World War II - Part Four: America, War at Sea, Pacific War, Japan, Post War

The supreme commander of all Allied Forces for the Invasion of Fortress Europe

Known as "Ike", he called the Invasion of Europe a great crusade in which "we will accept nothing less than full victory"

The pride of the German Nacy is attacked by three British ships and sank the mighty Bismarck

This was the first American ship sunk by a German U-boat

Small groups of German submarines (U boats)

USS Battleship that carried the Atomb Bomb to an island near Japan, Torpedoed days later adn survivors fell into water, many eaten by sharks

The last German "do or die" plan to end World War II

Victory in Europe

This told the Japanese that we could bomb them whenever we wanted - and will be back to finish the job

These were relocation centers for our Japanese-American citizens

Supreme Commander of all Allied Forces in the Pacific, told people of Philippines: "I shall return"

60 mile, 6 day death march killing 18,000 POWS - mostly Americans

To discourage American soldiers, she spoke anti-American propaganda on the radio

A "Hoosier" reporter on the warfront. Death meant the army "lost a buddy"

This code taught the only alternative to victory was death. to surrender is disgraceful

Honorable suicide

Japanese Suicideal charge at the enemy

Japanese Suicide Pilots of death (one plane sinks one boat)

Establishing a line of overlapping island bases until Japan comes within flying range of American bombers

Codename for the American project to develop the atomic bomb

This battle was the turning point in the Pacific

This battle in the Us demonstrated the US could defeat Japanese warriors in jungle warfare

This battle was so decisive that Japan could never rise again to challenge the US Air Force

Japan's "seeing eyes" to warn Tokyo of the aproaching American bombers

Battle was the last stragic island taken before the bombing of Japan

President of US at the end of World War II

US President who ordered dropping a bomb on Japan

He said, "the buck stops here"

Name given to the first atomic bomb

August 6, 1945 at 8:16am an atomic bomb was dropped on this Japanese city

Name of plane that dropped the first atomic bomb

Pilot of plane taht dropped first atomic bomb

August 9, 1945, the second atomic bomb was dropped on this city

Name of the second atomic bomb

Vicotry over Japan, World War II ends

Here, during the war, Allied leaders met to discuss peace plans for Europe

Created at the end of World War II to encourage international cooperation and prevent war