Module 8 Military History (WW2 comes to an end)

who liberated the conceration camps in Germany

British, U.S , Soviets

where did Hitler stay during WW2

• moved into the Fuhrbunker on January 16, 1945 in Berlin ‘he was accomplished by Eva Bruan ( his gf) Joseph Goebbels and his family and staff 

Battle of Berlin

• Rivalry between American,British and Russian forces led to armies trying to reach Berlin first 

• Russian took heavy casualties as they quickly pushed to Germany's capital 

Berghof

• Hitler’s home in the Baravian Alps that he bought in 1933 with money he made off of in Mein Kampf 

what is Hitler last order before he commits suscide

for his and his wife’s body to be burned

what day is VE day in Europe

May 8th

What is VE day

• Germany signs unconditional surrender to Allies victory day in Europe

what is Iwo Island

• Volcanic island that was 2 miles wide and 4 miles long 

• Japanese had created a vast tunnel system under the volcanic rock 

what is the battle of Iwo Jima

• Japanese waited in well fortified positions to take Americans by surprise 

• 70,000 Marines take part

• ⅓ will be killed or wounded 

• Americans used grenades, flamethrowers, and “zippo” tanks to remove Japanese from tunnels 

what is the marine corps memorial

• Dominant feature on island was Mount Suribachi 

• 3 or 6 men would later be killed in battle for the island

  Other 3 sent back to America to raise money for the war effort

What is victory in Japan Day (V-J Day)

August 14, 1945

How did the U.S view bombing cictes after bombing Tokyo ?

• began to view killing civilians okay if it could save lives of American serviceman 

what island was need for the final assault of Japan

Okinawa

What did the U.S realize after the battle at Okinawa

• Brutal fighting and heavy casualties convinced Americans and invasion of Japanese would be extremely costly 

Potsdam Conference

• Held in Potsdam, Germany between Truman, Stalin, and Churchill 

• Leaders discussed what to do with post-war Germany

Manhattan project 

• Secret effort between the U.S , Great Britain, and Canada to develop first atomic weapons 

what were the 3 atomic bombs that the U.S produced

Little man

fat boy

the Gadget

“Little Boy” (atomic bomb)

• made of uranium 

Fat man ( atomic bomb )

• made of plutonium 

The Gadget ( Atomic bomb )

• made of plutonium and was tested under code name Trinity in Almogorodo, New Mexico on July 16,1945 

Which atomic bomb was dropped and Hiroshima and who did it

• Little boy was loaded in B-29 named Enola Gay 

How many people died when Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima

70,000

What city was Fat Man dropped on

Fat Man

How many people did Fat man kill

50,000

What did the U.S threaten to do after droping fat man of Nagasaki

-U.S. threatened more atomic bombs, a bluff, since we had none left

years of ww1

1914-1918

date that ww2 started

September 1, 1939

years of ww2

1939-1945

date of beer hall putsch

Novermber 9, 1923

date of Night of Broken Glass

Novermber 9, 1938

date of Pearl Harbor

December 7, 1941

Dwight D Eisenhower 

• Nickname was “Ike”

• In charge of European Theater of Operations and the D-Day Invasions 

• Would later serve as 34th president 

George S. Patton

•  Old Blood and Guts” 

• In charge of U.S 3rd Army in Europe 

• Very outspoken , flamboyant, and aggressive 

Omar Bradley 

• Nickname “Soldiers General “ 

• Commanded U.S forces in North AFrica 

• Oversaw creation 82nd airborne division , first of its kind 

• Led U.S 1st Army in invasion of normandy 

Douglass McArthur 

• Forced to retreat from Philippines but vowed to return and did 

• Supreme Commander of Southwest Pacific Area 

Chester Nimits 

• 10 days after Pearl Harbor,  became Commander and Chief of Pacific Fleet 

• Leading U.S Navy authority on submarines 

Bernard Montgomery 

• nicknamed “Monty and The Spartan General “ 

• Field Marshall of British 8th Army 

• In command of all Allied Forces in Operation Overlord (D-Day) 

Henrich Himmler 

• Head of entire Nazi police force including Gestapo 

• Head of SS and Home army 

• In charge of concentration camps and death squads 

Reinhard Heydrich 

• Nicknamed “ the blond beast “ 

• Planner of the extermination of the Jews (Final Solution) 

• 2nd in charge of the SS 

Hermann Goering 

• Ww1 fighter ace 

• One of Hitler’s earliest followers 

• Leader of the Luftwaffe ( German Air Force) during WW2 

Joseph Goebbels 

• Nazi Reich Minister of Propaganda 

• Architect of Night of Broken Glass ‘

Rudolph  Hess 

• Jailed with Hitler after Beer Hall Putsch 'deputy Fuhrer of the Nazi Party 

Erwin Rommel 

• Nicknamed  the  dessert fox 

• German Field Marshall that led Panzer division that invades France ‘in charge of Afrika Korps 

Adolph Eichmann 

• Architect of the “ Final Solution “ 

• Orchestrated interdiction,assembly, and the transportation of all European Jews to death camps.