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Gulf of Venice A d r i a t i c S e a Lig ur ia n S e a Lake Garda Lake Como Po Arno C o r s i c a A l p SWITZ s ERL AND A p e n ...
242 ENDGAME AND AFTERMATH 1944–1955 El be Ne iss e Elb e O de r Spree Sp re e 1st US Army 9th US Army German 12th Army German 9t ...
THE FALL OF BERLIN 243 BERLIN Ministry of the Interior (Gestapo) Humboldt Basin Tiergarten Hitler’s bunker Spr ee R iv er Brande ...
244 ENDGAME AND AFTERMATH 194 4 –1955 On May 7, 1945, the Supreme Allied Commander, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, accepted the u ...
V E DAY 245 Dancing for joy British girls dance with US GIs in London during the celebrations to mark the end of war in Europe. ...
246 ENDGAME AND AFTERMATH 1944–1955 DEFEAT OF JAPAN By 1945, the eventual outcome of the war with Japan seemed inevitable. Howev ...
DEFEAT OF JAPAN 247 the defense of the homeland involving the entire population in suicidal resistance, under the slogan “The Gl ...
248 ENDGAME AND AFTERMATH 1944–1955 SuluSea Philippine Sea Dingalan Bay LeyteGulf Lingayen Gulf SurigaoStrait San BernardinoStra ...
RETAKING THE PHILIPPINES 249 SuluSea Philippine Sea Dingalan Bay LeyteGulf Lingayen Gulf SurigaoStrait San BernardinoStrait B a ...
250 ENDGAME AND AFTERMATH 1944–1955 JAN 1944 JUL JAN 1945 JUL 1 2 3 4 TIMELINE IWO JIMA OVERRUN Over five bloody weeks in Februa ...
IWO JIMA 251 By the start of 1945, US forces had moved far west across the Pacific, reaching Leyte and Luzon in the Philippines ...
252 ENDGAME AND AFTERMATH 1944–1955 △ The B-29 Superfortress The Superfortress was one of the most advanced weapons of World War ...
THE BOMBING OF JAPAN 253 The Allies had long realized that the aerial bombardment of Japan would be an essential element in brin ...
254 ENDGAME AND AFTERMATH 1944–1955 E a s t C h i n a S e a Kerama Islands Keise Shima Tsugen Shima Aguni Shima Iheya Islands le ...
THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA 255 US advance Shuri Castle COLLAPSE OF THE SOUTHERN DEFENSE MAY 12–JUNE 21, 1945 US troops continued thei ...
256 ENDGAME AND AFTERMATH 194 4 –1955 Knowledge about atomic physics developed very quickly. In 1896, French physicist Henri Bec ...
MANHATTAN PROJECT 257 US_256-257_F_Manhattan_Project.indd 257 04/03/19 10:47 AM ...
258 ENDGAME AND AFTERMATH 1944–1955 THE “LITTLE BOY” BOMB FEBRUARY–AUGUST 6, 1945 Plans for the “Little Boy” uranium bomb to be ...
HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI 259 NAGASAKI Mitsubishi arms factory, Saigo dormitory Saibu Gas, Ohashi factory Mitsubishi shipyard, Moun ...
260 ENDGAME AND AFTERMATH 194 4 –1955 While Japan’s surrender is often attributed to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (see ...
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