich Collapses

D-Day was a success Many fields had

hedgerows Hedgerows-dirt walls

covered with shrubs They were built to

separate cattle and crops

Germans could hide in them

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Japan is Defeated

President Roosevelt dies April 12, 1945

Harry S. Truman- was vice president, becomes president

Although Germany surrendered, there was still war with Japan

Truman had to make many difficult decisions

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Battle of Iwo Jima

Terrain was rugged with cliffs, ravines and caves

Japanese had build vast complex of bunkers

February 19. 1945 40,000 Marines land

Sank to the ankles in the soft volcanic ash

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Stimson would let Japanese keep their emperor

Secretary of State James Byrnes wanted to drop it without warning to shock Japan

Truman was warned of massive casualties if U.S. invaded Japan

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Creating the United Nations April 25, 1945 United

Nations was organized

Charter- constitution on how organization would be run

General Assembly given power to make resolutions To choose non

permanent members of the Security Council